Despite multiple surveys showing that celebrity endorsements and advertisement don’t yield strong sales compared to other advertising channels, the Chinese phone manufacturer...
SolarNow Services Limited, a Ugandan-based social enterprise has secured funding to a tune of US$740,000 (about Shs2.8 billion) from Mastercard Foundation to...
Tunga, a company that connects software engineers to job opportunities, is expanding to Cario in Egypt, making it the third destination in...
US-based company Zipline is set to unveil a drone assembling plant in Rwanda, augmenting its presence in the East African country where...
The Kenyan government has earmarked $10 million (about one billion Kenya shillings) into startups that are aimed at manufacturing mobile phones as...
Despite being one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world, startups in Uganda struggle to raise capital and some die a...
When you Google about the richest people in Uganda, the names Patrick Bitature and Sudhir Ruparelia feature prominently. In 2012, their families...
Current statistics indicate that Samsung, Huawei, Apple, Xiaomi and Oppo are the biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world by market share. The...
Computer security, cyber security or IT security is the protection of computer systems from theft or damage to the hardware, software or...
By Bloomberg If it seems as though the app you deleted last week is suddenly popping up everywhere, it may not be...
Ronald Katamba, the creator of the Jaguza Livestock App, wants to initiate the use of drone technology in livestock farming in Uganda....
As a messaging service, WhatsApp has eased communication in countless ways. But it has also been one of the platforms easily exploited...
The Uganda Police Force has rolled out phone lines to boost community and police engagement. Police hope this project dubbed the Counter...
As part of its initiative to support the technology and startup ecosystem in Africa, Google has unveiled a new partnership with Andela...
Humphrey Nabimanya, the founder and team leader at Reach A Hand Uganda has received a certification of recognition from United Nations Uganda....
Minister of ICT and National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze will be in Dubai to solicit support for Uganda, which is seeking to be...
The Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Development Bank (UDB) Patricia Ojangole has urged budding entrepreneurs in the country to get counsel from...
By Daniel Odaka Every urban radio station in Kampala today has an online listening option. It could be on a third-party smartphone...
By Julius Masaba The other day my partner asked me; “Julius, am seeing so many Funds in Uganda. Does it mean there...
If you own a dual-sim smartphone, you most likely have two SIM cards which you use to contact your kith and kin...
Joan Lubega, a 21-year-old Ugandan innovator has bagged US$12500 (about Shs47 million) after emerging as a second runner-up at the 2018 Anzisha...
Airtel Africa’s recent profitability has started to pay off after six investors agreed to invest $1.25 billion (about Shs4.5 trillion) in the...
Afrosoft IT Solutions the developers of Jaguza Livestock App have added more features to the application and with prospective and already-secured partnerships...
Horn Products Uganda Ltd, a Ugandan company that manufactures ornaments, products for the apparel industry and a smorgasbord of accessories has secured...
By Jumanne Rajabu Mtambalike Why do we need to do more? I don’t want to be that guy who spoils the party but...
More mobile phone users globally are becoming victims of SIM swap fraud than earlier thought, a new study by Myriad Connect has...
Blockbonds, a Norwegian fintech company, has created a provision that will allow customers in Rwanda buy airtime from its SPENN, a Cellular...
Smartphones are by far the closest center for storage today, which is why you need to know the best way to protect...
The government of Uganda provides free internet dubbed MYUG to people living within and around urban centers in Uganda. The internet is...
Morning Star Enterprise (U) Ltd, a Ugandan company that manufactures stationery products has secured USD300,000 (about Shs1.1 billion) in mezzanine debt from...
By Rachel Crawford Seed and early-stage investment in Africa remain stubbornly low and new thinking is required to boost deal flow. One...
Cedric Babu Ndilima is now the head of corporate communications, sales, and marketing at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), SautiTech has learnt. Babu,...
Cosmas Mwikirize, a Ugandan scientist has won the 2018-19 Shatkin Scholarship, named after Aaron Shatkin, the founding director of the Center for...
Rwanda is set to host the blockchain-powered tantalum-tracking platform, the first of its kind in the world, aimed at finding solutions towards...
