As brands increasingly adopt SMS communication to connect with customers, cybercriminals are constantly developing new methods to exploit vulnerabilities in and around this channel. To combat this problem, Infobip, a global cloud communications platform, has introduced "Signals" — an innovative solution designed to counteract the threats posed by SMS pumping.
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The hospital was officially opened by David Bahati (Centre), the state Minister for Trade The Government of Uganda has been called to uniformly implement tax exemptions on medical equipment being imported into the country. The call was made on Saturday by Dr Henry K. Lukwago at the launch of the George
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The Uganda Bankers Association has endorsed the Bug Bounty Program as part of efforts to improve the security of the financial industry against cybercrimes. The Bug Bounty is the monetary reward offered to ethical hackers who specifically uncover and document vulnerabilities for application developers. Lydia Anabo, a Security Analyst at
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President Yoweri Museveni at the ICT Job Fair Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has partnered with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, to host the 2nd annual ICT Job Fair at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. The National ICT Job Fair looks at addressing the youth unemployment question in Uganda through the
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Soroti Secondary School main gate. A student of Soroti Secondary School has dropped out of the ongoing Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations after developing mental complications. The affected student is among 750 students registered for the UCE examination at Soroti Secondary School this year. He registered and attended lessons
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Oil drilling is ongoing at the Kingfisher project area The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has lifted the suspension of works at the Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) in Kikuube District, paving the way for the resumption of operations. This is after a fatal incident within the Kingfisher project area occurred
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The Bank of Uganda has accused financial technology companies, and fintechs, of refusing to apply for licenses. BOU started implementing the regulatory framework for fintechs last year and started implementing the National Payments Systems Act which provides for the regulation of the small financial technology companies under the regulatory sandbox
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Minister Aceng being vaccinated The Minister of Health, Dr Ruth Aceng has warned that if the uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines doesn’t increase in Uganda, at least 7, 567,200 doses of the jab will expire by February 2024. Minister Aceng informed Parliament that the vaccine uptake in Uganda still stands
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Drilling and other operations at the Kingfisher Project in Kikuube district have been suspended after an accident on Friday. URN has seen a leaked letter by Earnest Rubondo, the Executive Director of The Petroleum Authority of Uganda Directing CNOOC Uganda Ltd to halt operations from 7th October 2023 until further
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The Young African innovators The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations and Speak Up Africa have announced the winners of the second edition of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award Mrs Teniola Aderonke Adedeji (Nigeria) and Dr. Ochora Moses (Uganda) have been announced as first prize winners and
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