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Over 200 cyber related crime cases were reported last year perpetrated on over 200,000 devices in Uganda. These ranged from child sexual online abuse, fraud and pornography. The Uganda Communication’s Commission (UCC) Executive Director Godfrey Mutabazi said that with an increased internet usage prediction of data being embedded within every aspect …

Daniel Okalany is the CEO of Kola Studios, a mobile game development company that takes up existing games and puts them on mobile. He spoke to the Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba on the growth prospects of the country’s mobile gaming. What are the key drivers and elements in your management …

 What key areas does your work portfolio focus on? When the Telecom duopoly was de-regularised in 2006, we were the first company to get a licence. We started the business as wholesalers of voice and data under the capacity re-sell licence. We spent the first three years doing only that. …

Uganda’s film industry has five faces – and almost everyone is in it for the money. Unfortunately, as their interests clash, the industry suffers. Take Cindy Magara, a film producer with a company called Nyati Motion Pictures. Her biggest quarrel is about film producers being left to fund what she …

Cabinet has directed that media should not give live coverage to the Forum for Democratic Change FDC defiance campaign that has been banned by the Constitutional Court.   Share on: WhatsApp

Cover story: Museveni gets Shs70bn telecom monitoring gadget An investigation by The Independent reveals that State House is closing in on a procurement of high-tech gadgets meant to forestall fraud among telecoms, which is costing government colossal sums in tax revenue. Last Word: Fight over misguided objectives Andrew Mwenda carries …

By Isaac Kalembe The commission is committed to empowering women as agents of change and achieving  gender equality On March 8, Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”.  The idea of this …

Uganda Communications Commission UCC has finally come out to explain the very poor internet access that hit the country from midnight to the start of polling day 7.00am February 18 – and later. They switched it off, they said. Many people found it difficult to access social media, especially Facebook, …

By Haggai Matsiko The anticipated arrival of new management at Uganda’s oldest telecom company, utl, has several sector players and politicians sitting on the edge of the seats. Among them is President Yoweri Museveni.  The President has staked his goodwill to salvage what many see as a sinking company. In …

By Julius Businge The Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director, Godfrey Mutabazi has today (June 11) told broadcasters that do not have authorisation to broadcast the World Cup, not to infringe on the rights of those that have acquired these rights. Mutabazi said in a notice dated June 11. The Commission’s …