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has ordered television broadcasters to provide sign language interpreters and subtitles in major programmes to cater for...
Ride-hailing firm Uber has announced the new Safety Toolkit which, over the next few weeks, will be rolled out to the millions...
Good evening SautiTech readers, 1. Uganda’s ICT minister Frank Tumwebaze has labeled as “fake news” claims that he has invested in OneCoin,...
Over 3000 police officers are to be trained and equipped with CCTV management skills to help them handle the ongoing Uganda Safe...
Kira Road Police on Friday arrested two men at Opportunity Bank in Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb for allegedly issuing $1800 (about Shs7...
Zembo, a startup founded by two French engineers, has started testing its electric motorcycles in Kampala. Daniel Dreher and Etienne Saint-Sernin are...
Do you own an Android-powered smartphone? Are you among those that don’t know how to download Facebook videos on Android mobile? After...
USB-C is currently set to be the universal port on all devices replacing the USB-A, USB-B, Micro USB and mini USB. As...
Awel Uwihanganye, the founder of Young Achievers Awards, is the new head of Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC), a project under the...
Ron Kawamara has been appointed the chief executive officer for Jumia Uganda, according to a press statement released on Thursday. The position...
Philips, a multinational technology firm, in partnership with researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda,...
An ultra-modern high-tech school in audiovisual technology, filmmaking, and screenwriting has opened in Kigali, Rwanda, offering hope to thousands of youth in...
Telecom giant MTN Uganda has introduced new voice bundles for its customers, lowering the amount of talk time. To speak for six...
Mobile applications are not yet so popular in the telecommunications industry in Uganda and most people still use USSD codes to access...
Founders Factory, an incubator, and accelerator for startups launched a branch in Africa, aiming at building and scaling up to 100 technology...
The Binance fiat-crypto exchange has been officially launched in Uganda, and an official statement indicates that Binance Uganda has already started its...
Good morning SautiTech readers. 1. The minister of ICT and National Guidance has responded to Ugandans asking why the National ICT Hub...
Lyinoluwa or Lyin Aboyeji has stepped down as the chief executive officer of Flutterwave after leading the company for about 2 years. Flutterwave...
Taleology Holdings GIB Ltd, a Nigerian firm, has won the contract to revamp Uganda Telecoms Ltd (UTL), beating State-founded Mauritius Telecom that...
Ricky Thomson Rapa, one of the co-founders of SafeBoda, has said that the Ugandan grown ride-hailing company plans to expand its services...
The Chinese phone manufacturer Transsion has deployed multiple strategies that have led to the success of Tecno in Africa, according to a...
In our previous article, we talked about how to use WhatsApp for PC; in this article, we look at how can you...
The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG), a digital health enterprise, aiming at improving health service delivery through technology, has rolled out a health...
Flutterwave, a payments API (Application programming interface) that makes it easier for global merchants, payment service providers and Pan African banks to...
Powah Limited, a Ugandan social enterprise committed to providing energy solutions to communities that don’t have access to electricity, in June of...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and partner agencies have launched a communication system for...
WhatsApp for PC is one of the technology innovations you might need to add your laptop or office desktop. The idea of...
UgaBus and SafeBoda, both startups committed to digitizing the transport sector in Uganda, have been included in the final shortlist for the...
BreastIT, a Ugandan healthcare startup is the winner of the Pistoia Alliance President’s Startup Challenge 2018. BreastIT beat other four projects from...
Seanice Kacungira Lojede would like you to know that your attitude is the reason you are not getting the connections you want....
Clément Uwajeneza is now the Andela Rwanda country director. Uwajeneza moves to Andela’s first pan-African hub with a career spanning over a...
Ride-hailing company Taxify has underlined its plans to overtake Uber in Africa by expanding its operations to other smaller cities in each...
If you have been vainly trying to find how you can download Facebook videos without using hectic third-party apps that never seem...
President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday commissioned the National CCTV Control and Command center of the newly installed CCTV cameras in Kampala and...
