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6.0KTelecomMonthly internet bundles: A look at what Africell, MTN & Airtel offer [UPDATED]
We have already looked at the internet bundles and data packages offered by the three biggest telcos on weekly and daily plans....
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10.2KDigitalTop 7 Disposable Email service providers
In our previous article, we explained what a Disposable Email is and why you need one, considering the rate at which spammers...
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7.2KStartupsCcHUB Design Lab launched in Rwanda
Co-creation Hub [CcHUB] will Thursday launch the ‘CcHUB Design Lab’ in Kigali, Rwanda. The design lab is an unprecedented next step in...
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2.5KStartupsAndela turns to artificial intelligence to select top talent in Africa
US technology giant Andela has announced that it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) to sieve its own employees and those it...
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1.5KDigitalFacebook unveils plan to fight fake news in African elections
Social networking site Facebook has revealed plans to control the spread of fake news on its platforms ahead of many elections across...
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10.4KDigitalNIRA: What you need to get a Birth Certificate in Uganda
National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has made it possible for one to apply and get a Birth Certificate online. This system...
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11.4KDigitalWhy you need a Disposable Email
Disposable email is a service that allows a registered user to receive an email on a temporary address that expires after a...
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7.1KTechWhat you need to know about eSIM
One of the essentials for any phone is a SIM card. And recently, innovators came up with a new generation of SIMs...
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4.4KTechGlobal smartphone maker OPPO enters Africa market
Global smartphone maker OPPO has opened a regional hub in the United Arab Emirates that will be used as a new center...
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3.3KStartupsXente CEO Allan Rwakatungu talks bootstrapping, continental expansion and more
Xente, one of Uganda’s preeminent fintech companies, is spreading its service wings to more African countries. We recently had a conversation with Allan...
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2.0KTelecomCabinet okays proposal to use Mobile Money for investing in govt securities
Cabinet has approved a proposal to use Mobile Money as a platform for investing in government securities. According to the Executive Director...
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2.2KTechNITA-U Planning Director Kitoogo to sit on Makerere Appointments Board
The NITA-U Director for Planning, Research and Development, Dr Fredrick Kitoogo, has been selected to head the Information and Communications Technology (ICT)...
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3.8KTelecomFull list: 284 MyUG WiFi hotspots/sites in Kampala, Entebbe
National Information Technology Authority (NITA) has expanded the reach of MyUG WiFi and there are now 284 MyUG WiFi hotspots/sites in Kampala,...
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8.8KTechXiaomi smartphones in Uganda: Prices and specifications
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched in Uganda in 2018. Its first phone in the market was the Redmi 5 whose notable features...
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8.6KTelecomNew way to buy OTT tax on MTN
When the social media tax, now popularly known as OTT tax, was introduced in July 2018, MTN customers would use the USSD...
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4.0KTechTumwebaze: Government won’t police social media
Minister for ICT and National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze has said the government is not going keep watch on how Ugandans use social...
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2.5KDigitalNITA unveils eGovernment excellence awards
The National Information Technology Authority, Uganda (NITA-U) has introduced new Awards dubbed eGovernment Excellence Awards aimed at motivating government agencies and ministries...
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4.0KTechHow to tag and re-share someone’s Instagram story as your own
By default, users have not been able to share their followers’ stories on Instagram, unlike the other social networks like Twitter and...
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5.0KTech4 differences between Bluetooth and wireless mouse
Should you choose a Bluetooth mouse or a wireless mouse? But wait, isn’t a Bluetooth mouse a wireless mouse? They both have...
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4.7KDigital5 steps to set a video as a Facebook profile picture
Since the inception of Facebook, we have been accustomed to the still images as our profile pictures. However, this has been revolutionized...
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5.8KStartupsNatasha Museveni, from wanting to be a nun to entrepreneurship
Natasha Museveni Karugire, one of the daughters of President Yoweri Museveni stunned television viewers when she recently revealed that her ambition, at...
