Is AI the right focus for Africa's startup ecosystem?

I think that Africa would benefit from AI, but of course that alone is not enough to have a successful nation, to have that one needs means to execute on the plans AI assists with. Take for example a traffic-optimization AI like https://www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2401.00211, as Africa builds out its road and rail networks, it has the chance to right the wrongs that many other nations have made due to tech debt(e.g. Europe's narrow streets in some areas from horse carts, or over-suburbanization in the US). As it stands now, AI can definitely help in preventing corruption, misinformation, and can lower the barrier to entry for a stellar education(all things that can be done without a single brick laid), but again, the will has to be there to go further. I'd love to hear your experiences with technology and opinions on AI as a whole if you have the time