As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to take the world by storm, adequate regulation is necessary to safeguard the interests of consumers while maintaining fair competition among service providers, the UCC Executive Director has said. Delivering a paper on “Ethics in and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence” at the 5th Engineers Forum
Read MoreThe inaugural National ICT Innovation Expo is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 17th December 2019 with the aim of showcasing the potential of ICT innovation in the country. The one-day event will be held at the Nakawa based Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology (UICT) Grounds and President
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The Minister of ICT and National Guidance, Frank Tumwebaze has revealed that the only sure way to kick corruption out of Uganda is Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) embracing ICT based solutions. Tumwebaze (in featured photo) made the remarks Tuesday morning while briefing the press about the ICT Innovations
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By The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition) When Washington needed Canada’s help to apprehend a top Huawei executive, officials in the White House, Congress and diplomatic corps were informed of what would happen hours before politicians in Ottawa. Sources from the U.S., Canadian and Chinese governments explain how the plan
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Mutebile is clueless about crypto-currencies, Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija has said. Kasaija says he is worried about how Uganda Revenue Authority will tax this form of digital currency. The Minister described digital taxation as a challenge, saying the rate at which
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Jack Ma, the Chinese businessman and founder of e-commerce and technology giant, Alibaba, is in Addis Ababa for the launch of Electronic World Trade Platform in Ethiopia (eWTP).The private sector-led initiative works with governments to promote e-commerce. Ethiopia hopes eWTP will help promote its exports to the global market and
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Osita Oparaugo, the CEO and founder of Reddot Television Network Limited has assured Ugandan content creators of protection as they use his Ogelle social platform. Ogelle is a video sharing platform that offers exclusive original production and user-generated content delivered as a free or subscription-based. Osita launched the service on
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Agriculture remains Uganda’s main economic driver, but widespread use of new and disruptive technologies can quicken the transition from subsistence to commercial farming necessary to increase incomes. The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Vincent Ssempija said on Tuesday, “To ensure all these technologies work to strengthen our agricultural
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President Yoweri Museveni Friday commissioned Uganda’s first ever ICT manufacturing and assembling Plant at Namanve Industrial Park. The SIMI Factory will assemble and manufacture phones, laptops and other electronic devices. A phone will cost only Shs20, 000. Speaking at the event, Museveni said: “We already have enough industries and are
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Key representatives from over 8 countries in Africa gathered at a workshop in Tanzania organized by Vodacom to look into trends and developments shaping the mobile money industry in Africa. Vodacom also released its Future-Proofing Mobile Financial Services report at the workshop. The report, the first of Vodacom’s Public Policy
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