Down to the wires: Africas digital lag

Published: July 30, 2024, 9:43 a.m.

The dearth of fixed-line infrastructure that allowed the continent to leapfrog into the mobile-phone age now holds it back. We ask how to ensure the even spread of AI\u2019s dividends. A stinking Seine has delayed the Olympic triathlon, but the river could one day help clean up Paris (7:09). And how \u201cThe Blair Witch Project\u201d changed horror films (14:33). 


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