Kayoola bus/Kiira Motors Corporation Fresh secrets have emerged about the controversial ‘Kayoola’ solar powered businesses ‘manufactured’ in Uganda by Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC). The buses have been touted by the KMC as Africa’s first solar powered bus designed to provide select shuttle services. However, media reports claimed that buses were
Read More
Huawei's Rotating Chairman Guo Ping delivers a keynote speech At Tuesday’s GSMA Thrive event, Huawei's Rotating Chairman Guo Ping delivered a keynote speech titled "5G in a post-pandemic world: Countdown to the digital blastoff". In this speech, Guo Ping discussed the social value of ICT in combating COVID-19, as well
Read More
Following allegations of fraud in Sim card registration, especially regarding corporate bodies, Uganda Communications Commission has temporarily suspended the sale of Sim cards to companies, NGOs and public institutions pending investigations. In a letter issued last week, the UCC Ag. Executive Director Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo (pictured) directed all operators “to
Read More
Uganda Communications Commission has directed that the programme ‘World Express’ on Endigyito Radio remain suspended until management satisfactorily demonstrates that it will not continue to breach the law and standards. In her letter dated 20 May 2020, the Ag. Executive Director Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo (pictured) said the remedial measures proposed
Read More
Chen Lei, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region ICT has been critical to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and transforming society over the long term. But the key to progress is laying the foundation for constant evolution, writes Chen Lei, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region. With the outbreak of the
Read More
During March, as many countries in Africa imposed necessary restrictions on social distancing, a significant majority of consumers turned to contactless card payments for necessary purchases. 70 percent of respondents in the Middle East & Africa say they are now using contactless payment, citing safety and cleanliness as key drivers.
Read More
As governments across the globe continued responding to COVID-19's devastation, the mobile sector is playing a crucial role in supporting efforts tackling the pandemic and enhancing health services response to it, according to a newly released report from GSMA. While the report found that the pandemic has upended people's lives,
Read More
By Mr. Liujiawei (pictured above), the Huawei Uganda Managing Director Since the Introduction of the World Wide Web (www) in the early 1990s, Information Communications Technology (ICT) has been dominated by men worldwide. Today, ICT is the backbone driving the prosperity of nations and organization, inspiring a better living for
Read More
Adil Youssefi, CEO Liquid Telecom East Africa Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has made it possible for the East Africa Community (EAC) member states to function as close to normal despite the coronavirus pandemic. By offering superior connectivity and digital solutions across Liquid Telecom’s East Africa backbone, the EAC,
Read More
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has released a list of 33 telecom operators in Uganda as of 1st April 2020. HERE’S LIST OF TELECOM OPERATORS IN UGANDA AS OF 1ST APRIL 2020 No.Operator NameCurrent License 1MTN Uganda LtdNTO2 Uganda Telecom LimitedNTO3AIRTEL Uganda LtdPIP & PSP4Africell Uganda LtdPIP & PSP5 Smile Communications Uganda LtdPIP
Read More
