Most businesses are at stage one. Most AI advice is written for stage four.
If AI advice online feels like it is written for someone else, that is because it usually is. Here is the mismatch in one minute - and the fix.
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If AI advice online feels like it is written for someone else, that is because it usually is. Here is the mismatch in one minute - and the fix.
The most honest AI advice we can give some businesses is: do not buy AI yet. If your sales live in a paper book, there is a cheaper, more valuable move to make first - and it is the one that makes everything else possible.
There are five stages of using AI in a business, from paper records to full operational intelligence. Nearly all the advice you read is written for stage four. Here is the whole ladder, and how to find the rung you are actually on.
We build the systems we write about - for retail, clinics, workshops and property businesses across Africa. Tell us what you run, and we will tell you honestly where AI would help and where it would not.