Huawei Friday presented a special award to Turkish professor Dr. Erdal Arikan, the inventor of polar codes for 5G, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of communications technology. At the ceremony, held at Huawei's global headquarters in Shenzhen, the company also honored more than 100 Huawei scientists
Read MoreAfrica is rightly called the mobile continent, and mobility increasingly defines how Africa enters the Digital Age. By Sherry Zameer, SVP IOT for CISMEA at Gemalto Sherry Zameer, Senior Vice President, IoT solutions for CISMEA Region at Gemalto JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 30 July 2018 -/African Media Agency
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MTN Uganda Foundation yesterday donated hospital equipment to Oriajin Hospital based in Arua as part of its Access to Health Care initiative project. The donation will benefit hundreds of patients from the West Nile region and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo who frequent one of Northern Uganda’s busiest public hospitals.
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By Andrew M. Mwenda The decision by Uganda government to re-establish a state-run airline is a strategic mistake. In the early 1990s Uganda took a strategic decision to get government out of business. It disbanded state monopolies, privatized state run enterprises, liquidated others (like Uganda Airlines) and largely restricted itself
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, has shared his thoughts on recent happenings (Mbale ruling, elections in new municipalities) in the country. Below is his write-up. Countrymen and women, 1. I draw your attention to my two recent short speeches: one, in Parliament when HE Modi addressed Parliament of Uganda; and, the
Read MoreHospital leverages digital technologies to improve access to healthcare and address local socio-economic challenges. MOMBASA, Kenya, 30th July 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Hospitals across the continent are confronted with challenges brought by technological disruption and increased demands. According to the World Economic Forum, in order to deliver continued
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Senior journalist Stanley Ndawula, the Editor at ‘The Investigator’, an online publication, who was kidnapped Saturday morning and detained incommunicado has finally been released by the Internal Security Organisation (ISO). Speaking after his release on Sunday, Ndawula said as he was seeing off some of the customers at his business-Yaya
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By Peter Abaanabasazi Land wrangles and court cases are the major obstacles affecting the progress for the tarmacking of the 100 kilometer Kabwoya-Kyenjojo oil road project funded by world Banks. Government in 2015 contracted Shengli Engineering Construction Co. Limited, a Chinese construction firm to tarmac the road at a cost
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The Executive Director of National Agriculture Advisory Services- NAADS, Dr Samuel Mugasi says that farmers should celebrate the current maize surplus rather than cry over low prices, URN reports. According to NAADS secretariat projections, at least four million metric tons of maize are expected to be harvested in 2018. Due
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday night held a four-hour secret meeting in Kilifi, reports the Standard. The meeting, whose details are still scanty has fueled speculation that the two could have been discussing the anticipated Cabinet reshuffle. The Sunday Standard has learned that Uhuru
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