Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Uhuru Kenyatta has hailed the contribution of digital technologies to Kenya’s transformation saying ICTs are helping the country to create employment opportunities for its youth and enhance delivery of public services. The president observed that digital technologies have enabled African governments and the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty five Ugandan start-ups will each get a budget boost of over sh140million to enable them refine and complete their innovations. The 45 were picked by the selectors – The National ICT Initiatives Support Program (NIISP) – as having the best chance of hitting …
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Facility will rent space for servers and computing hardware to businesses Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Raxio Data Centre has become the first tier-3 certified data centre in Uganda upon completing a thorough assessment and evaluation by British and American experts last month. This makes the Namanve-based facility the …
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It’s time to test the transparency and accountability that this government boasts of and preaches as its principles COMMENT | MICHEAL ABONEKA | First, Parliament approved a supplementary budget of Shs284 billion to fight COVID-19. This was approved under Addendum 2, of the Supplementary Expenditure Schedule No. 2 for Financial …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology, ICT and National Guidance, Peter Ogwang has rallied residents in his constituency to embrace peace and reconciliation. Ogwang, who was speaking to his supporters in Katakwi on Saturday for the first time since …
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Liquid Telecom is a leading Pan-African communications solutions provider with presence in over 13 countries. Liquid Telecom’s CEO in Uganda, Dennis Kahindi, spoke to The Independent’s Isaac Khisa about how the company is helping to build Africa’s digital future. It is nearly nine months since you become CEO for Liquid Telecom …
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New law to facilitate trade and digital payment systems Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Fintech offers enormous opportunities such as improving service delivery, provision of employment opportunities and boosting financial inclusion for the unbanked to the developing economies. It is therefore important that the innovations are appreciated, according to …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | “We are very many players in this sector. We are all trying to do many things that we do best. We are scattered. We need to work together because we are working for the same objective.” This quote summarizes what Richard Zulu, an official from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa Information and Communications Technology consortia groups, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and the Uganda Communication Commission – UCC are lobbying all ICT departments across the African continent to come up with a joint position on global technology. The position agreed upon …
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They are not only in business to compete and attract customers in their line of business, but are also warming up to compete for Uganda’s Digital Brand of the Year award for 2019 organised by an entity dubbed HiPipo. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The two leading telecom firms …
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