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Why steady economic growth may no longer save Uganda from stagnation   COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | I have spent some good time recently ruminating about what is likely to be the future of our small economies in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). I have also worried about …

  A personalized AI agent for every employee and every customer, getting work done across finance, sales, marketing, customer service, HR, compliance and more.   Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  Tyms AI has this week announced the launch of its human-first artificial intelligence (AI) platform, built to help medium …

Department of Commerce issues guidance on chip restrictions amid concerns about loopholes in export control regime   NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The United States has issued a notice affirming its restrictions on shipments of semiconductors to subsidiaries of Chinese companies located outside China amid concerns about loopholes in Washington’s …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over the past 14 years, Jumia Uganda has grown from a relatively unknown online marketplace into one of the country’s leading digital commerce platforms, playing a significant role in shaping Uganda’s e-commerce ecosystem and creating opportunities across the value chain. According to Jumia …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | As satellite internet service, Starlink prepares to commence operations in Uganda, there are questions about how much of a physical presence the SpaceX subsidiary will have in the country, especially for taxation purposes and security concerns. In December last year, the government conducted a crackdown …

  An open letter on artificial intelligence, sovereignty, and the continent’s last honest chance to lead.   COMMENT | ABBY JAMES TUMUSIIME | There is a quiet conversation happening right now in the corridors of power in San Francisco, Beijing, Washington, and Brussels. It is a conversation about which continents …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | On the busy streets of Kampala, Uganda’s capital, a quiet transformation is unfolding. Sleek, locally manufactured electric buses are becoming part of the city’s daily rhythm, marking the country’s accelerating drive toward greener and more sustainable urban transport. Since their introduction, the green-and-gray 40-seater electric …

Airtel trials to boost connectivity in hard-to-reach areas Kampala ,Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |   Airtel Uganda has commenced testing of the Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite service in a move aimed at expanding connectivity and improving network access in hard-to-reach areas across the country. Following approval from the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Airtel …

  Starlink is already operational in several African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Ghana   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has licensed Elon Musk’s Starlink to operate in the country, joining a growing but uneven wave of African markets opening to satellite internet services …