Why Your AI Pilot Died in Week Six
Five failure modes account for most AI pilot deaths in East Africa, and four are decided before the tool is chosen. The largest is verification time nobody counted.
AI for SMEs
The AI Usage Policy Every Ugandan Employer Needs
An organisation with no AI policy does not have less AI use. It has AI use it cannot see. The one page that does most of the work, and the four clauses that earn their place.
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Uganda’s AI Policy Is Being Written: What to Do Before It Lands
A national AI policy is in drafting through the Ministry of ICT. Five things worth doing now, and the obligation that already exists and most firms have not resolved.
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The AI Stack for a 20-Person Ugandan Firm, Priced
Published seat prices, a full year-one budget in dollars and shillings, the costs that appear on no quote, and seven ways to cut the bill without pretending you need less.
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If You Sell to Europe, the EU AI Act Still Touches You
The Digital Omnibus deferred the high-risk rules to December 2027. It did not defer the transparency and AI literacy duties, and those reach East African suppliers.
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AI Agents Can’t Pay With M-Pesa Yet: The Agentic Gap
Global protocols now let AI agents pay with cards, but not with M-Pesa or MoMo. Inside the agentic commerce gap on Africa\’s money rails, and who closes it.
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AI Agents as Your First Five Employees: An EA Playbook
AI agents can now fill a small firm\’s first roles, follow-up clerk, bookkeeper\’s assistant, drafter, researcher. The hiring test and supervision rhythm that make them pay.
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DeepSeek Is Quietly Winning Africa: Open Weights vs API
DeepSeek holds 11, 14% AI usage share in Uganda. The open-weights vs API decision for African builders, costs, control, sovereignty risks and a framework.
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What AI Actually Costs a Kampala SME: The Real Budget
What does AI cost a small business in Uganda? Real shilling numbers for subscriptions, tokens, data bundles and devices, plus a budget that pays for itself.
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Deepfake Defense for Small Businesses in East Africa
Deepfake fraud is surging across East Africa, voice clones, fake invoices, WhatsApp impersonation. A verification manual any 5-person firm can run this week.
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