Africell has expanded its operations across the African continent to Angola. This follows the issuance of the country’s fourth mobile licence to...
A new subsea cable to go around Africa and the Middle East is under construction. 2Africa, backed by Facebook, China Mobile, MTN...
The introduction of mobile money has not only made it easy to send and receive money, but also created community integration. Various...
There is no doubt that by the time this COVID-19 period ends, our lives will almost have been rest to a new...
In support of Uganda’s national crisis response, Africell is taking immediate steps to optimise its services and raise urgent coronavirus awareness. “You...
Entertainment on the go is the way to go, in an ever revolving situation that leaves no room for settlement. Technology has...
Shell Uganda has announced the introduction of a free home delivery solution for Shell Gas. This is in a bid to bring...
When the going gets tough, the tough get going too! In the wake of the coronavirus disease pandemic, eCommerce platform Jumia has...
In the wake of the rapid spread of the coronavirus, various companies are crafting initiatives to ensure safety and health. Among these...
We have already reviewed the Airtel TV app, and this is where we talked about the transition of television. From a sit-at-home...
The tech space in Uganda has been excited, since the end of last week, with the news that the telecom company MTN...
In the world today, data is the way to go and internet connectivity is the key driver. The world revolves around it...
Over a year ago, rumour around town was that a new telco – Lycamobile – was to make its way into the...
When you opt to get yourself a new Africell SIM card, which will cost you UGX 2,000, it comes pre-loaded with UGX...
The Tecno Camon 12 is the latest release in the brand’s camera smartphone series and from the little time we’ve spent with...
Whenever you hear of the term Camon, two things come right to the mind: Tecno and Camera! Yes, the Camon series are...
Airtel Uganda has added international transfer services on its Airtel Money platform. This is to ease the remittance of money by its...
SafeBoda is adding food delivery and ordering services to its app. The motorcycle hailing app, which has proven to offer a lot...
Early this year, Tecno released the Spark 3 – the third iteration of its Spark series of smartphones. The complete sale-out of...
Not long ago, we told you of the Tecno Camon 12, the latest of the Camon series, that was set to launch...
The Government of Ghana has directed Telecommunication operators in the country to stop the expiry of voice and data bundles purchased by...
Airtel Uganda has revised its Airtel Money withdraw charges. In what seems to be a bid to welcome customers that withdraw large...
Much of the hype that telecom companies in Uganda get in this era is from promotions. And the good news about this...
Makerere University has announced its work plan of rolling out and management of the Government Research and Innovations Fund for the financial...
There are two ways you can share data on Airtel Uganda. First, there is ‘Tugabane’ where you add telephone numbers to a...
The 2021 general elections are drawing near and it’s crucial that you confirm if you’re eligible to vote if you want to...
Julian Byamugisha, who has been the head of Bolt Uganda operations, left the ride-hailing firm to join Jumia. Her LinkedIn profile shows...
As Muslims across the globe celebrated Eid al-Adha, a number of companies, individuals and organizations unveiled different forms of artwork to send...
In a blog post, UCC has explained how to stop unsolicited messages that are always sent by telcos or any other bodies...
Dr. Agnes Kiragga, a senior lecturer at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS), has been selected among scientists that will...
By Frank Tumwebaze In this article, the Minister of ICT and National Guidance explains why OTT tax is not the reason prices...
Welcome to the last Briefing for this week UCC pulls statement to protect Airtel On Monday the telecommunications regulator posted a statement...
The main advantage of apps with a dark mode is that they don’t shine so brightly in our eyes late at night....
Pundi X, a Singapore based technology company on Tuesday officially launched in Kigali, Rwanda its smartphone powered by blockchain technology. The startup...
Hello, Briefing reader! Welcome to the Your Monday Briefing. Nominations of AppsAfrica Awards open You can now nominate a startup or apply...
The second edition of the Africa Blockchain Conference drew to a close yesterday, the 4th of July, at the Kampala Serena where...
Good evening, SautiTech reader! Welcome to the second half of 2019 and this is the rundown of stories in the startup and...
Press release: With only a few days to go, more top players in Uganda’s tech industry have confirmed participation in the upcoming...
Before we show you the Airtel Money withdraw charges, you need to know that the telco recently changed its rates on sending...
Press release: Pan-African telecoms enabler SEACOM has further extend its corporate market offering into the East African region, under its SEACOM Business...
Hi, Briefing reader! Welcome to this edition of Your Briefing where you’ll find the latest updates in the startup and tech space...
Good afternoon, Briefing reader! This is the Saturday edition of Your Briefing. Before you start devouring what we gathered for you, we’ve...
By Reuters Airtel Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of Indian telecoms group Bharti Airtel Ltd, is considering a stock market flotation in London,...
Ugabus Inc, the platform for booking buses to travel from Kampala to major towns in Uganda and a number of cities in...
Good afternoon, In Brief readers! This is your Wednesday afternoon briefing through which you will learn about the latest developments in the...
Good afternoon, Briefing reader! In your Thursday briefing, we bring you the latest information in the tech and startup ecosystem, focusing mainly...
Government authorities and ministries have kicked off discussions as Uganda steps up preparations to roll out an integrated system to facilitate seamless...
Telecom companies MTN Uganda, Africell Uganda, and Smile Communications offer unlimited data and voice packages. Unlimited, in terms of data or voice...
Chipper Cash, a cross-border money transfer and payments company with operations in Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania, has announced it will...
Airtel Money charges for transferring money from your bank account to your mobile wallet have been more than tripled, shortly after the...
Airtel Uganda announced Thursday it was reducing its Airtel money rates for sending by 80%, 60%, 50% and 33.3% in a move...
Good evening, SautiTech readers! This is your Friday briefing through which you will learn about the latest developments in the tech world...
