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AI platforms accelerating Uganda’s digital transformation

From farmers using mobile applications to monitor weather patterns and market prices to entrepreneurs generating content with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools and health workers using intelligent systems to improve disease diagnosis, AI is increasingly becoming part of everyday life in Uganda. The growing adoption of platforms developed by American technology companies such as Google, Microsoft, […] The pos

The Observer · 25 Jul 2026

Two MacBooks and an agent named Bud

Building AI From Toronto, With Kampala in My Bones There is a particular quiet that settles over two founders when they finally stop building long enough to look at what they have built. Sam and I found it on a grey Toronto afternoon, two MacBooks open on the table between us, the same two machines […] The post Two MacBooks and an agent named Bud appeared first on The Observer Media Ltd.

The Observer · 25 Jul 2026

La Fang Eco Resort hosts influencers to promote Dolwe Island tourism

La Fang Eco Resort has hosted media professionals, digital creators and influencers on a familiarisation tour of Dolwe Island in Namayingo District as part of efforts to boost the destination's visibility and position it as one of Uganda's leading eco-tourism attractions.

Nile Post · 25 Jul 2026

How young is too young for AI?

BERLIN | Xinhua | As generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) reaches children through both the classroom and the internet, governments and schools are attempting to simultaneously protect young users and prepare them for a technology that will become increasingly necessary in the future. The debate over children’s use of AI has intensified recently as the United … The post How young is too young for AI? appeared firs

The Independent Uganda · 25 Jul 2026