Can a Robot Tell Africa’s Stories? Inside an African-Built AI Breakthrough

As African innovators continue to expand the boundaries of artificial intelligence, a new generation of locally built technologies is reshaping how culture and heritage are experienced across the continent.In Uganda, this shift is taking form through an AI-powered robot tour guide, known as Okello, also called the “Gold Pearl Guide,” designed to make tourism more accessible, immersive, and linguistically inclusive while preserving the depth of African storytelling.