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Many thanks to @googledevgroups @aniediudo @auwalms @Kolokodess @maghipearl @soloopio @TheVillageUG @dsc_muk @GDGEntebbe and everyone for making this year's Kampala #DevFest2021 a success!🙏

“This is where it started.” — @Nickle_las 🤖 A simple slide showing global AI adoption sparked a deeper curiosity and journey into AI tools. Sometimes, all it takes is one insight to change your direction. #BuildWithAT #WeLoveNerds #AIAgents

Hackathon mode: ON. We're diving deep into AI Agents and the best part? You don't need to be a developer to build one. @Nickle_las is walking everyone through how to use @claudeai Code to go from idea to working agent. This is what democratized AI looks like in practice. #BuildWithAT #WeLoveNerds #AIAgents #Hackathon #AIStudioUganda #AIAgents

Kicking off today’s meetup of Building AI Agents for real World using @Africastalking APIs with @Nickle_las, Founder of SocialPay. He dives into product readiness, innovation and what it takes to build solutions that truly scale. #BuildWithAT

Remember when @wekesa_amos mentioned that One Nature Group are building a UGX 10,000,000-per-night lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park? Well…here’s the One Nature Mara River in Serengeti and a single night starts from around UGX 15,000,000. Uganda needs more of these..

We have officially launched the Refactory Job Board — the platform is designed to connect our talent to work opportunities across Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, the UK, and South Africa. Your next career move starts here! #10XDigitalEconomy #RefactoryCareerExpo2026

This is only possible in Rwanda 🇷🇼 where the road safety is respected even when there is no traffic police around

Prime Minister of the Netherlands handed over the government and left on his bicycle, but every Nigerian man needs a car to boost his confidence😂😂 I can't promise all of you cars if I become President but you will have good roads and infrastructure!

This 3D Street Art Pranked everyone 😂

#FoundersDayCafe week is here! We are excited to see you all this Friday. Founder's Day Café, is open to everyone. Bring a friend to learn something from & network with Nicholas Kamanzi @Nickle_las , starting 5pm at our Kampala offices, at Kanjokya House along Kanjokya Street

Build AI Agents for the Real World using @Africastalking APIs. Join us for the 1st hackathon this year for those interested in building agentic applications using AT APIs. Date: Saturday 28th March Venue: AT Offices, Level 4, Acacia Place RSVP Here: community.africastalking.com/e/mzk3bt

Together with other captains of industry, I will share nuggets on the thesis "Man Vs Machine at @VUKampala New roles are emerging: prompt engineers who craft precise instructions, bot engineers who build digital teammates for businesses of all sizes. Join the conversation. IO

MONDAY PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: WHEN DRAPERS DRESSED KAMPALA There was a time when Kampala didn’t scroll -it strolled. And at the center of that stroll stood Drapers (1943) Ug Ltd. Not just a shop, my friend. A statement. The kind of place where you didn’t just buy a shirt or a pair of clarks from- you bought posture, confidence, and possibly a small argument with your wallet. Drapers was Kampala’s original “mall before malls.” Long before escalators started intimidating us and food courts made us indecisive, Drapers had everything neatly arranged, like a well-behaved British sentence. Shoes here. Fabrics there. Dreams everywhere. If Kampala had a heartbeat in the 50s and 60s, Drapers was doing cardio. Then came the plot twist. By 1979, Drapers had become something of a #Uganda Duty Free shop - except duty free for who, exactly? Only those with hard currency could afford a peek, let alone a purchase. The rest of us practiced window shopping as a sport, squinting like economists trying to understand exchange rates. And then… history did what history does. The Tanzanian invasion. The fall of Idi Amin. And Drapers? Eh. Let’s just say Kampala briefly hosted a “Take What You Can Carry Festival.” Shelves that once held imported stuff suddenly held… memories. Very light ones. Fast forward to the 1990s, and Kampala, ever the resilient city, decided: “We move.” Six more floors went up. Because if you can’t restore the past, at least add altitude. The old Drapers morphed into a high-rise -home to big names like Crane Bank (in its heyday) and the ever-vibrant Sanyu FM, pumping out hits while the building quietly held its stories. Today, Gen Z walks past it, earbuds in, probably checking crypto prices or filming a TikTok with better lighting than Drapers ever had. They see glass, height, and maybe a good selfie angle. But if walls could talk, that building would clear its throat and say: “My friend… before your Wi-Fi, I was why people came to town.” So next time you pass by, pause. Not everything old is outdated. Some of it is just… waiting for you to ask better questions. Happy Monday. Photos: Drapers in the 1940s, when it was looted in 1979, and the mordern building housing the former Crane Bank Headquarters, & @882SanyuFM

MTN MoMo App Review: A User Experience Perspective on Uganda's Mobile Money Evolution ssmusoke.com/2026/03/19/rev… @mtnug @mtnugcare #MobileMoney #UserExperience #FinTech

Open, accessible #AirQuality data is a powerful tool for change across Africa. We’re making data from 15+ African cities openly accessible, helping to deepen understanding of #AirPollution and how to tackle it. #OpenData empowers: 📊 African govts. to make informed policy decisions 🔬 Researchers to generate local evidence 🏙️ Cities to plan healthier environments 👥 Communities to demand & drive action See how we’re supporting cities > bit.ly/4lL43Pf

Last week Thursday we formed the Commercial Coffee Producers Association of Uganda. We have been Abel to do this with the technical assistance of @ITCnews & support of @UKinUganda. Membership is open to those who are in the coffee value chain for commercial purposes. Our dream is to make the most of Uganda’s coffee blessing. Our chairman is @DrIanClarke, large scale coffee farmer & exporter. @KBarigyeis his Vice, @BarbaraMugeni is our Treasurer & @MimiMutesa -Secretary. The rest are Board Members. There is a subscription fee for anyone eligible & wishes to join

Two years ago, I resigned from my job in Kenya and moved to Rwanda with just a backpack and a suitcase. To many people around me, the move seemed sudden. But deep down, I was certain it was the right step for me. THREAD

Happening Now! @jod35_ presenting "Building API's with Django" at Pyladies March Meetup! #pyladies #django

Helping a 17-year-old secure his first £45K investment property in Scotland — proof that age isn’t the barrier, mindset is. Join my FREE upcoming online property training via the link in my bio and learn how to start building your portfolio the right way. #UKProperty #PropertyInvesting #ScotlandProperty #PropertyEducation

I'm buying a church. I’ve made a cash offer of £225,000 to purchase this church, which was about to close and be sold off to developers. I'm fed up with driving past all these churches in the UK that used to thrive, support the community, and feed the homeless. Now, just look at these beautiful church buildings. So many are boarded up, closed down, with developers queueing up to profit from converting them into flats. I simply can't accept that a building built to glorify Jesus for generations can be turned into something solely for profit. So I've placed an offer on a church in my hometown. My plan is to buy it and offer it completely free of charge, with zero rent, to a church willing to worship Jesus here and serve others. What do you think of this idea?

People of Japan are amazing.