Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the success of the event last year, the National Conference on Communications (NCC) shall return for its eighth edition this October. The NCC 2023 shall be held at the Central Teaching Facility (CTF), Kyambogo University from October 3-4, 2023. This will be the first …
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Vacancy: Communications and Advocacy Manager IRC Uganda is an organisation working with governments, NGOs and people around the world to find long-term solutions to make access to safe drinking water and sanitation effective for all, forever. IRC works out of its headquarters in The Hague (the Netherlands) and has national …
Read More »THIS WEEK: UCC’s Mutabazi starts 2018 in fighting mode
THIS WEEK: UCC’s Mutabazi starts 2018 in fighting mode Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Few were surprised when Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director Godfrey Mutabazi (Pictured) issued a directive to all television and radio stations to air President Museveni’s End of Year address live. The directive received severe criticism …
Read More »Is UCC going rogue?
Parliament to probe communications regulator over its media cuts and bans Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | What, really, is the mandate of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)? On its face, UCC’s mandate appears clear; it is the country’s communications regulatory agency. It is supposed to promote and safeguard the interests …
Read More »Only National IDs allowed in new 7-day UCC sim-card deadline
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has asked all existing subscribers to update their SIM-card registration information in seven days or they will be deactivated. National Identity Card (IDs) and passports, for the case of foreigners, will be used to verify, re-validate and re-register SIM-cards for all subscribers. This is a shift from …
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JOB OPENING Uganda: GHG COMMUNICATION SUPPORT Kampala, Uganda Mercy Corps Closing Date : 2016-10-21 Duty Station : Kampala, Uganda Organization: Mercy Corps Country: Uganda Closing date: 21 Oct 2016 Application : Apply for the job Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Netherlands gets first nationwide ‘Internet of Things’
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Dutch telecoms group KPN said Thursday that The Netherlands had become the first country in the world to implement a nationwide long range (LoRa) network for the so-called Internet of Things. Connecting everyday objects to networks, allowing them to send and receive data, is …
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