Tanzania, Aug. 7 -- Dar es Salaam. The Executive Secretary of the East African Kiswahili Commission (Kakama), Dr Caroline Asiimwe, has called on member states of the East African Community (EAC) to strengthen collaboration in research, education and technology development to ensure Kiswahili becomes part of the digital and artificial intelligence revolution.

Speaking on Friday, August 7, 2026, at the closing of the Chakama Conference at Kisii University in Kenya, Dr Asiimwe said the two-day conference had laid the foundation for a new agenda aimed at positioning Kiswahili as a language that generates knowledge, innovation and technology, rather than merely consuming advances developed in other languages.

She said one of the key resoluti...