Safaricom has announced the availability of its “Reverse Call” feature enabling its more than 31 million customers to pay for calls for loved ones. The service enables a caller to transfer the cost of a call to the receiver by adding ‘#’ before the number they are calling. For instance,
Read MoreThe Blockchain Association of Uganda and Crypto Savannah, in partnership with The Innovation Village are seeking for innovators with a passion for developing sustainable digital solutions leveraging technologies in Blockchain, Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (A.I), Robotics and Drones to solve pressing challenges across their communities and priority sectors such
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When the NRM government came to power in 1986, the concept of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was unfamiliar in Uganda. At the time, only the Ministry of Finance and Makerere University boasted a mini-computer. This was a class of computers that had been designed in the 1960s and had
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A US move to put Huawei on a trade blacklist "sets a dangerous precedent" that will harm billions of consumers, the firm's top legal officer said. Speaking at a press conference, Song Liuping (in featured photo) said the trade ban would also "directly harm" American companies and affect jobs. Huawei
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As government moves to embark fully on electronic procurement process for suppliers and service providers, the risk to the process according to Minister of State for Works and transport Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala is electronic waste management aimed at protecting the environment, which the minister says must be elaborated to
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Google's decision to withhold its Android software from Huawei is being seen as the beginning of a technology cold war that could compel African countries including Uganda - in the future - to choose between US and Chinese technology, analysts have told the BBC. Most Africans connecting to the internet
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has signed an agreement between Uganda and Hollywood Film Festival at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. This agreement paves the way for Ugandan Content to showcase in Hollywood, arguably, the World’s most prominent film city. The agreement was signed by Mr Bradford Parks, the Chairman
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Huawei Founder and CEO Mr Ren Zhengfei (in featured photo) expressed confidence in the company’s business and capacity, saying the company had been preparing in anticipation of situations as of now, and it is well- prepared. “We will certainly be able to continue serving our customers. Our production capacity is
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Huawei is winning over more and more Apple fans in China as the escalated trade tensions stoked “nationalist sentiment,” according to the South China Morning Post. China’s consumers are increasingly favoring their domestic brands after the U.S. stepped up its action against Huawei, the paper said. The article cited a few anecdotes where
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Google has barred phone maker Huawei from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese firm, BBC reports. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps. The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei to a list of
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