Government of Uganda has warned travelers to beware of fraudsters on the internet that are scamming people with fake electronic visas (e-Visas)....
The Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi has said the probe into MTN Uganda is still ongoing thus...
Ugandan entrepreneur Nielsimms Sangho has been appointed the country lead for Flutterwave Uganda, a position that will see him manage the company’s...
The National Information Technology Authority, Uganda (NITA-U) on Tuesday walked journalists in Uganda through the existing cyber laws and internet crimes in...
Facebook has announced that it is bringing its Express WiFi programme to South Africa, reports Techpoint Africa. Facebook Express WiFi is an...
It is common for documents to be issued with mistakes. In Uganda now, two of the most essential documents are the National...
There are three processes you can use to pay OTT tax on MTN. 1. You can buy OTT tax on MTN by...
In the process of making these documents, sometimes officials make mistakes or at times you migrate or decide to change details like...
The Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi has said they (UCC) are devising means through which they can...
Edroma Enid was recently appointed by the MTN Board of Directors to replace Anthony Katamba as the general manager of Corporate Services...
A coding academy set up with an investment of 4.5 million U.S. dollars was unveiled to learners at Nyabihu TVET (Technical and...
Government of Uganda has again put Uganda Telecom (UTL) on the market after a 2018 deal it had closed with Taleology Holdings...
The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) recently rolled out a new program where they’ll allow people to apply for national IDs and...
Yego Moto, a mobility company based in Rwanda has been named among the 50 most innovative companies in the world in a...
Parody social media accounts have been created in the name of Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu. Lt. Gen. Elwelu is the commander of...
Enid Edroma is the new general manager of Corporate Services at MTN Uganda, SautiTech has learnt. Edroma replaces Anthony Katamba who was...
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has started taking measures to root out crooked elements among its staff and those purporting...
Tugende Limited, a financial enterprise that helps motorcycle taxi drivers in Uganda own their motorcycles, has received another $5 million (Shs18.5 billion)...
By reading this, it means you’ve either misplaced or lost your phone. After losing a phone, there are three different ways through...
Global website hosting service provider GoDaddy has announced that it will launch its services in South Africa next month. In a statement...
Business expert Patrick Bitature says he’s had many people asking him what he does to grow a successful business. The tycoon has...
Eversend is among 10 startups that have been admitted to the prestigious Techstars accelerator programme in Berlin, which provides access to investment, mentorship...
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) only turns off internet access in the country when there is need to protect Ugandans, Nyombi Thembo, the...
Global tech firm Truecaller has revealed that it will increase presence in the Rwandan market in fulfillment of its plans of making...
KaiOS Technologies has sealed distribution deals with six African firms located in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania to sell...
Mara Corporation unveiled its first smartphones (Mara X and Mara Z) to the market on Feb. 14, the day of Valentine’s. Founded...
On the night of July 2, 2018, agents attached to the Internal Security Organisation aka ISO stormed the MTN Data Center, which...
Egyptian grown bus-sharing app Swvl has announced that it is soon setting up shop in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. If Swvl...
A citizen has asked court to compel four telecom companies to display all mobile money balances from inactive SIM cards. In his...
Minister for ICT and National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze has hailed Uganda’s second largest telecommunications company Airtel on rolling out 100 percent 4G...
Uganda was awestruck when authorities this past Thursday evening unceremoniously threw the chief executive officer of the largest telecommunications company out of...
MTN Uganda has said it was not raided by the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) as was reported by the Sunday Vision. Sunday...
As telecommunications giant MTN Uganda grapples with the scandals that have recently hit them, a section of social media users who follow...
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has named 26 postal and courier firms that are operating illegally in the country. A Feb. 12 statement...
MTN Uganda Chairman Charles Mbire has dismissed as “false” and baseless” reports that he was Friday quizzed by security officers over the...
A Ugandan startup named Bodawerk is trying to revolutionize the Boda Boda industry in East Africa with a technology solution that converts...
Egyptian bus-sharing app Swvl is laying the groundwork ahead of its launch in Uganda, making the Pearl of Africa its second market...
Viruses are malicious computer programs that target cellular phones or compromise a computer system without the owner’s consent. It is always important for you...
Emma Mugisha is the new head of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) at Stanbic Bank. According to a February 15 statement, Mugisha will...
A batch of 19,000 newly-issued East African Community E-passports do not have important biodata of the holders. According to Uganda Radio Network...
Gordian Kyomukama who has been the chief technology officer at MTN Uganda has been appointed as the acting chief executive officer (CEO)...
Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Huawei Technologies has revealed it will start building two data centers in South Africa in the coming month....
We have already looked at the internet bundles and data packages offered by the three biggest telcos on weekly and daily plans....
In our previous article, we explained what a Disposable Email is and why you need one, considering the rate at which spammers...
Co-creation Hub [CcHUB] will Thursday launch the ‘CcHUB Design Lab’ in Kigali, Rwanda. The design lab is an unprecedented next step in...
US technology giant Andela has announced that it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) to sieve its own employees and those it...
Social networking site Facebook has revealed plans to control the spread of fake news on its platforms ahead of many elections across...
National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has made it possible for one to apply and get a Birth Certificate online. This system...
Disposable email is a service that allows a registered user to receive an email on a temporary address that expires after a...
One of the essentials for any phone is a SIM card. And recently, innovators came up with a new generation of SIMs...
Global smartphone maker OPPO has opened a regional hub in the United Arab Emirates that will be used as a new center...
