Sadolin Paint Uganda has held a one-day seminar in Kampala to sensitise architectural painters on the need for observance of high professional standards in the discharge of their contracts. Akzonobel Commercial Director for East Africa, Mr. Deon Nieuwoudt, who led the discussions and demonstrations said the training session was geared
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Video is driving the demand for data services as a key revenue generator for telecoms operators. At AfricaCom, the largest telecommunications event in Africa, global ICT giant Huawei highlighted the importance for carriers to focus on the end user experience and building a video ecosystem that will fully release new
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Land O'Lakes International Development, and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research announced the six winners of the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize at the AfricaCom conference in South Africa today. A Ugandan organization is one of the six winners.
Read MoreNAIROBI, Kenya, 15 November 2018,-/African Media Agency/- IDA treatment, a new triple drug therapy with the potential to reduce the time to treat and break transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) from at least five years down to two years, will be piloted today in a tremendous effort led by the Kenyan
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Airtel Uganda has responded to subscribers’ questions on the controversial data OTT packs launched on November 12, 2018. In a statement, Airtel said Uganda’s first-ever data OTT packs will ‘enable subscribers to enjoy undisrupted connectivity by simply subscribing once and getting both data and OTT of the same validity’. Data
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Over 700 members of the private sector have benefited from dfcu Banks Business Accelerator Program supporting the Oil & Gas local content agenda. The Oil & Gas local content skilling program was launched in June 2018 targeting multiple sectors that can potentially take up opportunities in the sector. Discussions broadly
Read MoreUSAID and partners award $450,000 to top digital solutions to combat an invasive agricultural pest in Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 15 November, 2018,-/African Media Agency/-The U.S. Agency for International Development, Land O’Lakes International Development, and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research announced the six winners of the Feed the
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MTN Uganda Wednesday became the first telecom company in Uganda and in the MTN Group to grant access to third-party access to its Mobile Money Access Programming Interface (API). An Open API platform enables developers and programmers to get free access to MTN mobile money proprietary software platform. MTN Mobile
Read MoreLinking the international Angola Cables Network to the terrestrial Broadband Infraco network will fast track Internet access in to Africa. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 14 November, 2018-/African Media Agency/-Multinational telecoms company, Angola Cables has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Broadband Infraco. Broadband Infraco provides
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A court in Egypt has sentenced Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's football legends, to one year in prison for tax evasion with an option to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,100; £860) to have the sentence suspended. Aboutrika, who has lived in exile in Qatar since 2013,
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