Tue, March 4th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Bank of Africa subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will from now on use a new credit management system in a bid to curb losses that arise from defaulted loans. → Read more
Fri, February 28th, 15:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile startups competition PIVOT East has partnered with tech hubs across East Africa to ensure this year’s event is attended by the best entrepreneurs and developers in the region → Read more
Fri, February 28th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
The East Africa Banking and ICT Summit held annually by Cyber Security Africa will be held in Uganda this year, seeking to provide delegates with technical and practical sessions and showcase banking and ICT innovations. → Read more
Wed, February 26th, 09:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda Telecom has relaunched its Voice SMS service, which will be hosted on Kirusa platforms and is targeted at enabling the carrier’s subscribers to “have a voice → Read more
Fri, February 21st, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Ugandans are already taking to e-commerce platform Jumia, just two weeks after the Rocket-Internet owned company made Uganda the sixth African country in which it operates → Read more
Mon, February 17th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN Uganda has raised its charges for payment of bills via mobile money to Umeme Electricity and National Water and Sewerage Corporation, meaning customers who use mobile money to pay for water and electricity will have to pay more. → Read more
Mon, February 10th, 07:00 · Tom Jackson
The Uganda Communications Commission has launched the 2014 edition of the ACIA Awards, which recognise innovations from local companies, groups or individuals in developing or adopting ICT. → Read more
Sun, February 9th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
African startups have seen a wave of investment this week, with over US$40 million being awarded and over US$200 million in the pipeline. → Read more
Fri, February 7th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Rocket Internet-owned e-commerce platform Jumia has made Uganda the sixth African country in which it operates. → Read more
Tue, February 4th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
foodpanda and affiliated brand hellofood have announced US$20 million in new funding, earmarked for expansion to Tanzania, Uganda and several other countries. → Read more
Tue, January 28th, 15:40 · Tom Jackson
PC shipments in Kenya fell 10.7 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year following the implementation of value added tax (VAT) charges on electronic goods, though East Africa as a region saw some growth. → Read more
Mon, January 27th, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has called for a computerised record of all residents of the country in order to better fight crime. → Read more
Fri, January 10th, 17:20 · Tom Jackson
Ugandan Brian Asingia and Kenyan Franco Abott have launched DreamAfrica, a cross-platform app with illustrated e-books of African stories, and hope to scale into animated television series and game development in the future. → Read more
Fri, January 10th, 16:40 · Nick Sato
MTN Uganda has announced the completion of the planned rollout of 115 new coverage sites and upgraded the capacity of another 406 sites, while upgrading its sites in Kampala to 3G. → Read more
Tue, January 7th, 16:20 · Nick Sato
Competition in Uganda’s communication industry is set to increase in 2014 following a surge in demographics and a rise in disposable incomes. → Read more
Tue, January 7th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Ugandan media houses are set to be closed and their editors prosecuted once president Yoweri Museveni assents to the Anti-Pornography Bill passed by parliament at the end of last year. → Read more
Fri, January 3rd, 12:00 · HumanIPO
No news organisation in the world covers African tech startups in as much detail, every day, as HumanIPO. Using their contacts across the continent, HumanIPO reporters work hard to ensure even the smallest African business has the opportunity to be profiled on the site and catch the attention of our continental and international investor readership. → Read more
Thu, December 19th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Issac Oboth, a Ugandan entrepreneur and founder of Media256, last night became the first African entrepreneur to appear on CNN’s new ‘African Start-Up’ programme. → Read more
Wed, December 18th, 18:00 · Nick Sato
ICT leaders from East African countries meeting in Nairobi to discuss ICT integration in the region have announced they are in the process of harmonising SIM registration to enable prompt sharing of subscribers’ data. → Read more
Wed, December 18th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Information Communication and Technology (ICT) ministers from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan have met in Nairobi to discuss the integration of ICT infrastructure in the East African region, resolving to jointly find ways of reducing the cost of roaming voice and data charges. → Read more
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