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Fri, March 8th, 10:22 · Elly Okutoyi

M-KOPA looking to increase market share with its solar-power solution

M-KOPA Kenya Limited, the company behind solar power panels that allow users to pay for the service via mobile banking, is looking to increase its market share in Kenya to 100,000 from the current 7,500 clients. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 08:13 · Nanine Steenkamp

Ugandan Ffene to launch in April on iOS and Android

Ugandan startup Ffene, a business management app, plans to launch on iOS and Android platforms next month in an attempt to improve the business administration solution accessibility in Africa. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 15:21 · Brandon Gregory

Three month extension proposed for Uganda’s SIM card registration

Ugandan lawmakers have allowed an extra three months for the country’s SIM card registration process due to various challenges, in spite of telecommunications companies requesting a one-year extension. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 15:49 · Tom Jackson

CWG, Symantec partner on cyber security in Uganda

The Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) has partnered with Symantec to provide Ugandan security, storage and systems management solutions. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 09:05 · Vincent Matinde

US$4.6 billion processed on mobile money platforms in one month

A GSMA report has revealed that over 224 million mobile money transactions totalling US$4.6 billion were made in June of last year alone, with Sub-Saharan Africa leading the pack. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 16:16 · Tom Jackson

Orange Uganda launches Luganda OS

Orange Uganda has launched a phone operating system (OS) in Luganda, the country’s major language, to ease communication for those uncomfortable with English. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 16:10 · Vincent Matinde

KeepCalling.net opens up 12 mobile recharge operators in Africa

KeepCalling has launched its online recharge portal in collaboration with mobile operators from Benin, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Somalia, Morocco, Tanzania, Ivory Coast and Uganda. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 10:12 · Robin Okuthe

FEATURE: Cable theft crippling Kenya’s communications infrastructure

Power and telephone cable vandalism continues to interrupt Kenya’s infrastructural development, with companies like Telkom Kenya and Kenya Power claiming to be losing millions of shillings each year. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 14:15 · Robin Okuthe

FEATURE: Satellite technology to overcome Internet outages caused by cable cuts

Continuous infrastructure developments taking place in Africa have often been blamed for frequent fibre-optic cable cuts that cause temporary Internet outages. → Read more
Wed, February 13th, 10:18 · Gabriella Mulligan

More MTN Uganda employees charged with fraud

Four MTN Uganda employees have been charged with defrauding their employer of USh3.1 billion (US$ 1.2 million), in the latest in a string of claims of internal fraudulent behaviour employees. → Read more
Tue, February 12th, 15:04 · Gabriella Mulligan

MTN Uganda commissions fibre network to link to Rwanda

MTN Uganda has commissioned a fibre network to be the first terrestrial link to Rwanda, an investment intended to improve infrastructure and further progress on the country’s ICT Roadmap. → Read more
Mon, February 11th, 12:07 · Nanine Steenkamp

Media attempts to halt UCC cut-off

Reporters at the Human Rights Network for Journalists Uganda (HRNJ-U) have sued the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) on the grounds of privacy and freedom of expression infringements as SIM card registration processes continue. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 15:13 · Kamau Mbote

Badiliko digital initiative raising Africa’s education standards

Badiliko, an African digital schools project, has vowed to improve access to technology and core infrastructure in schools by building capacity teaching and engaging policymakers to enable them to apply ICT in raising education standards. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 09:00 · Robin Okuthe

Lack of identity management system slows SIM card registration in Uganda

The absence of a national identification system in Uganda provides loopholes that hinder large numbers of mobile subscribers from registering SIM cards, says MTN Uganda’s chief executive chief executive Mazen Mroue. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 08:17 · HumanIPO

UCC introduces new mobile law

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has announced a new law to control marketing aimed at SMS and mobile money users in East Africa. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 13:10 · Gabriella Mulligan

Ugandan students design smartphone

Students at the University of Makerere in Uganda have finalised designs for a smartphone, in an attempt to localise production and create a specifically Ugandan device for the market. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 09:13 · Tom Jackson

Ugandan regulator condemns poor telecoms services, blames “vandalism”

Uganda’s telecommunications regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), has issued a statement criticising poor mobile services in the country, though it admitted a major cause of this was “vandalism”. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 12:01 · Robin Okuthe

Ugandan taxman warns on increased cybercrime

Uganda’s taxman the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has warned that cybercrime is prevalent in the country as “it is lucrative and perpetrators use sophisticated technologies to conceal their activities” and urged the police, the judiciary and the public to join forces to purge the vice. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 11:00 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN launches Wi-Fi hotspot service in Uganda

Integrated telecommunications services provider MTN has launched several hotspots in Uganda allowing the country’s Internet users, both the MTN and non-MTN subscribers, to enjoy unlimited Wi-Fi services. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 11:36 · Kamau Mbote

MTN to roll out LTE in Uganda

Uganda may be the first country in East Africa to enjoy Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network services after integrated telecommunications services provider MTN announced it would upgrade its network infrastructure to offer high-speed broadband of up to 100Mbps. → Read more