Rwanda’s appetite for technological development has gone a notch higher with plans to launch its first satellite in May this year. The...
Mark Mutaahi has left Jibu Uganda where he was a managing director to take over a new role at BiD Network. He...
A Ugandan innovator named Hashim Mutanje has been nominated for Africa’s Youth Energy Innovator award. Mutanje, 32, scored the nomination because of...
Ugandan journalist and business reporter Nancy Kacungira has been given a new programme to host at BBC World News. The weekly programme,...
The Medical Concierge Group, a Ugandan health technology company, has been named among the fastest growing and dynamic privately-owned businesses in Africa...
Hiding your IP address is quite simple if you know which tools to use. But Let’s first get the basics. What is...
A Ugandan company has started using blockchain technology to certify shipments of coffee to try to meet growing demand from consumers for...
Mobile money is now a huge sector in Uganda’s economy. A recent report by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) revealed that there...
Rwanda is working on a new project that will give outstanding impetus to the country’s agenda for a smart economy that has...
Law enforcement officers in Uganda are in a two-day workshop where they’ll be equipped with the knowledge to crackdown the underworld of...
Dorothy Muttu has been appointed to replace Susan Nsibirwa as the Vision Group head of Marketing and Communications after the latter resigned...
When choosing a SIM card or telecom service provider, it’s mostly about two things: network coverage or bundle packages offered percent? SautiTech...
The External Labour Information Management System at the Ministry of Labour crashed after an insider hacked into the system and stole sensitive...
As we’ve previously discussed, when BSoDs occur, they can have a deep impact on the functionality of your computer, so, you need...
Yego Innovision, an ICT solutions company based in Kigali, Rwanda has been shortlisted in the 2019 Global Mobile Awards, the company announced...
In October 2017, Taxify rolled out its operations in Kampala, making the Ugandan capital its second city of operation in East Africa...
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), a government agency that regulates the communications industry on Friday released a report about current statistics of the...
A significant number of Ugandans on the internet have refused to or withdrawn from paying social media and mobile money taxes which...
Applications for a national ID, correction of information and replacement can all be done online; the same applies to the process of...
The 2019 Baobab Network accelerator is open to applicants with game-changing business and innovative ideas. The startups that will pitch the best...
BitPesa Chief Executive Officer and Founder Elizabeth Rossiello has been chosen by the World Economic Forum as the second chairperson of the...
Prof. John Muyonga handed over office to Dr. Abel Atukwase, the new Dean-elect School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bioengineering. The handover...
By Sramana Mitra Opinion: There aren’t many stories that one hears about Billion Dollar Unicorn players out of East European countries like Estonia....
Telecommunication group Liquid Telecom is supporting African gaming developers, programmers and designers at locally hosted Global Game Jam events across the region...
Ugandan innovators who won the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) innovation challenge have shown their intentions to drag the Authority to court...
Ride-hailing firm Taxify has dismissed as “completely untrue” reports that it was set to close up shop in Uganda. On Thursday afternoon,...
Andela, the company building distributed engineering teams with Africa’s top software developers announced the completion of a $100M Series D funding. The...
President Museveni on Wednesday met the MTN Group Chief Executive Officer, Rob Shuter, and urged him to float shares of the telecom...
President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday met with MTN Group’s Chief Executive Officer Rob Shuter to discuss the recent disgraceful acts committed by...
The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation is to construct 42 incubation hubs and science industrial parks to support research and innovation...
Parliament has launched an app called “Uganda Bungeni” aimed at enabling the public to trace the status of bills that are debated...
SafeBoda has started charging more for trips made during morning and evening hours. The firm announced the changes in fares on Tuesday....
Moses Kasozi, a Ugandan-born economist based in the United States has secured a job at Payfone, a technology firm based in New...
Telecommunications company MTN Uganda has been given a provisional license which will last two months or 60 days as authorities continue to...
On Tuesday evening, a considerable section of MTN Uganda customers was treated to 500MBs. On dialing *131*4#, a message would appear on...
