Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telco by market share, has turned 19, with new products it says will remain forever young, Daily Nation reports. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed mobile services operator on Wednesday marked its last teen year by rolling out data, voice and SMS packages without expiry dates. SUIT The roll-out
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Facebook has announced new measures aimed at fighting the spread of misinformation on its platform. In a statement, the social media giant said it will now prominently label content rated false by third-party fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook recently expanded its fact-checking programme to 10 new countries across
Read MoreAirtel Partners With Ecobank Group To Improve Access To Mobile Financial Services
Airtel Africa, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ("ETI") , the parent company of Ecobank the leading pan-African banking group operating in 33 countries, have signed a partnership which will allows millions of Airtel Money and Ecobank customers across
Read MoreNxt Radio Rated Uganda’s Fastest Growing English Station-Kin Kariisa
Nxt radio, one of the brands under Next Media Services today marked its first anniversary since it went on air. Kin Kariisa, the Chief Executive Officer, Next Media Services says it is important to celebrate milestones “to acknowledge where we are coming from and the journey ahead.” “When we launched
Read MoreUganda To Host Disruptive Agricultural Technology & Innovation Challenge: How & Why You Should Apply
Across Africa, the majority of the population depend on agriculture as the main source of livelihood and there is an increasing interest in agricultural investment for improving agricultural productivity and rural incomes. In Uganda alone, the Agriculture sector contributes to over 70% of employment. Technology has greatly contributed in fostering
Read MoreThe Minister of Information and Communications Technology and National Guidance, Frank Tumwebaze, has challenged ICT industry players to solve people’s day-to-day problems through modern and unique innovations. Addressing the 5th National Conference on Communications (NCC) at Makerere University on Thursday as the guest of honour, the minister gave an example
Read MoreOver 1000 I.T students from Universities all over Uganda have registered to take part in the global Huawei ICT competition registration that happened in October. Through presentations by Huawei made to students in Makerere, Kyambogo, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Nkozi, Mbarara, Kabale, Lira, Gulu, Muni, UCU and MUBS
Read MoreThe Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director, Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi has announced that the commission has finalized the move to crackdown all counterfeit electronic devices including phones currently being sold on the Ugandan market. He said these are being sold at a relatively cheaper price. He made the remarks on
Read MoreRwanda’s Mara Group launched two smartphones on Monday, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions to become a regional technology hub. The Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs ($190) and
Read MoreInvesting In Digital Skills To Unlock Uganda’s Digital Growth Potential
By Liujiawei Last week, President Yoweri Museveni advised young women who had been trained in a variety of vocational trades to use the skills acquired to meet the needs of people, which in turn would make them wealthy and prosperous. This was at the graduation ceremony of 8,480 graduands who
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