The Tecno Camon 18 series have not been on the market for so long, but a grab of the phone gives you...
In a bid to digitize the public transportation system and provide safer, reliable, and comfortable commute options across Africa, Toronto-based shared mobility...
Huawei and Mauritius Telecom’s “my.t 360°” Digital Operation Platform has won the “Most Innovative Product or Service” Award at the 2021 online...
After three years of successful networking, advocacy work, and enhancement of human rights structures both for the Ugandan society as well as...
MFS Africa has raised $100-million through an equity and debt financing round. The fundraising marks another milestone in the digital payment gateway’s...
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organisation has appointed Damali Ssali as its Uganda Ambassador to spearhead Women Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation. The Women’s Entrepreneurship...
TECNO Mobile has released its newest CAMON18 series – CAMON 18 Premier, CAMON18P, and CAMON18, pushing the boundaries for what it means...
Jumia Uganda has announced the latest edition of the Jumia Black Friday campaign dubbed “Every day is Black Friday”. The campaign which...
Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform Twiga has raised a US$50 million Series C funding round to help it scale its affordable food solutions...
Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa‘s Solerchil Technologies and The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG) Limited have emerged winners, among the top 12 finalists, of the Global...
Wheels to the 2021 Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit that will also feature the 8th edition of Digital Impact Awards Africa have...
MFS Africa has announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire Baxi, one of Nigeria’s leading super-agent networks. The deal, which...
Instagram has announced that it’s rolling out the ability for people to post photos and videos using its desktop web browser. As...
Day four of the ongoing Women in FinTech Hackathon was a huge success as participants learnt about Product Management, Prototyping, and the...
Google officially formalized the Android 12 update and many smartphone manufacturers have confirmed the models to receive the new Operating System. This...
Day Three of the Women in FinTech Hackathon successfully ended with discussions focusing on why young innovators must draw proper business cases...
Day Two of the Women in FinTech #LevelOneProject Hackathon was successfully concluded with discussions centered on how participants can improve their projects...
The 2021 Women in FinTech Hackathon officially kicked off Friday 8th October with 17 shortlisted teams and over 70 participants altogether. Speaking...
Jumia Uganda has held its annual Jumia vendor conference ahead of the Jumia Black Friday 2021 to prepare sellers for the biggest...
As technology across the globe advances, Artificial Intelligence has become an identity that defines its pace and its applications across various industries....
Following a two-week-long online registration process and continuous evaluation of all entries, HiPipo has unveiled the 17 teams that will participate in...
The 2021 edition of the Kampala Innovation Week has been unveiled! The event, organized by Start-up Uganda in partnership with UNCDF, is...
We are just a week away from the 23rd birthday of MTN Uganda. To mark the anniversary, the company has announced its...
MultiChoice Uganda has announced a new offer where the DStv decoder price has been cut down by 20% — from UGX 99,000...
The Government of Uganda, through the National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U), has provided an update on the progress of UGhub; a platform...
Andela has turned on the unicorn status after raising a tune of $200 million in Series E financing. Well, this feat means...
After nearly 30 months of testing the market and business model feasibility, Kweli.shop is now officially live! The home electronics and appliance...
Infinix Mobility has announced that the Infinix Zero X Pro – part of the Zero X Series – is now officially available...
Huawei has released the latest update for Huawei MeeTime users that has brought a new feature called “MeeTime Space”. According to the introduction...
In its commitment to secure the health and safety of its employees and the communities at large, SafeBoda has announced a vaccination...
Have you ever tried to load a slow-loading website or an app that takes forever to open? What steps can you take...
In line with its commitment to spearhead Digital Financial Services adoption and Financial Inclusion advocacy across Africa, HiPipo has launched the 2021...
MTN MoMo and Britam Insurance have partnered to help boost the penetration of insurance services in Uganda. The new partnership will see...
Earlier this year, we told you about its launch in South Africa in a move targeting an expansion into the continent. Now,...
After wide speculation on what the next device launch would be, Infinix Mobility has released the latest of its flagships. This is...
Every now and then, WhatsApp updates arrive for many users from its official site or in the play store. It is in...
One childhood dream that many Ugandans strive to fulfill is driving a car. However, you can only make it to the road...
MTN has partnered with payments technology company Flutterwave to enable Flutterwave business customers to use MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) as a payment...
We all love smartphones that can accommodate all the interesting features and specifications on our checklist. However, it is obvious that gadgets...
Social media has changed the way we communicate, right from using direct messaging to sharing other content such as videos and images....
Research shows that people and organizations’ ability to access and use ICT services is more likely to drive economic development than ICT...
The 3rd Deputy Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Rukia Nakaddama Isanga represented Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja as Guest of...
The State Minister for Higher Education Dr. John Chrysestom Muyingo officially launched the Huawei ICT Competition 2021- 2022. Launching the third edition...
Jumia Uganda and Centenary Bank have announced a partnership to incentivize the use of the bank’s cashless payments options of CenteVisa and...
Logistics is crucial for any economy to develop and Uganda is one of the countries that are experiencing positive growth in this...
Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block...
The high operating costs shouldered by financial services providers have always been blamed for the high-interest rates that businesses and people who...
Pesapal, a provider of payments processing services — primarily point of sale (POS) — is touting two recent approvals for conducting business...
The low transaction costs, innovative products, and a wide network coverage that makes its products and services easily accessible to everyone, irrespective...