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2.8KTech4 ways to avoid malware infection on your computer
Malware is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server or computer network. A malicious software damages a target...
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1.9KStartupsUgandan tycoon to set up smartphone factory in Rwanda
Ugandan tycoon Ashish Thakkar is in talks with the Rwandan government to set up the country’s first smartphone factory, The New Times,...
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2.1KTechNEC’s Mugume, Mugira elevated as Museveni promotes army chiefs
President Yoweri Museveni has promoted 2,031 Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), including Joram Mugume, the chairman board of the National Enterprise Corporation...
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2.2KStartupsUgandan online retailer Baby Store UG acquired
The Baby Store UG, an online retailer dealing in baby goods has been acquired by new management, the company founder Sherifah Tumusiime...
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8.7KTelecomHow to check OTT balance on MTN, Airtel and Africell
If you’re reading this, you must have already paid OTT tax or you’re planning to. The validity of the tax is segmented...
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5.5KStartupsFacebook to open up content review center in Kenya
Facebook has announced that it will open a new content review center in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the social networking site’s...
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2.5KStartupsJustine Nameere’s husband taken to Luzira for assaulting Taxify driver
Raymond Kagimba, husband of former NTV presenter Justin Nameere has been remanded to Luzira prison for beating a driver attached to ride-hailing...
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1.6KStartupsAfrican entrepreneurs called to apply for 2019 Anzisha Prize
Twenty entrepreneurs across Africa will be winners of US $100,000 (about Shs368 million) this year courtesy of 2019 Anzisha Prize, a premier...
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1.6KTechHow to unsend messages on Facebook Messenger
Facebook has finally allowed all its users to use the Messenger ‘unsend’ feature that lets you delete messages from a conversation after...
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5 apps to get free in-app purchases on Android
Most apps on Android are free but some features or upgrades require payment. An example of such features is removing ads from...
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69.1KTech7 things to consider when buying a hard drive
By definition, a hard disk drive (HDD) is a fixed data storage device. You will find them in most desktop PCs, laptops...
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15.2KTechWhat is the difference between 8K and 4K TV?
On each and every new day, a new innovation is introduced. When it comes to TV resolutions, they too have gone through...
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8.7KTechList of authorised Tecno mobile shops in Uganda
If you love Tecno smartphones, you should have checked our list of Tecno smartphones in Uganda already; we also included prices and...
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3.9KDigitalUCC orders Daily Monitor to suspend online unit over Kadaga witchcraft story
Uganda Communications Communication Commission has directed Monitor Publications Limited, the publisher of Daily Monitor (newspaper and website) to halt publishing web content...
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2.2KStartupsShs368 million up for grabs in WFP innovation challenge
The World Food Programme (WFP) has invited startups from all over the world to participate in an innovation challenge with the aim...
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1.9KDigitalExclusive: Parliament speaks on Kadaga’s Twitter account hijack
The Twitter community were struck by a bombshell Sunday when Parliament announced a new Twitter account in the name of Rebecca Kadaga,...
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2.6KDigitalUganda’s first fully digital bank opens shop in Kampala
Uganda’s first fully digital bank has opened shop courtesy of Standard Chartered Bank. The system, which allows customers to open up an...
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1.9KDigitalURA hires Chinese firm to provide electronic invoicing services
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has contracted Aisino Corporation, a Chinese company, to provide electronic invoicing and receipting services in a bid to...
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12.0KTechTecno phones in Uganda: Prices and specs
Tecno phones in Uganda come in different sizes, colors, have different features and are priced differently. In 2018, according to a URA...
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5.7KStartupsSafeBoda restores mobile money top-ups
SafeBoda has managed to fix the problem that was failing the transfer of funds from Mobile Money to the SafeBoda wallet. The...
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3.0KTechHow to run dark mode on your Windows 10 computer
In order to activate or run dark mode, you need to visit the Windows settings on your computer. You can do this...
