A popular whistle-blowing website in Tanzania has been forced to shut down after controversial regulations governing online content were introduced by the government. Known as the Swahili Wikileaks, Jamii Forums has millions of followers on social media and Tanzanians used it to share sensitive information including criticism of the government.
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Facebook has confirmed it has a data-sharing partnership with Chinese firms including Huawei, a company US intelligence previously flagged as a security threat. The agreements gave the Chinese firms some access to users' data to help them build Facebook "experiences" on their own platforms. Facebook said all the data
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MTN Uganda last week handed over three more Toyota Premios to winners Kiwenda, Pallisa and Oyam. This brings the total number of cars given out to six out of twenty-four. The handovers last week were tinged with several surprises and excitement by the winners. Justus Byamukama a foreman at a
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Three MTN Uganda customers were jubilant after receiving the first three cars of the MTN MoMo Nyabo promotion. Tom Mayanja, from Kawempe, Dickens Muhereza from Ibanda and Bernadette Bavuga from Bweyogere all drove away in their Toyota Premios. They used MTN Mobile Money to load airtime and data bundles. As
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Buganda Kingdom's K2 telecom has been closed over Shs96m debt. Ian Rumanyika, the Manager Public & Corporate Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) confirmed the closure. “K2 telecom was closed last week. It has a debt of Pay As You Earn (PAYE) totaling to Shs77.8m. It also has a debt
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On May24, 2018, a few journalists and I visited National Crop Resources Research Institute in Namulonge, located approximately 30 kilometres northeast of Kampala City. The trip was to assess progress in research that entails developing Genetically Modified (GM) cassava that is resistant to Cassava Brown Streak Disease and Casssava Mosaic
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In 2015, an analysis by Approved Index revealed that Uganda was the most entrepreneurial country in the world. The analysis noted that the East African country has the planet's highest proportion of people who have started businesses. The research shows that 28 per cent of its adult population started businesses
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The Africa Innovation Summit Wednesday announced the innovators selected from across the continent to exhibit their solutions at the forum, which will take place from 6 to 8 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda under the esteemed patronage of His Excellences President Paul Kagame and Pedro Pires (ex-President of Cabo Verde
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By Li Peng, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region. Rapid advancements in information communications technologies (ICT) over the past 20 years has substantially altered the ways in which people live, work, play and interact with one another. The World Bank’s World Development Report shows that ICT has a positive
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Pan-African Bank-Ecobank won the Best Digital Strategy Award at the Retail Banker International’s prestigious awards ceremony held at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London last week. Ecobank’s digital strategy leverages digitalisation for scale and ubiquity and is the key plank in its ambition to be the top consumer financial services
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