Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The impact of COVID-19 and its containment measures has shifted the landscape of how trade can be conducted, a survey of several Ugandan businesses shows. Interviews with several ICT and leaders in trade shows that businesses today are seizing every opportunity provided by digital technology …
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In the second part of this two-part series of Unfair Education and Limited Digital Skills Opportunities to Children with Visual Impairment in Uganda, Caroline Ayugi highlights the dilemma of learners with visual impairment in choosing a career. Gulu, Uganda | SPECIAL FEATURE | The unfair education and limited digital skills opportunities to …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | China on Saturday launched the second phase of the satellite TV project which will be implemented and provide TV services in over 400 villages in Uganda. Jiang Jiqing, Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese embassy here said the project is critical especially for students …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty three senior police officers have completed a four-month training in Information and Communication Technology-ICT use, Crime management command, execution of operations, and observance of human rights. The graduates were cohorts of the intermediate command and staff course intake which started on April 9. …
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Helsinki, Finland | Xinhua | Nokia’s CEO expressed concern on Thursday about the slow outreach of the 5th generation mobile network (5G) and artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe, and warned against excessive regulation. The success of nations in the future will depend on technology, said Pekka Lundmark, the CEO of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Food Rights Alliance has urged Uganda youth to focus on improving the Ugandan food system which is still lacking in the area of digital technology. As Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark the International Youth Day on August 12, Agnes Kirabo, the Executive Director …
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Aviation | AIRSPACE AFRICA | As surely as her aircraft took to the sky, East African Airways rode the winds of change to carry with it a Pan-African tale. A story which, in its unfolding, not only mirrored but also fell casualty to an equally volatile political climate. The British …
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COMMENT | Samson Tinka | In the night of 3rd July 2021, thieves scaled into the compound of one Mukasa in Nabusanke – Sseguku Katale community. Immediately the household members posted the break-in on the village WhatsApp group. Some members on the WhatsApp group had contacts to the nearest police post …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, has overhauled commanders in the directorate of Information Communication and Technology-ICT. This is in a bid to improve timely response to crime incidents captured by Closed Circuit Television –CCTV security cameras, The latest reshuffles of …
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TECHNOLOGY | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheba Ayinzabyonna has always held the career of programming in high regard. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology (IT) and has since then served as an Information Communications Technology (ICT) teacher for secondary school students. But she always dreamt of becoming …
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