The long-awaited Kayola electric buses made in Uganda will hit the market in March next year. The buses manufactured by Kiira Motors...
DHL Express has been recognized as a Top Employer in Africa for the fifth consecutive year, at the prestigious Top Employer Africa...
China’s Institute of Public Safety Research at Tsinghua University has announced plans to build a forensic laboratory at Makerere University that will...
The MTN chief executive officer, Mr. Wim Vanhellepute has said the reduction of the Mobile Money tax from 1 percent to 0.5...
Tanzania and Burundi have been blamed for dragging their feet on One Area Network, a unified telephone roaming system aimed to lower...
Paxful, a US-based cryptocurrency Exchange Company has announced its entrance in the East African market as more people are gradually gaining trust/confidence...
IGTV or Instagram television is one of the game-changing products that the Facebook-owned social networking site has rolled out this year. Now...
Telecom companies in Uganda might be few but choosing the right service provider (SIM card) for you is as complex as it...
A company of six innovative Ugandans has developed a system called Yunga, aiming at solving one of the country’s complex puzzles: community...
Microsoft has withdrawn its recently released Windows 10 October Update. Version 1809 is no longer available for download officially. After a few...
The difference between Micro USB and USB type C can be detected mainly through functionality and some minor aspects of the physical...
Instagram has added a new feature called Nametag to help you connect with other users around you. The new feature is currently...
Two Ugandan innovators Joan Nalubega and Samson Kisseka are among the 20 finalists in the 2018 Anzisha Prize awards. Nalubega, 21, is...
Noependa, a Ugandan-based healthcare startup creating solutions that give patients in low-resource settings access to high-quality care, won US$30,000 (about Shs113 million)...
By George Aine An official from social networking site Facebook has warned Uganda’s competitiveness on the global scene will suffer should the...
President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with a German company, paving way for Uganda to starting printing its...
LCD vs LED TV: to answer this in the simplest way possible, an LED TV is an LCD TV. LCD stands for...
By George Aine Westerwelle Foundation, a German-based organization, on Monday, opened startup Haus, an incubation center for startups in Kigali, Rwanda, vowing...
Microsoft rolled out its Windows 10 October update this week and it is currently available to all Windows 10 users. Among the...
One day in 2014, a group of five boda boda men hit Kampala streets, but unlike other days, they had each added...
By George Aine South African-based FinTech Wala has partnered with CleanPath Emerging Markets Uganda (CPEM), a Ugandan company, to enable Ugandans to...
GoSol has invented a solar oven aimed at promoting a clean and friendly environment. The oven was installed at the SmartUp Factory Gulu...
By George Aine The NRM vice chairperson for eastern Uganda, Capt Mike Mukula, has announced that he has relocated his aviation training...
By George Aine Parliament on Tuesday evening voted to pass the contentious Excise Duty Amendment Bill (2018) No 2, approving a 0.5%...
An electric vehicle company called Ampersand has started testing its motorcycles in East Africa. Ampersand is based in Rwanda and it is...
The value of transactions processed on the Regional Payment and Settlement System (REPSS) has now crossed $50 million (Shs190b) with nine Central...
By George Aine The ruling National Resistance Movement Caucus on Monday resolved to back the Excise Duty Amendment Bill (2018) No. 2...
By George Aine The controversial mobile money tax returns to parliament on Tuesday for a fresh vote after a similar undertaking flopped...
By George Aine The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has moved to effect the ban on the importation of motor vehicles which are...
BreastIT, a portable device developed to help in diagnosing breast abnormalities like cancer, is among the five projects that will face off...
For many years, over 7,000 residents of Kyamuhunga in Bushenyi District have been earning a living through growing tea which they then...
By George Aine The African Blockchain Report 2018 that was recently released by Liquid Telecom indicates that many African countries, especially Nigeria,...
Ugandan health startup DigiHealth put the Ugandan innovation ecosystem in the spotlight after bagging the ‘best innovation in health’ award on Thursday...
Joelex, a Ugandan startup innovating health solutions, is among six African start-ups that were selected to benefit from the 2018 Amref Africa’s...