Taxify Uganda is hiring more people to boost operational efficiency in Kampala, Uganda, a high-ranking official has told SautiTech. In one of...
Uganda police is constructing its own research and innovation in Kikandwa, Wakiso district. The groundbreaking ceremony was officiated by the Inspector General...
MultiChoice Uganda has relieved Phoebe Nakabazzi of her duties as the company’s head of marketing. According to ChimpReports, which quotes a statement...
Press Release – Growers in Tanzania can now benefit from a range of Dudutech’s biological pest control products. The portfolio approved by...
On Tuesday morning, Uganda woke up to the news that two high ranking officials from the largest telecommunications company in the country...
MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Olivier Prentout has been arrested for engaging in acts which “compromise national security”, Polly Namaye, the...
Following Monday reports which alleged that Ritah Namisango had been “fired” as the public relations officer (PRO) for Makerere University, Namisango has...
By Reuters Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five,...
Android Q or Android 10 is underway and Google has not yet released any details about it. Its predecessor Android Pie is...
As a new week starts, we felt that it was important to appreciate you our readers by updating you on the discounts...
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Two concerned parties have asked court to nullify government’s decision to phase out paper passports and replace them with electronic ones. In...
Former Makerere University Academic Staff Association’s (MUASA) chairman, Dr. Muhammad Kiggundu Musoke, has been appointed manager communications and international relations in the...
Minister for ICT and National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze has said his ministry will undertake the task of assessing the impact the taxes...
Egypt-based mass transportation network company Swvl has entered into the East African market, starting with Kenya, which is estimated to have a...
By Forbes Coaches Council Starting a business is a complex, ever-evolving monster of a task, and tough decisions have to be made almost...
Four Ugandan social entrepreneurs Joseph Ogwal, Margaret Nalutaaya, Jennifer Achiro, and Sheila Ampumuza have been accepted into the 2019 Acumen Fellowship Program....
MTN Uganda this past Wednesday announced that it had restructured one of its special offers called Gaga Wednesday. This comes after the...
A Ugandan professional animator named Hamid Ibrahim is collaborating with two Nigerian writers (Ziki Nelson and Tolu Foyeh) to document African stories...
A new consumer payment product for Africa has been launched, courtesy of Fintech startup Flutterwave and Visa, reports TechCrunch. Dubbed GetBarter, the...
The Blue Screen of Death is an error screen in Windows that signifies a fatal system error. BSoDs appear when Microsoft Windows...
Jackie Ochola is the country director for Andela Uganda. Before joining the training and placement company for software developers, the electrical engineer...
The National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) has entered an agreement with the Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) to manage the manufacturing and commercialization of...
The Redmi Note 7 just recently launched in China and its impressive specifications have got everyone buzzed about it. For Android diehards,...
Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange, has hired Yele Bademosi to join the firm’s expansion plans that are being implemented by Binance Labs....
Airtel Uganda Managing Director VG Somasekhar has said the telecom company paid corporate tax for the first time in 2018, having registered...
Public Taxi Uganda, an application developed Cavendish University students to improve the safety and security of people using commuter taxis in Uganda,...
A Nigerian innovator named Oluwatobi Oyinlola has invented a device called Pay-as-you-cook meter to transform the application of liquefied petroleum gas, or...
India-based telecommunication company Bharti Airtel is currently engaged in talks to buy Telkom Kenya in a bid to cement its operations in...
Funding African startups increased by almost four times in 2018, underlying the continent’s increasing uptake of business and information technology, the 2018...
Africell Uganda recorded the highest number of blocked calls compared to its other three main competitors in Uganda’s capital, according to a...
By Vartika Kashyap The boss-employee relationships can be “overly complicated” at times, especially when there are unnecessary excuses instead of meaningful results....
Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) recently unveiled its latest automobile, the Kiira EVS. The journalist Andrew Mwenda was among the first people to...
Gemalto, a Netherlands-based digital security company providing software applications and hardware has been awarded a contract to provide the tools needed to...