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1.9KTelecomBroadcast, telecom equipment in Uganda to undergo radiation testing
The Atomic Energy Council of Uganda has started a process of inspecting telecommunications base stations, broadcast equipment, high voltage transmission lines and...
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2.5KStartupsWhy SafeBoda disabled mobile money top-up option
Users of SafeBoda encountered challenges Monday as the application failed to accept mobile money transfers to the ride-hailing app’s customized wallet. “Money...
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2.7KTech5 uses of laptop HDMI inputs
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a channel through which devices can transmit and receive high-definition (HD) audio and video between external sources...
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1.4KStartupsAfrica online retail trade projected to hit $300bn by 2025
The volume of online retail trade in Africa is on the rise and is projected to reach $300bn by 2025, a report...
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3.4KTelecomDaily data bundles: See what Africell, MTN, Airtel are offering [UPDATED]
Last week, in our series on data packages, we looked at weekly data plans offered by the three biggest telecom companies in...
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1.9KTechHuawei Y7 Prime 2019, key specifications you need to know
Huawei has started vending its Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 entry-level smartphone and reports show that, in Pakistan which is among the first...
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1.5KDigitalGovt creates online platform for job applications in oil and gas sector
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda has created an online portal where Ugandans who intend to get jobs and contracts in the oil...
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1.3KDigitalChinese govt hands over digital TV project to Uganda
The Chinese government has said the digital TV (television) project launched in Uganda in July last year has enabled more Ugandans to...
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1.5KTelecomMobile money tax registers surplus collections as OTT struggles
Mobile money tax collections generated a whooping Shs50 billion surplus in the second quarter of the 2018/19 financial year, further justifying the...
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2.0KDigitalUCC replaces spokesperson Pamela Ankunda
Pamela Ankunda is no longer the spokesperson for the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). According to Ankunda, her boss, the UCC Executive Director...
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1.3KTelecomFacebook partners with Vodafone for Express Wi-Fi in Ghana
By VentureBeat More than a year after Facebook commercially launched Express Wi-Fi in five markets, it is ready to bring the connectivity...
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3.8KStartupsNatasha Museveni responds to ‘27 Guns’ critics, talks filmmaking journey
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you should have already heard or seen something related to the action movie, 27 Guns,...
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3.1KDigitalMuseveni’s son-in-law impersonated, Tumwebaze wishes happy birthday to ‘fake account’
Someone made a parody Facebook account of Edwin Karugire, the husband of Natasha Museveni, daughter to President Yoweri K. Museveni. So, when...
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1.9KTechUganda breaks silence on rejection of new ePassports by foreign govts
After reports that some Ugandans who have recently applied for visas with the new Ugandan East African Community (EAC) passports to travel...
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1.4KDigitalUganda’s new ePassports rejected in Denmark
As government battles with citizens opposed to the ‘rushed’ issuance of the electronic passports, another hurting news has emerged, showing that the...
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1.8KTechRwanda steps up plans to launch satellite
Rwanda’s appetite for technological development has gone a notch higher with plans to launch its first satellite in May this year. The...
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1.9KStartupsJibu Uganda loses Mark Mutaahi to BiD Network
Mark Mutaahi has left Jibu Uganda where he was a managing director to take over a new role at BiD Network. He...
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1.3KStartupsHashim Mutanje nominated for Africa’s Youth Energy Innovator award
A Ugandan innovator named Hashim Mutanje has been nominated for Africa’s Youth Energy Innovator award. Mutanje, 32, scored the nomination because of...
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1.9KDigitalNancy Kacungira scores new business show at BBC
Ugandan journalist and business reporter Nancy Kacungira has been given a new programme to host at BBC World News. The weekly programme,...
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1.8KStartupsUganda’s Medical Concierge Group scoops continental recognition
The Medical Concierge Group, a Ugandan health technology company, has been named among the fastest growing and dynamic privately-owned businesses in Africa...