Xente, one of Uganda’s preeminent fintech companies, is spreading its service wings to more African countries. We recently had a conversation with Allan...
Cabinet has approved a proposal to use Mobile Money as a platform for investing in government securities. According to the Executive Director...
The NITA-U Director for Planning, Research and Development, Dr Fredrick Kitoogo, has been selected to head the Information and Communications Technology (ICT)...
National Information Technology Authority (NITA) has expanded the reach of MyUG WiFi and there are now 284 MyUG WiFi hotspots/sites in Kampala,...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched in Uganda in 2018. Its first phone in the market was the Redmi 5 whose notable features...
When the social media tax, now popularly known as OTT tax, was introduced in July 2018, MTN customers would use the USSD...
Minister for ICT and National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze has said the government is not going keep watch on how Ugandans use social...
The National Information Technology Authority, Uganda (NITA-U) has introduced new Awards dubbed eGovernment Excellence Awards aimed at motivating government agencies and ministries...
By default, users have not been able to share their followers’ stories on Instagram, unlike the other social networks like Twitter and...
Should you choose a Bluetooth mouse or a wireless mouse? But wait, isn’t a Bluetooth mouse a wireless mouse? They both have...
Since the inception of Facebook, we have been accustomed to the still images as our profile pictures. However, this has been revolutionized...
Natasha Museveni Karugire, one of the daughters of President Yoweri Museveni stunned television viewers when she recently revealed that her ambition, at...
Malware is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server or computer network. A malicious software damages a target...
Ugandan tycoon Ashish Thakkar is in talks with the Rwandan government to set up the country’s first smartphone factory, The New Times,...
President Yoweri Museveni has promoted 2,031 Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), including Joram Mugume, the chairman board of the National Enterprise Corporation...
The Baby Store UG, an online retailer dealing in baby goods has been acquired by new management, the company founder Sherifah Tumusiime...
If you’re reading this, you must have already paid OTT tax or you’re planning to. The validity of the tax is segmented...
Facebook has announced that it will open a new content review center in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the social networking site’s...
Raymond Kagimba, husband of former NTV presenter Justin Nameere has been remanded to Luzira prison for beating a driver attached to ride-hailing...
Twenty entrepreneurs across Africa will be winners of US $100,000 (about Shs368 million) this year courtesy of 2019 Anzisha Prize, a premier...
Facebook has finally allowed all its users to use the Messenger ‘unsend’ feature that lets you delete messages from a conversation after...
Most apps on Android are free but some features or upgrades require payment. An example of such features is removing ads from...
By definition, a hard disk drive (HDD) is a fixed data storage device. You will find them in most desktop PCs, laptops...
On each and every new day, a new innovation is introduced. When it comes to TV resolutions, they too have gone through...
If you love Tecno smartphones, you should have checked our list of Tecno smartphones in Uganda already; we also included prices and...
Uganda Communications Communication Commission has directed Monitor Publications Limited, the publisher of Daily Monitor (newspaper and website) to halt publishing web content...
The World Food Programme (WFP) has invited startups from all over the world to participate in an innovation challenge with the aim...
The Twitter community were struck by a bombshell Sunday when Parliament announced a new Twitter account in the name of Rebecca Kadaga,...
Uganda’s first fully digital bank has opened shop courtesy of Standard Chartered Bank. The system, which allows customers to open up an...
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has contracted Aisino Corporation, a Chinese company, to provide electronic invoicing and receipting services in a bid to...
Tecno phones in Uganda come in different sizes, colors, have different features and are priced differently. In 2018, according to a URA...
SafeBoda has managed to fix the problem that was failing the transfer of funds from Mobile Money to the SafeBoda wallet. The...
In order to activate or run dark mode, you need to visit the Windows settings on your computer. You can do this...
The Atomic Energy Council of Uganda has started a process of inspecting telecommunications base stations, broadcast equipment, high voltage transmission lines and...
Users of SafeBoda encountered challenges Monday as the application failed to accept mobile money transfers to the ride-hailing app’s customized wallet. “Money...
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a channel through which devices can transmit and receive high-definition (HD) audio and video between external sources...
The volume of online retail trade in Africa is on the rise and is projected to reach $300bn by 2025, a report...
Last week, in our series on data packages, we looked at weekly data plans offered by the three biggest telecom companies in...
Huawei has started vending its Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 entry-level smartphone and reports show that, in Pakistan which is among the first...
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda has created an online portal where Ugandans who intend to get jobs and contracts in the oil...
The Chinese government has said the digital TV (television) project launched in Uganda in July last year has enabled more Ugandans to...
Mobile money tax collections generated a whooping Shs50 billion surplus in the second quarter of the 2018/19 financial year, further justifying the...
Pamela Ankunda is no longer the spokesperson for the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). According to Ankunda, her boss, the UCC Executive Director...
By VentureBeat More than a year after Facebook commercially launched Express Wi-Fi in five markets, it is ready to bring the connectivity...
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you should have already heard or seen something related to the action movie, 27 Guns,...
Someone made a parody Facebook account of Edwin Karugire, the husband of Natasha Museveni, daughter to President Yoweri K. Museveni. So, when...
After reports that some Ugandans who have recently applied for visas with the new Ugandan East African Community (EAC) passports to travel...
As government battles with citizens opposed to the ‘rushed’ issuance of the electronic passports, another hurting news has emerged, showing that the...