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"AI is not here to replace the creatives. It’s another tool in the creative toolbox."
At The Assembly: Take One, our speakers shared how AI can help creators explore ideas, experiment faster and push their work in new directions.
For creators, that means new and easier ways to tell stories, create, collaborate and even turn your skills into opportunities.
Been experimenting with AI? The African AI Film Festival is giving creators a space to put that work out there.
Find out more about submitting your work through: africanaifilmfestival.org/
#TheAssemblyTakeOne #NativeNoise #AfricanAIFilmFestival
Friday looked a little something like this.
Good people, good conversations, new connections, plenty of ideas in the room, and a good evening it was.
Here are a few moments from The Assembly: Take One.
Stay tuned for insights from our guest speakers.
Native Noise × African AI Film Festival
#TheAssemblyTakeOne #NativeNoise #AfricanAIFilmFestival
🎥 Every story starts with an idea. What happens next is where things get interesting.
Meet Anna Nanyanzi from the African AI Film Festival, joining us as a speaker at The Assembly: Take One!
As AI continues to open new possibilities for storytelling, we are bringing creatives together to explore what it means to create, experiment and push ideas beyond the drawing board.
Expect fresh perspectives, meaningful conversations and a room full of people who believe in the power of creativity.
📅 Friday, 16th October 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Native Noise HQ, Ntinda
#TheAssembly #NativeNoise #TakeOne #AfricanAIFilmFestival #FilmAndAI
🎬 Before the budget. Before anyone says yes. Before you're sure it works.
Every great creative idea starts somewhere, and sometimes, all it takes is the courage to take that first step.
We are excited to welcome Pauline Nabbosa (@BsapPolyn) from the African AI Film Festival as a speaker at The Assembly: Take One!
Join us as we explore the intersection of film, storytelling and AI, and the possibilities emerging for creatives willing to experiment, collaborate and bring their ideas to life.
📅 Friday, 16th October 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Native Noise HQ, Ntinda
Come for the conversations. Stay for the connections. 🎥
#TheAssembly #NativeNoise #TakeOne #AfricanAIFilmFestival #CreativeCommunity
From the first camera click to the final cut, creativity always takes center frame.
This Friday, Native Noise in collaboration with the African AI Film Festival, are bringing the creative minds behind the magic of every film together at The Assembly: Take One
To register: forms.gle/WRU9XbQEeXUw7FHu8
Don’t miss it!
📅 Friday, 16th October 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Native Noise HQ, Kampala
#TheAssemblyTakeOne #NativeNoise #AfricanAIFilmFestival
⏳ONE DAY TO GO!
By now, your checklist should look something like this:
✅ Registration: Confirmed
💡 Ideas: Plenty
👗 Fit: Ready
🤝 Creative connections: Loading…
Tomorrow, we take center stage at The Assembly: Take One, hosted by Native Noise in collaboration with the African AI Film Festival.
Come ready to connect, create and discover. We’ll see you there!
📅 Friday, 16th October 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Native Noise HQ, Kampala
#TheAssemblyTakeOne #NativeNoise #AfricanAIFilmFestival #CreativeCommunity
It’s about time you showed off those AI skills
The African AI Film Festival is looking for films where AI plays a meaningful role in the filmmaking process.
You can submit a short film, animation or documentary.
The festival is open to African filmmakers and creators, and Africa-based filmmakers can submit for free, including at the late deadline.
📅 Deadline: 20 October 2026
📍 Selected films will be showcased in Hollywood and Kampala.
🔗 Full eligibility requirements + application: africanaifilmfestival.org/
Join Native Creators to get closer to the creative community and stay in the loop.
Our DMs are open. Come say hi.
#NativeNoise #CreatorOpportunities
⏳ Just TWO DAYS until we TAKE ONE! 🎬
This Friday, the only plot twist you need to know about is happening at Native Noise HQ, Kampala.
Hosted by Native Noise in collaboration with the African AI Film Festival, The Assembly: Take One is bringing creatives together for an evening of connections, conversations and exciting possibilities.
We can’t wait to see you there. The countdown is officially on!
📅 Friday, 16th October 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Native Noise HQ, Kampala
To register, scan the QR code or tap the link: forms.gle/WRU9XbQEeXUw7FHu8
#TheAssemblyTakeOne #NativeNoise #AfricanAIFilmFestival #CreativeCommunity
Every great story has a first take.
Before the budget, before anyone says yes, and before you’re even sure it works, there’s always an idea worth exploring.
Native Noise, in collaboration with the African AI Film Festival, invites you to another edition of The Assembly: Take One.
We’re bringing together creatives across different fields for an evening of drinks, music, conversation and creative discovery.
This is the place to be if:
👉 You have a project sitting on your drive.
👉 You have an idea you can’t stop thinking about.
👉 You’re simply looking for your next creative spark.
📅 Friday, 16th October 2026
🕟 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 Native Noise HQ, Kampala
Come as you are. Bring the idea. Let’s see what the first take becomes.
Scan the QR code on the artwork to sign up.
#TheAssembly
#NativeNoise #AfricanAIFilmFestival #CreativeCommunity
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Some stories need more than a caption.
They need a mic, a good conversation and someone willing to say, “Wait… keep that in.”