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2.3KTech5 ways to hide your IP address from websites, network intruders, ISP
Hiding your IP address is quite simple if you know which tools to use. But Let’s first get the basics. What is...
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1.4KDigitalUgandan firm turns to blockchain technology to boost coffee business
A Ugandan company has started using blockchain technology to certify shipments of coffee to try to meet growing demand from consumers for...
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4.0KTelecomMobile money scams: How you will lose your cash to fraudsters
Mobile money is now a huge sector in Uganda’s economy. A recent report by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) revealed that there...
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2.8KTechLeveraging IoT, Rwanda introduces smart street lighting system
Rwanda is working on a new project that will give outstanding impetus to the country’s agenda for a smart economy that has...
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1.4KDigitalUgandan detectives trained in cybercrime investigations
Law enforcement officers in Uganda are in a two-day workshop where they’ll be equipped with the knowledge to crackdown the underworld of...
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1.9KDigitalMuttu replaces Suzan Nsibirwa as Vision Group marketing chief
Dorothy Muttu has been appointed to replace Susan Nsibirwa as the Vision Group head of Marketing and Communications after the latter resigned...
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2.6KTelecomWeekly data packages you need to know about (from MTN, Airtel, Africell) [UPDATED]
When choosing a SIM card or telecom service provider, it’s mostly about two things: network coverage or bundle packages offered percent? SautiTech...
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1.7KTechHow staff hacked into ministry website, stole sensitive data
The External Labour Information Management System at the Ministry of Labour crashed after an insider hacked into the system and stole sensitive...
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1.3KTech9 ways to fix Blue Screens of Death on Windows
As we’ve previously discussed, when BSoDs occur, they can have a deep impact on the functionality of your computer, so, you need...
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1.5KStartupsRwanda’s Yego Innovision shortlisted in GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards
Yego Innovision, an ICT solutions company based in Kigali, Rwanda has been shortlisted in the 2019 Global Mobile Awards, the company announced...
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1.5KStartupsCan Taxify Uganda be saved from itself? Senior officials speak out
In October 2017, Taxify rolled out its operations in Kampala, making the Ugandan capital its second city of operation in East Africa...
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3.3KDigitalState of pay TV market in Uganda, UCC report
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), a government agency that regulates the communications industry on Friday released a report about current statistics of the...
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2.8KTelecomUCC: Ugandans continue to boycott OTT taxes, move less mobile money over levies
A significant number of Ugandans on the internet have refused to or withdrawn from paying social media and mobile money taxes which...
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3.5KDigitalNIRA: Ongoing ID exercise; birth/death certificate acquisition (All you need to know)
Applications for a national ID, correction of information and replacement can all be done online; the same applies to the process of...
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2.2KStartupsShs92m up for grabs in Baobab’s startup programme
The 2019 Baobab Network accelerator is open to applicants with game-changing business and innovative ideas. The startups that will pitch the best...
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1.3KStartupsBitPesa founder Elizabeth Rossiello appointed co-chair of Global Council on Blockchain
BitPesa Chief Executive Officer and Founder Elizabeth Rossiello has been chosen by the World Economic Forum as the second chairperson of the...
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2.0KTechMakerere: Atukwase replaces Prof. Muyonga as Dean School of Food Technology
Prof. John Muyonga handed over office to Dr. Abel Atukwase, the new Dean-elect School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bioengineering. The handover...
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1.3KStartupsHow Taxify has made business difficult for Uber
By Sramana Mitra Opinion: There aren’t many stories that one hears about Billion Dollar Unicorn players out of East European countries like Estonia....
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1.1KTelecomLiquid Telecom backs video game building challenge in Africa
Telecommunication group Liquid Telecom is supporting African gaming developers, programmers and designers at locally hosted Global Game Jam events across the region...
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1.4KStartupsWinners of KCCA innovation challenge threaten legal action over non-payment
Ugandan innovators who won the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) innovation challenge have shown their intentions to drag the Authority to court...
