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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is in final stages of establishing national roaming guidelines that will enable telecom companies to fix mobile phone connectivity issues countrywide. National roaming refers to agreements among operators to use each other’s network to provide services in geographic areas where they have no …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Are you in the business of providing information communication technology services and you are not certified by National Information Technology Authority of Uganda? It is going to be tough for you to get any business from government or private sector. Frederick E. Kitoogo, the NITA-U director …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo has challenged heads of Tertiary institution to spearhead the use of ICT led innovations. Muyingo says tertiary institutions all over the world are offering online courses for continuing education that allows people to work and study …