Today, we celebrate the podcasts giving stories, ideas, culture and creativity more room to be heard.
Happy International Podcast Day.
#InternationalPodcastDay #NativeNoiseCulture #Podcasting
Want to build your acting skills through practical training?
Sisi Film Lab’s 2026 Acting Workshop is giving aspiring and emerging actors a chance to learn, practice and receive feedback from experienced professionals.
You don’t need professional acting experience to apply. Your work sample can be a film or TV performance, theatre performance, self-tape, monologue or other relevant performing-arts work.
The training is non-residential, and selected participants will be expected to commit to the full programme.
📷 Application deadline: 5 October 2026
📷 Full details + application:
Sisi Film Lab Acting Workshop 2026
#NativeNoise #CreatorOpportunities #SisiFilmLab #UgandaActors
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Businesses at our first Build With AI masterclass were offered a free AI audit - a clear view of where AI could save time, cut cost or open new revenue inside their own operations.
The next step is putting one of those opportunities to work.
Build With AI takes specific enterprise problems; customer service volume, document processing, forecasting, field data, reporting, scopes them into use cases, and matches them to builders in the Build With AI network who carry the solution through to deployment.
Have a problem worth solving properly? Submit it at buildwithai.innovationvillag….
#BuildWithAI #AIForBusiness #AIReadyBusiness
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The MG ZS blends premium design, advanced technology, and everyday practicality to deliver a driving experience that feels effortless and refined.
Discover what makes the MG ZS the perfect companion for your lifestyle.
Visit our showroom today. mguganda.com |
+256 (0)414 252 810
#MGUganda #MGZS
Trends put your work in front of more people. Originality makes them remember you.
One gets you into the conversation. The other makes you stand out in it.
But, does choosing one mean giving up the other?
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We believe businesses grow through opportunity.
Opportunity to meet customers.
Opportunity to test ideas.
Opportunity to build demand.
Opportunity to create relationships that open new doors.
#MarketByMoTIV brings these opportunities into one physical space.
It creates a meeting point for Ugandan businesses, consumers, creators and partners, each contributing to a vibrant marketplace.
For businesses, it is an opportunity to put products in front of customers, generate sales and gain first-hand insight into the market.
For consumers, it is a space to discover, experience and support locally made products and the businesses behind them.
For partners, it provides a platform to engage with an active community around commerce, culture and lifestyle.
Through our Creative Business Academy, we are building Market by MoTIV as a consistent platform for discovery, connection and commercial opportunity — creating value for participating businesses, partners and the people who visit.
This is one of the ways we are creating spaces that connect businesses with the markets they serve.
#MarketAccess #MadeInUganda #UgandanBusinesses #CreativeEconomy
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Every journey deserves the confidence to go further.
The Isuzu Bus is built for comfort, reliability and the long road ahead, keeping every passenger moving confidently from one destination to the next.
Visit macuganda.com or call +256 (0)414 252 810 to learn more.
#IsuzuUganda #IsuzuBus #WithYouForTheLongRun
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From the workshop to the marketplace.
This Saturday, some of our Creative Business Academy residents will take their work from their dedicated spaces at MoTIV to Market by MoTIV, putting their craft, products and growing businesses directly in front of new customers.
Come meet the makers, see what they have been building and shop work made right here in Uganda.
📍 @MotivUG
📅 Saturday, 12 September
#MarketByMoTIV #CreativeResidency #CreativeBusinessAcademy
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Creative livelihoods are built within ecosystems. That is the thinking behind the Nordic-Uganda Partnership Day, bringing together the @SwedeninUG, Selam, PANAF, Connect For Culture Africa, Kyambogo University, @AfricaCreAlli and @MotivUG around a shared conversation on the role of culture, creativity and enterprise in sustainable livelihoods.
Yesterday at @kyambogou, we moved that conversation from theory into the studio.
Young creatives; students from Performing Arts and Business Management, alongside working artists and creative entrepreneurs, spent the day looking at what happens when a creative idea meets stronger positioning.
@Mapei and Anthony Mills unpacked the choices behind identity, audience and visibility, while Hon. Rachel Magoola opened the day by asking what it takes for art to become a sustainable livelihood.
Then the room became a working studio.
The same creative work was developed twice: first by the artist alone, then with professional input brought into the process.
Participants watched the transformation happen in real time, comparing what changed in the work, how it was positioned, who it could reach and what that could mean commercially.
It was less about being told that creatives need support, and more about giving them the chance to see where the right producer, marketer, manager or designer can change the trajectory of an idea.
Today, the conversation moves to the next piece of the puzzle: Creative Entrepreneurship. @naviomusic leads the second masterclass as part of the Nordic-Uganda Partnership Day, exploring the pathways from creative work to audiences, platforms and income.
For us at the alliance, the conversation sits within a bigger ambition: strengthening the creative economy by helping creatives build practices that can sustain them. Creative talent is only one part of that equation. How that talent is positioned, understood, discovered and connected to opportunity can shape whether creative work becomes a career, a business and, ultimately, a livelihood.
#ArtAndSustainableLivelihoods #CreativeEntrepreneurship #CreativeEconomy #NordicUgandaPartnershipDay
