AI accessibility in the Global South: why developers in Lagos, Nairobi, and Manila are leading the $2 AI revolution

AI accessibility in the Global South: why developers in Lagos, Nairobi, and Manila are leading the $2 AI revolution There's a story nobody in Silicon Valley is telling. While tech journalists debate whether ChatGPT at $20/month is "worth it" for American developers earning $120,000 a year, something remarkable is happening in Lagos, Nairobi, and Manila. Developers earning $200-400/month are building real AI-powered products. They're shipping. They're growing. And they're doing it at a price point that most Western tech media would dismiss as insignificant. $2/month.