Thoughts
Writing on design, AI, and the slow art of building.
Essays, letters, and field notes. Published when there's something worth saying.
2025
Interview · ChannelsTV
On Africa's digital future
James Saruchera joins ChannelsTV's Olayemi Osindeinde to discuss Africa's digital future — infrastructure, AI adoption, and the rise of the continent's creative economy.
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2025
5 min read
2025's game-changing UX × AI trends
James Saruchera picks the three UX × AI trends defining 2025 — the emerging interaction patterns designers and product leaders should be building for now.
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Dec 2024
6 min read
2024 recap: from euphoria to pragmatism
James Saruchera's 2024 recap: a breakthrough year of AI investment gave way to pragmatism — what actually shipped, what lasted, and what it means for 2025.
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2024
Essay · Techrevolt
The hidden backbone of AI
James Saruchera on the hidden backbone of AI — the infrastructure, labour, and data flows that decide who actually wins the next decade. Featured by Techrevolt.
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2024
7 min read
Unbreakable GCC supply chains: the Middle East–Africa link
From the WEF Global AI Summit in Rwanda, James Saruchera maps the Middle East–Africa trade corridor quietly becoming the world's most strategic GCC supply chain link.
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Apr 2024
8 min read
Why Africa holds the key to AI's future
Writing from the WEF Rwanda Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, James Saruchera argues that unlocking AI's full potential runs through Africa.
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