Under the Airtel Adopt A School Program, Over 3,349 Learners and 83 Teachers to benefit from new Digital Learning facility Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | A total of 3,349 learners and 83 teachers across four schools in Uganda are set to benefit from improved learning environments and …
Read More »When Evidence Gets Lost in the Noise: What is Parliament really investigating in Uganda’s Digital Number Plate Project?
COMMENT | DAVIS MWIINE | What began as a parliamentary investigation into delays in Uganda’s Digital Number Plate Project is increasingly at risk of losing sight of the project itself. Weeks of hearings before Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure, chaired by Mwine Mpaka, have focused heavily on the price, …
Read More »Parliament verifies Digital Number Plate tracking works and identifies areas for improvement
Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Members of Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure, led by Chairperson Mwine Mpaka, have visited the Police Command Centre at Naguru to see first-hand how the Digital Number Plate System operates. This, days after legislators questioned whether its security and vehicle-tracking functions were delivering the intended …
Read More »Africa’s business map is being redrawn by the phone
A small retailer no longer needs a card terminal, a downtown address and a large advertising budget to sell beyond its neighborhood. Across Africa, mobile networks now support payments, storefronts, logistics, customer service and cloud software on the same device, often letting a sole trader handle jobs once split …
Read More »From Kitovu to Forester Nation: The Story of Zalwango Brenda, ‘Subie Queen’
SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Brenda Zalwango ranks among the most prominent and widely recognised digital personalities in Uganda today, with a public profile that very few Ugandan creators can match in either scale or breadth. Where most social media figures build a single identity — as a …
Read More »Glovo is betting that Uganda’s informal economy can go digital
Kolawole Adeniyi has spent the past four months leading Glovo Uganda as its general manager. A trained pharmacist from Obafemi Awolowo University, he holds an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid. Before joining Glovo Uganda, he held leadership positions at Danone, Airtel and Jumia in Nigeria. He also …
Read More »A new generation of fintechs is building the trust infrastructure behind Africa’s payments
As Africa’s digital economy expands, fintechs are moving beyond payments to build the trust infrastructure that makes cross-border trade, investment and financial inclusion possible. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Africa has spent the past decade building the infrastructure to move money digitally. The next phase is focused on making …
Read More »Voices that shape tomorrow
How Uganda’s youth are using media and partnerships to influence policy and development Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | When 16-year-old Martin Luther Nyanzi walked into Parliament with a petition seeking legislation to establish a National NGO Fund, he was doing more than presenting a policy proposal. He was …
Read More »NCBA Bank deepens digital banking push
The lender has unveiled new platforms to enhance customer experience, business efficiency and financial inclusion through technology-driven banking solutions NEWS ANALYSIS | JULIUS BUSINGE | NCBA Bank Uganda has launched two digital banking platforms aimed at transforming how individuals and businesses access and manage financial services, as …
Read More »COMPUTERS: Schools to benefit from dfcu, ICT partnership
dfcu Deepens Partnership with Ministry of ICT and National Guidance to Expand Digital Access Across Uganda Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Leading Ugandan bank dfcu, through the dfcu Foundation, has donated 100 desktop computers to the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, accelerating efforts to expand digital …
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