Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for ICT, Dr Chris Baryomunsi said Uganda will hope to tap into Japan’s aged population in a bid to create jobs for her youthful population. “Japan and other developed countries have an ageing population and yet they have factories and other jobs that …
Read More »Humans Care Foundation donates laptops for learners in Mpigi
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Queen of Peace High School in Muge village, Nkozi sub county, Mpigi district has received a boost of 10 laptop computers and a generator, thanks to Humans Care Foundation. The donation valued at Shillings 50 million is meant to aid E-learning and equip learners with …
Read More »Military police commander rallies officers to adopt modern skills to fight criminality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Don Nabasa, the Commandant of the Military Police has rallied officers to adopt Information and Communication Technology-ICT skills and related modern technologies in the fight against criminality. He made the call while passing out 113 officers sourced from different units of the Uganda …
Read More »Hacking the last mile: Innovation Village launches build week to reach end mile users
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In collaboration with partners, the Innovation Village has today announced that they will be hosting a flagship ecosystem event dubbed “Build week”, slated to take place in February 2023 under the theme “Hack the Last Mile – Using Shared Infrastructure to Serve Last Mile Users …
Read More »ICT Ministry, Innovation Village partner to propel Uganda to the next level
Ministry of ICT, Innovation Village sign an MoU to drive the ICT Innovation agenda in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Innovation Village geared towards driving the ICT Innovation agenda in Uganda. This is …
Read More »Cybersecurity is weakest link in Ugandan Banks, Telecoms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An expert study on the status of cyber-security reveals wide-ranging levels of vulnerability at leading organisations that handle large volumes of personal data. The study done over the last two years by Peter Bill Kisitu, a cyber-security analyst and researcher at BitSight, a cybersecurity …
Read More »Uganda Police asks for 5,000 CCTV cameras to monitor slums
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 5,000 more Closed Circuit Television-CCTV cameras are needed in order to monitor criminal gangs in the slums of the Kampala Metropolitan area, the Director of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the Uganda Police Force, Senior Commissioner of Police –SCP Yusuf Ssewanyana has revealed. According to Ssewanyana, …
Read More »Absa partners with the Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has partnered with the Uganda Institute of Information and Communication Technology (UICT) to provide ICT skills training to youth in vocational institutions around the country. The training is accredited by Amazon Web Services (AWS) following a partnership between AWS, a leading …
Read More »Experts warn Uganda, EAC to go slow on Digital Services Tax
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have cautioned Uganda and other East African countries to go slow on the implementation of taxation of digital services. This comes as the countries prepare to join 133 others around the world to implement the Digital Services Tax (DTS) in line with the …
Read More »Team Uganda wins prize at Huawei global ICT competition
Shenzhen, China | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda university students have won one of the top prizes at the recently concluded Huawei Global ICT Competition. Teams from the southern Africa region represented a great success in the competition, which lasted for one year and attracted 150,000 students from 85 countries all over …
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