As the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Okoth Ochola shuffled the police top brass on Saturday, he appointed a new team to...
The minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye, has said that government will establish a refractor telescope and observatory hub...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (unicef) through its Innovation Fund is ready to invest up to US$100,000 (about Shs370 million)...
Uber Kenya has added another feature to the ride-hailing application aimed at improving the transport service for people with special needs. Dubbed...
Samuel Kiggundu a.k.a. Sami K has joined Fezah, an entertainment’s booking app, as a Talent Scout, the company announced on January 11....
In October of 2018, Myriad Connect released a study indicating that SIM card hacking was becoming a global threat, affecting even developed...
Liquid Telecom appointed Mohamed Bassit as its new Regional CEO for the Middle East and West Africa (MEWA). He took over office on...
If you want to feature on the 2019 Forbes Africa Under 30 list, or you know someone you would like to appear on...
Telecommunications company Africell Uganda has inked a deal with Beyonic, a digital platform that allows businesses and big institutions to collect bulk...
The Government of Rwanda is finalizing plans to adopt the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, in the...
Innovators creating technology tools to solve problems in the Agriculture, Connectivity, Energy, Health, or Water sectors have been called to apply for...
SolarNow, an off-grid solar company based in Kampala, Uganda has closed a funding deal worth US$9 million (about Shs33.6 billion) to expand...
African Renewable Energy Distributors (ARED) Group has embarked on expanding its footprint in Rwanda and Uganda by rolling out more smart kiosks so...
The African Diaspora Network, or ADIS, has featured four Uganda innovators and entrepreneurs — Solomon King Benge, Pamela Anyoti Peronachi, Barbara Birungi...
The reign of Compact Disks is almost over but flash drives are here to stay. The biggest benefit out of this is...
Telecommunication giant Airtel’s Ugandan unit is set to incur higher operating costs as authorities move to implement new changes in the telecom...
Morrison Rwakakamba, a Harvard Kennedy School alumnus, is joining pay-go energy company Fenix International as a Global Senior Director of Policy. Rwakakamba...
University of California, or UC, Berkeley has appointed Dickson Mushabe, the chief executive officer of Hostalite to the judging panel for the...
The African Union has revealed plans of fast-tracking the creation of one passport for all Africans. According to the head of the...
When Taxify launched in Uganda in October of 2017, the Estonian-based ride-hailing firm put forward enticing offers, convincing some people that it...
The government of Rwanda is constructing an ultramodern transport network system, positioning itself ahead of most African nations in the process of...
By Gitura Mwaura The appetite for digital currencies is yet to sour in Africa. There are over 2000 active digital currencies worldwide...
Villgro Kenya, an early stage startup incubator focusing on health ventures in East Africa pumped US$80,000 into activities of Maisha Meds and...
By JT McCormick When I took over as CEO of Scribe Media, one of the first things I did was evaluate the...
The ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), a global innovation competition, is hunting for hardware-led ventures that can tackle problems in the following sectors:...
Telecommunications giant MTN Uganda recently realized mobile money interoperability, implying that millions of Ugandan digital bankers can now send money from MTN...
Dubai-based ride-hailing firm Careem is exploring the market potential of tuk tuk services in Egypt, reported MenaBytes Thursday. Careem, which is Uber’s...
By Andrew Hutchinson We’re now a year on from Facebook’s major News Feed re-focus, which aimed to put more emphasis on personal engagement,...
Kenyan-grown ride-hailing service Little has become the first company to introduce bus-booking services in East Africa, starting with Nairobi, the capital of...
The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) will, beginning January 14, 2019, start registering people who did not get national identity cards as well...
The World Bank Group through its arm, Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative, has rolled out a multimillion-dollar innovation challenge aimed at inspiring...
Dfcu Bank received US$30 million (about Shs111 billion) from two European firms — Proparco and the Dutch development bank or FMO, to...
The government of Rwanda has commissioned a Rwf4 billion (about US $4.5 million) coding school, making good on its mission of establishing...