Uganda 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,
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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
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With 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
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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
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A 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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There was drama in Parliament Tuesday afternoon after it emerged that Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda’s son and a top cleric are running Schemes allegedly conning Ugandans their hard-earned money. This came out as MPs debated a statement tabled by David Bahati, Minister of State for Planning on the fraud surrounding
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has not invoiced Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) for the different resources amounting to Shs70.3 billion since 2015, the just released December 2019 Auditor General report has revealed. Shs38.9 billion was before UTL went into administration and Shs31.3billion post administration. In his report to Parliament, Auditor General
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Entrepreneurs with business ideas that can offer solutions for various challenges facing humanity can now offer opportunities to job seekers if they partner with software engineers, developers and coders who will turn the idea into a bankable venture and at the same time access financing for the initiative. One of
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Huawei is reassured by the UK government’s confirmation to allow it to participate in the country’s 5G roll-out. Victor Zhang (pictured), Vice-President, Huawei, said in a statement that “This evidence-based decision will result in a more advanced, more secure and more cost-effective telecoms infrastructure that is fit for the future.
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