Pixan Inc, a Ugandan high-end technology, content production and distribution company, and Bold Cashers Limited, the developers of Cash Chat, a Ugandan digital and social network mobile application, Tuesday launched the COVID-19 Quarantine Time Mobile App Innovations Challenge. The two tech companies are using the Challenge to facilitate technologically innovative
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After its public advisory notice on COVID-19 went unheeded by certain broadcasters, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has written to three TV stations demanding that they show cause why regulatory sanctions shouldn’t be taken against them. Besides regulatory sanctions, BBS TV, NTV and Spark TV also risk facing charges under the
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A new online marketplace, Suubula ( https://www.suubula.com/) has launched its website in Kampala, Uganda to facilitate trade of discounted products and services. Suubula.com will offer unlimited space to traders, farmers, entrepreneurs, ICT developers, manufacturers and real estate dealers to sell a wide range of products in different categories including Agricultural Produce,
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A lot has been said about the likelihood of machines replacing humans in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but Ag. Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director, Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo (pictured above) believes Artificial Intelligence should complement and enhance rather than replace human capabilities. “You will always require a human touch to
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With the spread of the novel Coronavirus, lots of companies and corporations have advised employees to work from home. However, businesses have to go on, as some are very integral to the survival of other dependent industries. For example, the telecommunications sector cannot afford to close completely. If a newsroom
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Raxio Data Centre which is still under construction is located in Namanve Industrial Park Raxio Data Centre, the first of a kind in Uganda is set to officially open in June 2020, Abdul-Rahman Ahmed, the Company’s Vice President-Technology and Operations has revealed. He made the remarks on Wednesday during a
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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,
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If 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
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From 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
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