Mapping Urban Growth: A Geospatial Analysis of Fort Portal and Jinja.
Uganda, like many African nations, is experiencing rapid urbanization. According to the African Development Bank Group, in years, urban population will
May 3, 2026
From Satellite to Settlement: The AI Workflow Powering Rural Grid Planning
In our previous feature on Lamwo, we highlighted how data-driven planning contributed to the district’s reliable electricity supply. Behind that success
Optimizing Whisper-large-v3 with Data at Scale for Kinyarwanda ASR.
Sunbird AI’s recent success in the Kinyarwanda Kaggle competition highlights advancements in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for low-resource languages. We
Bringing Power Closer: How AI guided planning is lighting up livelihoods in Lamwo District.
In Lamwo District, Northern Uganda, a quiet but profound shift is underway. With AI guided site identification pointing to where
Sunflower: For Africa’s Many Voices
By Sunbird AI — October 10, 2025 Quick linksSunflower web interfaceTechnical reportModels on HuggingFace Today we are releasing two new
Beyond Text: Bringing Speech AI to Ugandan Languages
At Sunbird AI, our mission has always been to ensure that technology reflects the people who use it. In a
Sunbird AI’s Landmark Victory: Leading the Way in Kinyarwanda ASR Kaggle Competition!
Sunbird AI is proud to announce a significant achievement: winning both Track B and Track C of the recent Kinyarwanda Kaggle
From Satellite to Settlement: How Google Earth AI and Uganda’s Ministry of Energy Are Rewriting Rural Grid Planning
Uganda has a bold ambition: connect 10 million households to the most suitable energy source by 2030. That target, enshrined
How Sunbird AI’s Sunflower is accelerating Wikimedia in Runyankole.
For years, the Wikimedia community in Uganda faced a hard technical ceiling because of the lack of digital tools to create content