05/08/2026
Sri Lanka just took a real step from talking about AI to putting it in people’s hands.
At today’s launch of Sri Lanka AI Week 2026 (“AI Amplified” — Sept 28 to Oct 4), SLT Mobitel CEO Riaz Rasheed didn’t just preview the week he announced Smart AI, the country’s first AI tokenization platform. It lets anyone buy AI credits directly through SLT Mobitel, cutting out the global payment barriers (forex cards, subscriptions in foreign currency) that have kept a lot of students, creators, and small businesses locked out of tools they should already have access to.