Many entrepreneurs in the study do not have alternative sources of trusted business advice. When surveyed, entrepreneurs say they either live in suburban Nairobi or rural areas, don't trust people around them, or feel embarrassed to ask questions. This explains willingness to use an AI advisor: it provides privacy and removes social risk from asking what they perceive as naive questions.

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they don't have people they can go to... They don't trust the people that that are around them. Maybe they feel embarrassed... I can trust this to a robot.

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The Disruptive Potential of GenAI for Emerging Markets | Rem Koning | Leading with AIHarvard Business School AI Institute
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:32:49 PM

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