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IMF annual meeting: Developing nations need greater digital connectivity

Africanews18 October 2026, 13:30 UTC

An AI boom is lifting technology-exporting economies. But rising energy costs and climate disasters are pushing many developing nations into debt distress. Greater digital connectivity would allow them to benefit from tech advances.

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