The East African regional bloc Igad has called for the South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar to be released from house arrest as soon as possible. Mr Machar has been in the South African capital Pretoria for more than a year. Igad said he should be freed only if he
Read MoreKIGALI, Rwanda, March 27th, 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA) /-The Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering, a biennial event bringing together the continent’s top scientists, policy-makers, and innovators, kicked off in the Rwandan capital under the theme “Connecting science to humanity”, and saw speakers from academia, industry , civil society and
Read Moreby Dr Gilbert Saggia, Managing Director: East Africa at SAP Africa NAIROBI, Kenya, March 27th 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Everywhere we look, technology is being touted as the enabler of a new era of African agricultural prosperity. The exciting world of possibilities offered by blockchain, IoT, machine learning
Read Moreby Dr Gilbert Saggia, Managing Director: East Africa at SAP Africa NAIROBI, Kenya, March 27th 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Everywhere we look, technology is being touted as the enabler of a new era of African agricultural prosperity. The exciting world of possibilities offered by blockchain, IoT, machine learning
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London-based digital money transfer firm SimbaPay, which was founded by a Kenyan duo, has launched an artificial intelligence powered chatbot service that enables international money remittance through short message service (SMS), the Nation reports. The new chatbot service, launched jointly with Lagos-based payments processor Interswitch, is run by a computer
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The Uganda Communications Commission has suspended licenses of 24 radio stations for promoting and advertising witchcraft content as well as aiding and abetting electronic fraud. UCC which is headed by Godfrey Mutabazi as Executive Director Tuesday tweeted on its official handle: “Proprietors of broadcasting stations ready @UCC_Official 4 a hearing
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Umeme Limited has spoken out on President Yoweri Museveni’s letter asking Energy Ministry to look for a cheaper alternative of power distribution. In a letter dated March 13, 2018, Museveni tasked Energy Minister Irene Muloni to explain to him how Umeme’s technical losses still remain as high as 17% yet
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Work almost came to a standstill in Lira town as Fortebet showered its customers with massive gifts over the weekend. The gifts were given out in all the four Fortebet branches which include Lira Main, Lira Dillane House, Lira and Lira Teso Centre. [caption id="attachment_10216" align="aligncenter" width="534"] Seven clients at
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Uganda's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn charges against Red Pepper Publications' Directors and Editors. Last November, the eight directors and editors were arrested and accused of publishing and distribution of newspaper story lines that injured the reputations of President Museveni, his brother Gen Salim Saleh and security minister Lt
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Democratic Republic of Congo said on Monday it would refuse international financing for a long-delayed presidential election and fund the poll itself, saying donors’ conditions amounted to “foreign interference”. The United States and European countries have expressed concern about the electoral commission’s plans to use 100,000 new electronic voting machines,
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