In January 2012, Uganda’s Ministry of Health issued a moratorium halting new eHealth projects. Donors and NGOs had piloted up to 80 different mHealth applications in Uganda in 2008, and none of them scaled. Donors paid for the pilots. Nobody paid for national rollout.
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Africa is stepping up efforts to use digital technologies, data and artificial intelligence to strengthen healthcare delivery, improve health security and build more resilient national health systems, as policymakers, health experts and technology leaders call for a shift from small-scale digital health projects to solutions that can operate across communities and national borders.
Africa does not have a shortage of digital strategies. It does not lack research papers, policy documents, technical reports, development frameworks, consultants, conferences, workshops, or pilot projects either. The continent has accumulated a substantial body of knowledge about digital transformation; yet, one uncomfortable question remains: How much of what Africa already knows actually becomes institutional…
Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities has designated Mbale City as the primary focal point for national World Tourism Day 2026 celebrations, launching an artificial intelligence and digital transformation drive to expand transit links and cross-border circuits across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Burundi.
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African countries are seeking to harness artificial intelligence and digital health technologies to detect disease threats earlier, predict where outbreaks could emerge and speed up emergency responses, as governments push to build stronger, more connected health systems, African health experts and policymakers said.
India is pushing for a digital currency network linking BRICS economies, a move that could give African members South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia a new route for cross-border payments and trade.
Africa’s digital payments surge is widely seen as a success story of easier transactions, broader financial access and rapid fintech expansion, but as banks expand across borders and transactions move faster, a more structural question is emerging: can digital payment infrastructure also make banking systems more resilient when liquidity comes under pressure?
