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How an oddly timed outbreak is testing emergency strategies Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | On Oct.11, a woman died in Chemuron village, Kween District in an Eastern Uganda. She had a fever, headache, and was bleeding from several places. Doctors attending to her had feared the worst and sent her …

How enabling innovation could offer on lessons on how Crystal Pepsi could have been saved              COMMENT | KYLE MURRAY | We tend to think that innovation is driven by new discoveries or advances in technology. Yet the problem with new products is often not an engineering challenge, but a psychological …

Berlin, Germany | AFP | Europe’s biggest electronics show IFA is in full swing in Berlin, and alongside the familiar televisions and smartphones its aisles are bursting with gadgets on the stranger side. Here’s a look at some of the most eye-catching inventions: – DIY cyborg – Long the province of …

VIDEO: Man creates cheap welding machine Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The cost of electricity is quite high in Uganda and this makes life hard for small manufacturers and artisans who need electricity to earn a living. To get around the issue of costly power bills, Brian Njuuba, a plumber …

Africa must invest heavily in youth, if we are to lead in innovation COMMENT | By Awel Uwihanganye |  In an increasingly mobile global economy, it is important that African thought leaders consider the subject of innovations in the context of the millions of jobs that can be created, and the …

Uganda isn’t a bad country, it’s us the people who have let this country down. Lets walk our talk. Talk doesn’t cook rice like the Chinese say COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa | Rey is an amazing guy based in Fort Portal where he owns and runs Philippine Wood-works and Construction. His …

Uganda’s Hindu Nabulumba, 25, who designed a knowledge-sharing network for teachers and students is now in the last four finalists for the prestigious £25,000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Nabulumba’s Yaaka Digital Learning Network brings education to those who can’t get to school or university. It is designed as an interactive …

Telecom giant to roll out optic cable countrywide, to build state-of-the-art headquarters in Kampala On March 4, MTN CEO Brian Gouldie told journalists at a press briefing that the company was going to invest Shs 238 billion in its network in Uganda in 2016. On May 26 – exactly three …

By Ebenezer Asante An ICT boom has started in Rwanda but how smart are users in adopting ICTs in everyday life? From October 2 to 3, Rwanda held the Smart Rwanda conference. Held under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and ICT the conference flowed from the Smart Africa …

By Patrick Kagenda After the Uganda Communications Commission issuing a notice to all telecom operators to stop sending unsolicited SMS to their clients, UTL has come up with an innovation that will enable a client to block any unsolicited SMS. In a statement, Uganda Telecom said it has introduced Do …