VP Jessica Alupo and Huawei officials in a group photo with the graduands The tech giants Huawei Technologies DigiTruck project in Teso Sub-region has equipped over 1000 youth, women, Jua-kalis, local district officers etc. with digital skills to enable them engage in e-commerce and market their produce since October 2023
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Patrick Oketa, Executive Director, Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU); Ms. Edith Namugga Tusuubira, Executive Director, Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA); Pascal Mukisa, Head of CRB Services, in the Department of Non-Banking Financial Institutions, Bank of Uganda and Moses Ogwapus, Commissioner Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Planning And Economic Development. They
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Online shopping platforms have been operating for close to a decade in Uganda but became more important when the COVID-19 Pandemic struck four years ago. In recent years, platforms like Jumia, Kikuubo online, Kikuu and Jiji, among others have become a point of choice for many Ugandans. However, the importance
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Pesapal client service officer Erick Isigi showing a merchant how to use the new tipping feature on Sabi POS Machine. The new feature enables customers to add tips to their bills when transacting. Pesapal, a leader in building payments and business tools for Africa, has released a new feature that
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The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance has earmarked 2024/25 as the financial year Uganda will see the lowest price of a smart phone, with Shs60,000 the target price. Government also wants to bring the cost of a computer down to Shs800,000 only. The details are contained in the National Budget
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Richard Liu, President of Global Carrier Marketing & Solution Sales Dept of Huawei The importance of 5G to Africa’s business success was underlined this week at the 2023 Africa 5G Summit (run as part of the sixth Southern Africa Mobile Broadband [MBB] VIP Salon). The summit was hosted by Huawei
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From left to right: James Langat, Director of regional network implementation and operations at Safaricom; Zoltan Miklos, General Manager of Access and Architecture, MTN South Africa; Thabisa Faye, Director and Chairman of the 5G Council Committee of ICASA GSMA Intelligence has released a white paper titled, "5G FWA in Africa, Emerging
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Following the success of the global award in 2022 won by Ugandan startup Emata, this year saw Ugandan startups claim two of the top awards at the Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa Summit recently held in Addis Ababa. The GSA Africa in collaboration with the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG), the Ethiopian Ministry of
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Leo Chen, President of Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa deliverd a keynot at the opening of AfricaCom 2023 In his opening keynote for AfricaCom 2023, Africa’s largest tech conference, currently underway in Cape Town， Leo Chen, President of Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa laid out how two transformative forces, digitalisation and decarbonisation, are driving humanity
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From left to right: Hon. Thulagano Merafe Segokgo, Minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology, Republic of Botswana; Hon. Philly Mapulane, Deputy Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies, South Africa; Hon Dr. T. A. Mavetera, Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, the Republic of Zimbabwe; Ms. Nonkqubela Thathakahle
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