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1.5KStartupsTaxify speaks on ‘closing business in Uganda’
Ride-hailing firm Taxify has dismissed as “completely untrue” reports that it was set to close up shop in Uganda. On Thursday afternoon,...
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1.1KStartupsWe’ll continue to develop ‘excellent talent’, Ochola says as Andela scores $100M series D
Andela, the company building distributed engineering teams with Africa’s top software developers announced the completion of a $100M Series D funding. The...
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1.3KTelecomMuseveni to MTN: Let Ugandans own a stake in your company
President Museveni on Wednesday met the MTN Group Chief Executive Officer, Rob Shuter, and urged him to float shares of the telecom...
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1.4KTelecomMuseveni, MTN CEO meet over employees’ transgressions in Uganda
President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday met with MTN Group’s Chief Executive Officer Rob Shuter to discuss the recent disgraceful acts committed by...
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1.4KTechGovt to build 42 innovation hubs across the country
The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation is to construct 42 incubation hubs and science industrial parks to support research and innovation...
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1.3KDigitalParliament launches app for tracking status of Bills
Parliament has launched an app called “Uganda Bungeni” aimed at enabling the public to trace the status of bills that are debated...
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2.1KStartupsSafeBoda: Why we are increasing trip costs
SafeBoda has started charging more for trips made during morning and evening hours. The firm announced the changes in fares on Tuesday....
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1.4KDigitalMoses Kasozi lands job at US tech company
Moses Kasozi, a Ugandan-born economist based in the United States has secured a job at Payfone, a technology firm based in New...
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2.2KTelecomMTN Uganda gets temporary license as negotiations carry on
Telecommunications company MTN Uganda has been given a provisional license which will last two months or 60 days as authorities continue to...
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1.8KTelecomUCC weighs in as MTN offers dissimilar accounts on free 500MBs
On Tuesday evening, a considerable section of MTN Uganda customers was treated to 500MBs. On dialing *131*4#, a message would appear on...
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1.7KStartupsExclusive: Julian Byamugisha reassigned as Taxify Uganda hunts manager for operational efficiency
Taxify Uganda is hiring more people to boost operational efficiency in Kampala, Uganda, a high-ranking official has told SautiTech. In one of...
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1.3KTechUganda police starts construction of innovation center
Uganda police is constructing its own research and innovation in Kikandwa, Wakiso district. The groundbreaking ceremony was officiated by the Inspector General...
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2.0KDigitalNgabirano replaces Phoebe Nakabazzi as Multichoice Uganda marketing boss
MultiChoice Uganda has relieved Phoebe Nakabazzi of her duties as the company’s head of marketing. According to ChimpReports, which quotes a statement...
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1.6KTechDudutech cutting edge pest controls now available in Tanzania
Press Release – Growers in Tanzania can now benefit from a range of Dudutech’s biological pest control products. The portfolio approved by...
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1.5KTelecomInside story: How 2 MTN Uganda chiefs were arrested, deported by security agents
On Tuesday morning, Uganda woke up to the news that two high ranking officials from the largest telecommunications company in the country...
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1.5KTelecomMTN Uganda CMO arrested for engaging in subversive activities
MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Olivier Prentout has been arrested for engaging in acts which “compromise national security”, Polly Namaye, the...
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1.6KDigitalNamisango breaks silence on being ‘fired’ as Makerere PRO
Following Monday reports which alleged that Ritah Namisango had been “fired” as the public relations officer (PRO) for Makerere University, Namisango has...
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1.1KTechWhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients to fight rumors
By Reuters Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five,...
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1.4KTechAndroid Q: Top features to look out for in the next Android OS update
Android Q or Android 10 is underway and Google has not yet released any details about it. Its predecessor Android Pie is...
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SafeBoda, Uber, Dial Jack, Pikime, Taxify: Who is offering the best fare rates?
As a new week starts, we felt that it was important to appreciate you our readers by updating you on the discounts...