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Integrating AI Competences into Journalism Education to Fight Disinformation in Eastern Africa

The lead trainer presenting beside a screen reading 'Curriculum Development Workshop — Module 2: AI Tools for Detecting & Countering Disinformation. Building Module 2 of the AI-Powered Journalism Curriculum, for 22 educators across Uganda & Kenya'

The founding project. A curriculum co-created with East African educators, taught first to the lecturers who will teach it, then piloted with their students — under the Ubuntu AI Ethics Code, against a public endline target.

Delivered — Curriculum built and ToT delivered (July 2026); classroom pilot from September 2026.

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