Archive - The Rundown Studio: AI & Comms Insights for Emerging Markets

How African talent is creating high quality content with AI

Plus livestock facial recognition that's unlocking financing for millions of women

Jul 18 •

VIDEO: My step-by-step tutorial on how to use the Covering Africa AI Prompt

This system we are creating is important because it reflects the perspectives of how Africa would like to be seen and treated in media coverage.

Jul 8 •

An AI Co-Pilot for Reporting on Africa

Introducing my master prompt to augment journalists to generate more nuanced, ethical, and accurate stories about the continent

Jul 1 •

June 2025

My Weekend Brief: Never Too Old

If a 91 year old is building an AI agent ... you can too! Plus my personal prompt trick, one great weekend watch and one useful follow

Jun 27 •

Messy Magic: Unlocking Gen AI Video

I share some of my personal creative work and wear my storytelling hat while in the trenches with Google's Veo 3. These are my lessons learned.

Jun 25 •

My AI Comms Playbook: Your Edge.

I'm sharing practical workflows and my prompt insights to transform your communication strategy with AI

Jun 20 •

The AI Brief: Smart prompting and African innovation

Thinking about communication professionals who need practical tools that work

Jun 17 •

Human-in-the-Loop

Where AI workflows meet critical thinking in communications

Jun 10 •

Prompts and Pixels

Jacob Alder's "Total Pixel Space" plus my Avatar IV Experiment and Weekend Homework

Jun 6 •

Judgment, Taste, and Persistence: The Human Edge in the Age of AI Agents

Why Mary Meeker's AI trends report needs a reality check too

Jun 4 •

Prompt and Progress

Metaprompting, and staying ahead in the intelligence revolution plus tools I'm testing

Jun 3 •

May 2025

AI Now Builds Your Apps and Does Your Work: The "Vibe Coding" Revolution

Plus UAE's $20B bet, Microsoft's agent store and a weekend video from Luka

May 30 •

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