Category: general

The "Telala Effect" - Why Tailors and Most Software Developers Are Cut from the Same Cloth!

A story of craftsmanship, promises, and perpetual deadlines - from a Malawian perspective. What similarities exist, and what opportunities are there?

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Is AI really the new electricity?

Andrew Ng famously said that AI is the new electricity. But what does that mean if you are a business or policy stakeholder in Africa? I discuss my understanding of this analogy at a deeper level.

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How I Accidentally became an AI Engineer

Imagine being an AI Engineer and not knowing it! In this post, I share my my experience building LLM-based applications, and how I got here in the first place.

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48 Hours of Pure Innovation - How Our First AI Hackathon Blew My Mind! 🚀

You know that feeling when you're about to launch something big, and your stomach is doing backflips? That was me before our first-ever AI hackathon at Irembo campus.

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The Algorithm Within - Episode 1, The Gift

The morning sun slices through the tall windows of the presidential palace like a hot knife, creating patterns on the marble floors that remind Amara of her mother's favorite kitenge. The workers - all foreign, all white, all wearing those identical blue corporate T-shirts with silver logos - move with the precise choreography of soldier ants, installing sleek black panels that pulse with a gentle blue light.

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Should You Buy an EV in Malawi?

No lining up on the fuel queue. No buying expensive spare parts every two months. The only things you have to maintain are you braking, suspension, body and electronics!

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