UNITED KINGDOM, July 2 -- While some people may regard Tanzanias move to embark on the development of a National Kiswahili Large Language Model as another digital initiative, it reflects the countrys investment in the future.

This was said by Tanzanias High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Mbelwa Kairuki, recently while delivering a keynote speech on leadership in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the Hack the Law 2026 conference held at the University of Cambridge.

During the well-attended event, the diplomat said that if Artificial Intelligence is to become a truly global technology, it must also become a technology that understands the diversity of human experiences, including African languages, with Kiswahili be...