By AFP Facebook has rolled out its online dating service for the United States, a move taking on rivals such as smartphone app Tinder. The free "Facebook Dating" site which was announced last year and already available in other countries will allow users to link their Facebook and Instagram
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Without technological constraints, more people from across Africa are free to innovate and create on the global stage; democratisation of energy is necessary to enable Africans to move into the digital age. The term ‘Democratisation of Technology’ has become synonymous with the digital age. In a nutshell, it means that
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To cater towards the increasing need for data in the digital era, DataOps has emerged, fusing data and operations, representing a culture change, one that focuses on improving collaboration while accelerating service delivery through iterative practices. According to Gartner's Innovation Insight for DataOps report, DataOps is a collaborative data management
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Prioritizing the digital space will help shift the development focus for Africa’s agribusiness sector and overcome its many hurdles, participants at an official side event, organized Wednesday during the 7th Tokyo International Conference, heard. The seminar headlined “The Digital Africa 2020 and Japanese investment Panel: Creating markets to digitize Africa,
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Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, today announced that it has crossed the 100 million customers mark across its operations. Airtel Africa is the second largest mobile operator in Africa by number of active subscribers. Commenting on this milestone achievement, Raghunath Mandava
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On Monday morning, the Huawei global ICT competition kicked off in Uganda with road shows in Makerere and in Kyambogo Universities. Over 6000 students from the various Universities all over Uganda are expected to participate. Participants registering for the event at Makerere University "In order to promote ICT industry technology
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The American Tower Corporation (ATC) plans to construct over 100 digital villages in major towns across the country. ATC, the American based company majoring in constructing and managing telecom masts, announced this development last week at the handover ceremony of the ICT Learning Centre to Gaddafi Mosque, Old Kampala. ATC
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By AFP Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless buses that can be booked with an app, part of ambitions to roll out autonomous vehicles across the city-state. Well-organised and high-tech, Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving vehicles, developing home-grown technology and inviting foreign companies to
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China based technology company, Huawei has broken silence on claims that the Uganda government is using it to spy on opposition politicians especially Kyandondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. In a statement dated August 15, 2019, Huawei completely rejects the Wall Street Journal's “unfounded and inaccurate allegations against
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The Cooper Motor Corporation (CMC), the exclusive distributor for Ford in Uganda, has launched the new Ford EcoSport compact Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). The car was unveiled at CMC head offices in Kampala on Wednesday. CMC says the Ford EcoSport offers customers more style, compatibility and choice-blending rugged SUV functionality
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