Berlin, Germany | AGENCIES | TECNO has spent years building its name in the fiercely competitive smartphone market, particularly across emerging economies where aggressive pricing, design and an expanding product range have helped newer brands challenge long-established technology companies. Now, the company is attempting a different transition. At IFA ShowStoppers 2026 …
Read More »Three ways AI will change the course of humanity
By revolutionizing how we combat disease,warfare, and stimulate income growth, AI could fundamentally alter the terms of human existence COMMENT | DAMBISA MOYO | Over the long sweep of history, three forces have driven humanity’s greatest transformations, for good and ill: disease, war, and economic growth. By reducing costs …
Read More »The world needs compassionate AI
AI has become the frontline of an intense global competition for economic and geopolitical power but, for whom is this intelligence ultimately meant to serve? COMMENT | KAILASH SATYARTHI | The defining question of our time is no longer whether AI will transform our world. It already has. What the world needs …
Read More »China’s World Cup victory without a team
The Asian nation was absent from the pitch, but its technology, factories and brands helped power football’s biggest spectacle NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The irony could hardly be greater. China, a country that has struggled for decades to become a football powerhouse, did not feature …
Read More »Lancet review: mRNA vaccines safe and effective
Drawing together evidence from laboratory research, clinical trials and real-world studies, the review also highlights the technology’s potential beyond COVID-19 NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | After more than two decades of research and billions of vaccine doses delivered, mRNA vaccines are firmly established as a safe and effective …
Read More »Why Uganda’s 12th Parliament should embrace AI
AI is already reshaping lawmaking across many parliaments around the globe and the Parliament of Uganda should not be left behind COMMENT | KENEDY MUSEKURA | Dear Honourable Members of Parliament, Congratulations upon the trust and responsibilities entrusted to you by Ugandans as you prepare to shape laws and …
Read More »Pope Leo warns of AI’s risks to humanity in his first encyclical
Will Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical do for the AI age what Rerum Novarum did for the industrial age? COMMENT | NIUSHA SHAFIABADY & OTHERS | Pope Leo XIV has just declared artificial intelligence one of the defining moral challenges of our time, in his first encyclical: a formal letter intended …
Read More »Uganda bets on science for growth
Over five years, the country has invested in STI to shift from commodities to industrial and knowledge-based production NEWS ANALYSIS | JULIUS BUSINGE | When Vice President Jessica Alupo visited a science museum in Moscow, Russia, last year, she expected a routine tour. Instead, she found herself inside …
Read More »Smart agriculture sows modernization amid China’s nationwide spring ploughing
BEIJING, | Xinhua | As spring sweeps across China, the ancient rhythm of manual ploughing is being replaced by the whir of automated machinery and the invisible guidance of satellites. This transformation is redefining the season itself, as smart agriculture takes root in an increasing number of fields, steering the …
Read More »Rise of the AI soldiers
Ukraine has become the world’s premier testing ground for AI weapons on Russian troops, foreign mercenaries COVER STORY | AGENCIES | The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price