Samasource Kampala center to employ 250 youth

By: Gloria Nakiyimba

More Ugandan youth are to be employed by U.S technology company Samasource which has opened its Kampala offices at Kanjokya Street in Kamwokya. The new Kampala tech hub was opened on Friday by, US ambassador Deborah Malac who noted that as technology usages around the world become more sophisticated and complex Samasource will empower its employees to help Uganda adopt Artificial Intelligence to transform business.

“U.S companies here have promoted impact sourcing as a hiring strategy to combat youth unemployment, support inclusive economic development and promote tangible business benefits. I am particularly impressed by Samasource’s ability to generate employment for and upgrade the skills of workers from low income and vulnerable communities allowing them to perform high-quality, information-based services” Ambassador Malac remarked.

She emphasized that the private sector plays a critical role in growing economic growth sustainably, pledging that her government will continue to engage with the government of Uganda on how it can best attract diverse investment and trade by fighting corruption and cutting bureaucratic red tape.

A leader in providing secure, high –quality training data for Artificial Intelligence[AI] technologies, Samsource first established its footprint in Gulu in northern Uganda where it has been operating for seven years now. The pioneer Gulu office has created more than 500 jobs targeting tech-savvy youth in that part of the country.

According to Leilah Janah founder and CEO of Samasource, “the opening of our new facility in Kampala is a representation of all we stand for at Samasource-connecting people to digital work and giving them the skills need to uplift and empower themselves and their communities”.

With the opening of the Kampala center, the company will be able to employ more than 250 members of the community. Samasource trains data for computer vision and NLP use cases which companies use to propel their AI technology forward in industries such as automotive, consumer internet, e-commerce, robotics and many more.