Telecom operators in Uganda are currently conducting a sim card validation exercise which is being supervised by UCC, the communications regulator. Since...
TECNO will be launching its latest series of the Spark brand, TECNO Spark 3, on May 6, SautiTech has learnt. The series,...
Using International Airtime Top Up you can instantly send airtime across borders to over 150 countries and 370+ mobile network operators worldwide. International...
Liquid Telecom Kenya has made telemedicine a reality for thousands of patients at the Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa. Using its high-speed fiber...
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) defines Short Codes as “telephone numbers with fewer digits than the standard national significant and are dialed without...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi introduced Redmi 7 to the Ugandan market on Monday, April 15. With a RAM of 3GB and storage...
Netflix has announced that it is adding ‘Mama K’s Team 4’, an animated TV show produced by South African-based Triggerfish Animation Studios...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) has named Liquid Telecom the official partner for the 2019 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) in Africa. Since...
Just as KaiOS Technologies partnered with MTN Group to deliver MTN Kamunye, Ikosora and MTN Smart T to smart feature phone lovers,...
Africell Uganda recently re-introduced swift social bundles and provided two options for buying them: either using Africell Money or third-party agents. And...
American online social media giant Facebook, Inc. is planning to construct an undersea data cable that will surround Africa, The Wall Street...
Junior Zerubabel Kwebiiha, one of the founders of EzeeMoney has joined Fenix International as its chief commercial officer. Fenix International is a pay-go...
On reading the headline, you must have asked yourself what scale we used to determine the cheapest smartphones in Uganda. Well, in...
President Yoweri Museveni on Monday inaugurated a team that will be the driving force behind Uganda’s adoption of the Fourth Industrial Revolution...
Prices of smartphones in Uganda decreased by 50% in three years, according to a recent report by Jumia on mobile market trends...
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) recently announced a new sim card verification exercise, sparking an uproar from the public since a similar program...
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has directed all the telecom companies to verify the identities of their subscribers who have multiple Sim...
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has switched off eight radio stations, including Voice of Teso, which belongs to Captain Mike Mukula, the NRM...
Pulse Africa has suspended the operations of online publisher, Pulse Live Uganda, a year after launching it in the East African nation....
Ugandan-grown payments firm Xente has expanded its operations to Nigeria, making the populous west African nation its first international unit. The company...
Ugandan payments company Xente has rolled out its application to iOS users to cash in on the growing number of people using...
SafeBoda has reintroduced 50% discounts to maintain its competitive edge in the Ugandan ride-hailing market. This comes a few weeks after the...
Boomplay, the largest music streaming and download service in Africa, has signed a direct licensing agreement with Warner Music to bring the...
Google has rolled out YouTube Premium and YouTube Music in South Africa, the first time they are doing it in Africa, as...
Africell has reintroduced Swift social bundles which had been scrapped following the introduction of social media taxes also known as OTT taxes....
Two organizations — Ampion and Plutos Ventures Holding– have teamed up to form a venture capital firm dubbed Ampion Ventures with the...
Metu Zhoungtong Industries, the company that is assembling buses in Uganda, has revealed that its automobiles will each cost at least Shs400...
Ingressive Capital, a venture capital firm based in Sub-Saharan, is searching for tech-enabled companies based in the aforementioned region to support financially...
In the previous article, we wrote about how to pay for Yaka using mobile money. The article covers how to do it...
Yaka is a prepaid service Umeme introduced to ease collection of revenue and allow people to manage and control how they spend...
There are two processes you can use to pay OTT tax on Airtel. In one process, you only buy OTT tax on...
The National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U) is conducting a National Cyber Security Risk Assessment (NCRA) campaign. Cybersecurity risk assessment is...
Ugandan-grown software company Cinnamon Clubs has appointed seasoned IT professional Wilson Cristancho to its board as an advisor. Cristancho, who has more...
Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Matia Kasaija has endorsed the National Payment Policy for Uganda which is expected to be...
Government of Uganda has again put Uganda Telecom (UTL) on the market after a 2018 deal it had closed with Taleology Holdings...
Yego Moto, a mobility company based in Rwanda has been named among the 50 most innovative companies in the world in a...
Global website hosting service provider GoDaddy has announced that it will launch its services in South Africa next month. In a statement...
KaiOS Technologies has sealed distribution deals with six African firms located in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania to sell...
A citizen has asked court to compel four telecom companies to display all mobile money balances from inactive SIM cards. In his...
Minister for ICT and National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze has hailed Uganda’s second largest telecommunications company Airtel on rolling out 100 percent 4G...
MTN Uganda Chairman Charles Mbire has dismissed as “false” and baseless” reports that he was Friday quizzed by security officers over the...
Cabinet has approved a proposal to use Mobile Money as a platform for investing in government securities. According to the Executive Director...
National Information Technology Authority (NITA) has expanded the reach of MyUG WiFi and there are now 284 MyUG WiFi hotspots/sites 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...
Mobile money is now a huge sector in Uganda’s economy. A recent report by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) revealed that there...
Dorothy Muttu has been appointed to replace Susan Nsibirwa as the Vision Group head of Marketing and Communications after the latter resigned...
Yego Innovision, an ICT solutions company based in Kigali, Rwanda has been shortlisted in the 2019 Global Mobile Awards, the company announced...
Ride-hailing firm Taxify has dismissed as “completely untrue” reports that it was set to close up shop in Uganda. On Thursday afternoon,...
Parliament has launched an app called “Uganda Bungeni” aimed at enabling the public to trace the status of bills that are debated...
Uganda police is constructing its own research and innovation in Kikandwa, Wakiso district. The groundbreaking ceremony was officiated by the Inspector General...