Uganda Communications Commission Ag. Executive Director Irene Kaggwa-Sewankambo (pictured above) has challenged corporate leaders to take cybersecurity seriously. Speaking at the 9th annual Directors and Company Secretaries conference held at Protea Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday, 3 March 2020, Kaggwa-Sewankambo said chief executives and directors of companies in Uganda tend
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Members of Parliament on the Finance Committee are seeking for ‘special’ treatment from telecom companies on the amount of mobile money transactions, saying they are some of the biggest customers in the sector. The call was made by Henry Musasizi, Chairperson Finance Committee while interfacing with Telecom operators from MTN,
Read MoreIf you need a passport you don’t have to travel to Kampala to line up at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for this service is now online, the UCC Head of Consumer Affairs Joseph Kizito told an attentive crowd at the Hoima Public Library on Friday. “If you have a
Read MoreFrom Samsung to Huawei, Android smartphone are some of the most popular handheld devices around the world. But if you use an Android device, you may want to reconsider which apps you have installed on your smartphone. Google has taken proactive measures to remove 600 apps from the Google Play
Read MoreUganda Communications Commission (UCC) has moved to tackle the growing cyber threat by launching the first-ever cybersecurity competition targeting university students. More than 500 university students aged 18-24 participated in an inaugural workshop on cybersecurity techniques at the Commission head office in Bugolobi on Friday, February 21, 2020. The workshop,
Read More12 African EdTech Companies Named As First Fellows At Centre For Innovative Teaching And Learning In ICT
The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) today announced the first cohort of 12 EdTech Fellows, companies that will benefit from the Centre's support to expand their operations and improve secondary teaching and learning across the continent. The Fellows were selected after
Read MoreA survey by LinkedIn Learning drawn from 660+ million professionals and 20+ million jobs revealed the 15-most in-demand hard and soft skills of 2020. In no particular order these skills include: Cloud Computing Today, companies are built and run on the cloud. They need talents who have the skills to
Read MoreWith Valentine’s Day approaching, singles and couples alike are under intensifying pressure to solidify their plans for this Friday. While choosing a right partner is a matter of paramount importance, there is another matter that should be treated with care. Kaspersky’s analysis has shown that within 2019 the region saw
Read MoreMakerere I.T Students To Represent Uganda In Huawei Global ICT Skills Competition
Three Makerere University Students have been chosen to represent Uganda in the Huawei ICT global competition which is at its regional final stage in South Africa. These top three students who were chosen on merit excelled in the preliminary and national final exams of the competition which was carried between
Read MoreA section of MPs Tuesday afternoon claimed that Kwame Rugunda (pictured), a son of Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda is among people running pyramid schemes that have seen many Ugandans lose money. This came out as MPs debated a statement tabled by David Bahati, Minister of State for Planning on the
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