TECH NEWS

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has commenced public consultations on the draft policy that guides the deployment and sharing of telecommunications infrastructure.    The UCC says individual establishment or deployment of infrastructure by the various communications sector players is one of the major factors behind …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Latest statistics indicate Uganda has 3,328,000 Facebook subscribers out of 18 million who are on the internet as at December 2020. Egypt has 48 million Facebook users, followed by Nigeria at 31 million. In East Africa, Kenya are at 10 million, according to Internet …

Could a universal coronavirus vaccine future-proof our response? COVID-19 SPECIAL FEATURE  | Priya Joi | Although the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise, with many still reeling at how drastically the world has changed, scientists and global health experts had been expecting something like this for years. Coronaviruses are notorious for spilling over …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor internet connection and the limited number of smartphones among bodaboda riders is affecting the smooth operation of Smart Ride, a transport company that launched its operation in Gulu in 2020. Smart Ride requires a passenger or client to request transport services through a mobile …

Cogniware Insights systems software will digitally manage, monitor, track, and trace infected people Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Roke Telkom, a fully licensed Ugandan-based telecommunications company has been awarded a grant worth Shs 100 million under Phase 3 of the National Support Initiatives Program. The grant from the Ministry of ICT …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineers attached to Kiira Motors Cooperation have asked school-going children to embrace homegrown technologies for sustainable job creation. Kiira motors cooperation is the first automotive factory in the country which is currently constructing a manufacturing plant on an 100-acre piece of land in Mutai village, …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ralph Musiime, a visually impaired teacher in Gulu, is happy that he can now sort out his paper money, without involving another person, thanks to a three-dimensional 3D printed money identifier. Unlike other countries such as Canada and India among others, Ugandan paper cash don’t …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Several Ugandans have continued to use the Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), since the government blocked access to the internet on January 13th before partly restoring it on January 18th.  On easing the conditions, mobile internet was still highly restricted and the use of VPNs came …

Kampala, Uganda | Ian Katusiime |  Anthony Kerali, a longtime professor of engineering at Makerere University, and an aristocrat who shared titbits of his life with Uganda’s political elite over the years on Twitter, has passed on. Kerali collapsed and died in his home at Prince Charles Drive in Kololo, an …

📌 Donations to COVAX for free #COVID19 vaccines ▶ US $4 billion ▶ EU $1.2 billion ▶ Germany $1.2 billion ▶ UK $734 million 📌 Uganda’s rollout plan – Phase 1 ✳ Health workers 150,000 people ✳ Security 250,000 ✳ Teachers 550,000 ✳ Over 50s 3.348 million ✳ Below 50s with underlying conditions 500,000 Joe Biden’s …