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Mon, May 20th, 13:55 · Nick Sato

Uganda’s KFM and DembeFM off air after police raid

Ugandan radio stations KFM and Dembe FM are off air after police raided the offices of the Daily Monitor newspaper in Kampala. → Read more
Mon, May 13th, 14:37 · Mercy Makumi

Technology taking on trachoma in Uganda

The Uganda Ministry of Health Trachoma programme is collecting prevalence data for trachoma, which is known to be endemic in 35 districts of Uganda, in a bid to tackle it quicker and more efficiently → Read more
Fri, May 10th, 09:25 · Susan Mwenesi

Ugandans adopt waste removal technology

Faecal waste in water channels and ‘flying toilets’, polythene bag improvised lavatories, could soon be a thing of the past in Kampala after a new waste removal technology introduced by Germany’s corporate development arm GIZ and Water for People. → Read more
Tue, May 7th, 10:15 · Kamau Mbote

Samsung S4 unveiled in Nairobi

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has launched in Kenya, two weeks after it was unveiled in South Africa. → Read more
Tue, May 7th, 09:25 · Mercy Makumi

Kenya’s Not In My Country appeals to citizens’ patriotism

Not In My Country launched in Kenya last month and is hoping to appeal to people’s sense of patriotism as they look to highlight and tackle corruption and poor academic teaching in the country. → Read more
Mon, May 6th, 12:46 · Susan Mwenesi

Uganda’s SIM card registration in final stages

Uganda’s SIM registration exercise is in its final stages after being started more than a year ago. → Read more
Thu, May 2nd, 08:59 · Tom Jackson

MTN Uganda considering domestic acquisitions

MTN Uganda is evaluating deals for rival telecom firms after the second and third largest operators in the country agreed a merger. → Read more
Fri, April 26th, 10:04 · Tom Jackson

MTN rolls out LTE network in Uganda

MTN has launched its LTE network in Uganda, becoming the first in the country and one if the first in the region to successfully roll out a 4G network. → Read more
Thu, April 25th, 14:26 · Gabriella Mulligan

Online gamers earn mosquito nets for Africa

Online game players in Kenya have to date raised 423 insecticide treated mosquito nets for donation to malaria infested areas, thanks to malaria awareness game Mosquito Hood. → Read more
Wed, April 24th, 13:59 · Kamau Mbote

Ugandan president’s #sackofmoney causes uproar on social media

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni donation of USh250 million (US$100,000) to a group of youth in Busoga without saying how the money would be used has caused uproar on social media. → Read more
Mon, April 22nd, 08:28 · Kamau Mbote

Kampala readies for analogue switch off

The Ugandan Communications Commission (UCC) has confirmed vital equipment to be used in Kampala’s delayed digital migration process has finally arrived. → Read more
Thu, April 18th, 13:34 · Igor Hobotov

Strengthen broadband structure, East Africa told

The director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (DBT) at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Brahima Sanou has urged East African nations to strengthen their broadband structures to enable internet growth in the region. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 07:28 · Tom Jackson

#SomeoneTellUganda Kenya’s latest Twitter storm

#SomeoneTellUganda was trending on Twitter in Kenya this morning as Kenyans reacted angrily to a newspaper article suggesting new president Uhuru Kenyatta may be Ugandan. → Read more
Wed, April 10th, 12:04 · Richard Cutcher

Southern and Eastern Africa get Innovation Council

An Innovation Council comprising eight representatives from member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has been launched to advise on science and technology. → Read more
Wed, April 10th, 08:30 · Igor Hobotov

Worldreader mobile launches with half a million readers per month

Worldreader, an application that enables book reading on feature phones, has reached the 500,000 readers per month mark. → Read more
Fri, March 22nd, 11:56 · Elly Okutoyi

Electronic Cargo Tracking System to be launched in Uganda

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will soon introduce a US$5.2 million Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) in the East African nation to help curb the influx of low priced goods, masqueraded as international goods. → Read more
Thu, March 21st, 08:54 · Vincent Matinde

Ugandans to get ICT jobs in Mauritius

The minister for trade, commerce and consumer corporation in Mauritius has invited ICT professionals from Uganda to take up jobs in its growing ICT sector. → Read more
Fri, March 15th, 09:09 · Richard Cutcher

Tax evasion case against MTN Uganda executives dropped

Tax evasion charges brought against 13 MTN Uganda executives have been dropped due to lack of evidence. → Read more
Thu, March 14th, 11:05 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile money transactions in Uganda hits US$4.5 billion in 2012

Uganda’s mobile money transactions exponentially grew by a record 211 per cent in 2012, posting US$4.5 billion in transactions compared to US$1.4 billion the previous year. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 11:02 · Kamau Mbote

Ugandan government launch website to gauge ministry performance

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Uganda has created a website that will allow citizens to access information on the performance of government ministries. → Read more