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Unfortunately, It Feels Like They Now Want Tool Mastery Rather Than the Art
DataAITools
Oct 8, 202610 min read

Unfortunately, It Feels Like They Now Want Tool Mastery Rather Than the Art

The new mastery might be knowing which tool to use, which one to ignore, and when Excel is still perfectly fine.

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AI Is Getting Smarter. Are We?
AIJudgmentAfrican context
Sep 15, 202612 min read

AI Is Getting Smarter. Are We?

We were given intelligence to steward, now we outsource it and call it progress

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RAGs — Retrieval Augmented Generation Simplified For Us
RAGAgentic AIAfrican context
May 29, 20269 min read

RAGs — Retrieval Augmented Generation Simplified For Us

The models were trained on the world. We are here to teach them Africa.

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African Reality Is Not Messy. It Is Intelligence
AfricaAIData Engineering
May 22, 20268 min read

African Reality Is Not Messy. It Is Intelligence

Your Sunday school teacher may have skipped this part, but David was basically saying, “This tech stack does not fit my use case.”

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You Don't Need Another Tool. You Need a System.
SystemsData StrategyAI
Apr 23, 20265 min read

You Don't Need Another Tool. You Need a System.

You can have Python as your striker, Excel in midfield, even AI like ChatGPT on VAR, but without a system, you are not winning the league.

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How Agentic AI Actually Works: Using n8n
Agentic AIn8nAutomation
Feb 19, 202610 min read

How Agentic AI Actually Works: Using n8n

A straight-to-the-point breakdown of automation, Agentic AI, and why n8n is useful for people who want systems that observe, reason, and act.

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Why You Actually Need to Learn Power BI
Power BIData AnalyticsMicrosoft Fabric
Jan 25, 202612 min read

Why You Actually Need to Learn Power BI

A friendly defense of a tool that quietly runs the modern workplace and the real answer to your boss's question: itaongeza pesa kweli?

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Phoenix AI Agents Summit 2025: Building for Us
AI AgentsCommunityInnovation
Feb 15, 202512 min read

Phoenix AI Agents Summit 2025: Building for Us

Eight teams, one mission, and solutions only Africans could build. Reflections on the Summit that proved Africa doesn't need permission — we need opportunity.

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Why Excel Still Matters in the Age of AI
ExcelData AnalyticsAI
Jan 25, 202610 min read

Why Excel Still Matters in the Age of AI

I know you can ask GPT nearly everything but just stay with me on this piece. Because sometimes, the best lessons don't come from asking a machine, they come from reflection, experience, and stories we share.

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