Smallholder farmers have for long been exploited and cheated at various stages of agricultural production; be it buying inputs, where they have...
While the majority of Uganda’s youth have resorted to running small businesses due to the high unemployment rate, their businesses suffer high...
While the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to market and sell their products and services online, in what is...
The Uganda Social Media Conference 2021 is almost here! The event, which is organized by the Uganda country office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung,...
By enrolling on the MoMoPay platform, your goal could have been to simply receive digital payments and make your business more efficient. However,...
We are days away from the 2021 Uganda Social Media Conference that is organized by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Uganda & South Sudan....
Providing a better customer experience is every business owner’s dream as it helps build customer loyalty, which in turn supports business growth....
The evolution of communication technologies has for the past 2 decades upgraded from 1G which enabled users to make Voice calls, 2G...
Cashless and contactless digital payments are increasingly playing a significant role in ensuring safety, speed, convenience, and seamlessness in business operations globally. It...
The 2020 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) Results have been released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). The 2020 Examinations...
While access to credit is what micro and small business owners need to expand their enterprises and work their way out of...
With parents pacing against time juggling a number of things to make ends meet, anything that helps them conclude their children’s school...
Safaricom and Nairobi Securities Exchange recently announced a partnership to enable Kenyans to invest in stocks using their Bonga points. The service...
Absa Bank Kenya has launched an innovation that allows its customers to access their bank accounts and transact via WhatsApp. The innovation...
MTN Group has decided to stop its operation in Syria after it lost control of the business. The telecom company has booked...
The delay in settling digital money transactions is among the reasons most people in Uganda prefer cash to electronic transactions. This explains why...
More Ugandans are set to access health insurance following the introduction of Bomba MED, a micro health insurance product on the market. Innovated...
Huawei has, this week, released its business results for the first half of 2021. Its overall performance was in line with the...
Transport operators lose a lot of revenue as untrustworthy conductors charge money that is not recorded anywhere in the operator’s books, thus...
While not many people in Uganda and across the African continent are using Blockchain technology mainly due to its complexity, YTIB Capital...
People bored of buying foodstuffs, fruits, and meat that have stayed long on market stalls may have a reason to smile now...
GOtv Uganda is a sister company to DStv, one of the leading pay-TV providers in Uganda. The pay-tv is a cheaper alternative...
DStv Uganda has announced an increase in its package pricing effective 1st September 2021. The brand that boasts of a strong reputation...
If you are new to bitcoin, you may not be aware of the fact that there are legitimate ways to get free...
The streaming service market seems to have so many players joining in every other instance. The latest deal on the market is...
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Uganda and South Sudan has announced the 6th Edition of its flagship convening “The Uganda Social Media Conference”. The conference which...
While there has been growth in the number of Financial Technology Companies (FinTechs) integrating with telecoms and banks to facilitate easy payments...
Spending a day or a week at home for lack of school fees is something that no parent would wish their child...
Bolt has raised 600 million euros from investors to aid quick grocery delivery. The round was led by Sequoia Capital alongside other...
Twitter is adding two additional ways for people to log in to their accounts. With the latest update, you can use your...
Many businesses always find themselves entangled in non-core business functions and end up giving little time to core operations, which affects their...
From bricks and cement to painting, plumbing, and décor services, anyone undertaking a construction project can now access them under one roof,...
It is one thing to develop a financial solution and another thing for that solution to be accepted in the market. It is...
Huawei recently launched an all-in-one subscription package for Huawei Cloud, video, and music services. The service, called Huawei Petal One, integrates the three...
Many micro and small enterprises in Uganda still lack online presence due to, among others, the absence of digital skills to enable...
Several people across the country have fallen victim to land evictions or have their pieces of land lying idle for lack of...
It is estimated that at least 80 percent of Ugandan farmers are smallholders. Despite their everyday challenges, they contribute the largest share...
While some people saw the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as a major setback, to Erasmus Okurut and his team at PayTota...
Being cash strapped has never been a good experience for anyone, neither is the hassle of moving from one financial institution to...
The founders that have made it for the second edition of the Future is Female Mentorship Program have been announced. The program...
In a bid to support women inclusion and support business growth, SafeBoda, which started off initially as a ride-hailing App, plans to...
The era of moving around from one lender to another shopping for the best loan deal could have come to an end,...
While every business needs credit at one point to support enterprise growth, most Uganda Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers...
Kampala International University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Huawei Technologies Uganda Company Limited on the establishment of an ICT Academy with...
The long procedures and tough requirements by financial service providers are among the reasons some people, especially at the bottom of the...
Huawei Cloud IaaS revenue surged by a stunning 202.8%, placing it in the top five list of cloud IaaS providers in the...
Despite the increasing use of mobile money services across the country, most Ugandans, especially those in rural areas, still find it hard...
Last month, Ethiopia’s government announced a tender process to begin the sale of a 40% stake in the state-owned Ethio Telecom to...
Netflix is seriously working on a videogames unit in a time when it’s posting weak subscriber growth. This is amid growing competition...
While most Ugandan businesses are used to physical cash payments, there is a gradual shift to electronic commerce that has forced them...
Business enthusiasts believe that supporting a woman-led business is equivalent to supporting an entire family and a nation at large. Flutterwave, a payments...
MFS Africa has announced that it has made its entry into Sierra Leone, partnering with Afrimoney. The Pan-African fintech company is joining...
Huawei plans to invest US$150 million in digital talent development over the next five years. This program is expected to benefit another...