He's worked on Windows Mobile for Microsoft. He was cofounder of a company that sold to Russia's Google, Yandex, in a reported $38 million deal that made him wealthy. But Yaroslav Goncharov's biggest success (and stress) has come with a company that's miniscule by comparison: FaceApp. Leading a staff of
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By AFP Facebook reported Wednesday that its quarterly profit plummeted due to the cost of a US privacy settlement and forecast that regulation would slow its money-making ad machine. Profit in the second quarter fell 49 percent from a year ago to Sh270.4 billion (USD 2.6 billion) while revenues increased
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Friday, July 19, 2019, marked the end of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), a spectacular tournament that had people glued to their screens for the month of its duration. Africa moved to the rhythm of AFCON 2019, with more than 10 million people choosing Facebook to share their
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The Uganda Communications Commission has today, 22nd July, 2019, written to Airtel Uganda Limited, directing the telecommunications company to furnish the Commission with technical evidence on the capacity of its 4G network across the country. This follows complaints received from some members of the public regarding the quality and internet
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The government is proposing to license online based public transport service providers in the Traffic and Road Safety Amendment Bill 2019. If passed, the Ministry of Works and Transport will license online transport service providers such as Safe Boda, Taxify and Uber among others. The move was revealed by Monica
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Equity Bank Uganda is leveraging on technology not only to grow, but also bring more Ugandans into the banking fold. According to Samuel Kirubi, the Managing Director, Equity Bank Uganda, they are increasingly digitizing their products and services to meet customers’ needs. He gave an example of agency banking where
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Sub-Saharan Africa will remain the world’s fastest-growing mobile region over the coming years as millions of young African consumers become mobile users for the first time, according to a new GSMA study. It reveals that more than 160 million new unique mobile subscribers will be added across the region by 2025,
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A new dawn for patients and health facilities struggling to find medicine has come. Julius Sseninde, 22, who is set to graduate with a Diploma in Pharmacy from Uganda Institute of Allied Health & Management Sciences -Mulago next year, has developed an app called E Pine Pharmacy, a new pharmaceutical
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"It takes a village to raise a child": as the Fourth Industrial Revolution sweeps across Africa and more of its youth develop coding and other digital skills, there may come a time to update this old saying to: "It takes one child to raise the prospects of a village." And
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The Parliament of Uganda has unceremoniously ended its relationship with Airtel Uganda as its internet service provider. The Legislative body has instead opted for their arch rivals, MTN Uganda, with the new changes causing disruptions into access to internet by both MPs and staff to Parliament. During yesterday’s plenary sitting,
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