HARNESSING THE POTENTIALS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
IN THE 21ST CENTURY IN NIGERIA
Patrick Elizabeth Odije
Olofu, Paul Agbade (Ph.D)
Department of Continuing Education and Development Stuides
University of Calabar
&
Ogar Martina Ogbene
Department of Guidance and Counselling
University of Calabar

Abstract
Poverty is a state or condition in which people or communities lack the financial resources
and other essentials for a minimum standard of living. With poverty, people cannot meet their
basic human needs. Community members or families that are poverty-stricken might go
without proper housing, clean water, healthy food and medical attention among other needs.
However, people in the 21st century can be better equipped with entrepreneurial skills with
the aid of artificial intelligence; thereby reducing the rate of poverty among people in the
society. Thus, this study focused on harnessing the potentials of entrepreneurial artificial
intelligence for poverty reduction in the 21st century in Nigeria. Being a position paper, this
work examined the concept of poverty, causes and its danger. The paper also critically
discussed the concept of entrepreneurial artificial intelligence, historical development of
entrepreneurial artificial intelligence as a technological tool, relationship between
entrepreneurial artificial intelligence and poverty reduction as well as the challenges of
applying entrepreneurial artificial intelligence in combating poverty. Conclusion and
suggestions were offered herein.
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Artificial Intelligence, Poverty Reduction, 21stCentury and
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