June 12

• Uganda: Google Aims to Improve Internet Access in Universities

  Internet search giant Google, has concluded a two day training seminar aimed at improving internet access in universities in Uganda. Read more »

June 10

• Uganda: Vision Revamps Mobile Platform

  Vision Group, Uganda's largest media empire, has today revamped its mobile platform; 8338 to serve clients with better efficiency and effectiveness. Read more »

May 31

• Uganda: Thugs Use Technology to Detect Gadgets

  Police has warned the public to be alert on high-tech equipment robbers use to detect valuables such as laptops and expensive mobile phones when traveling in public transport... Read more »

May 29

• Uganda: 20 Percent Mobile Phone Users Risk Losing Subscription

  With less than three days to the end of the sim card registration, about 20% of subscribers are yet to fully register their phone sim cards, information from telecoms indicates. Read more »

May 27

• Uganda: GMO Technology Will Enslave Generations of Uganda Farmers [opinion]

  I am writing to respond to Dr. Opiyo Oloya's article that appeared in the New Vision of May 22. Opiyo Oloya's article "GMO technology will enslave generations of Ugandan farmers"... Read more »

May 25

• Uganda: Mobile Payments Driving Commerce

  Mobile money business is big business. The new mobile phone based money transfer system is enabling financial access faster than commercial banks have done in the past 100 years. Read more »

May 23

• Uganda: Makerere - College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

  The College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) congratulates the Nordic Countries on their National Day. CEDAT is proud to be associated with the Nordic Countries... Read more »

• Uganda: Makerere,School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bioengineering

  On this auspicious occasion, the School of Food Technology,Nutrition & Bioengineering, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Makerere University salutes and... Read more »

May 21

• Uganda: Mobile Phone and Banking Services Merge

  TELECOM companies are shifting focus to mobile-to-bank account services, ensuring that customers transfer money to and from their bank accounts to their mobile phones. Read more »

May 20

• Uganda: Thumbprint Technology for 2016 Elections

  President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda will be importing thumbprint machines for use during the 2016 elections to identify voters and eliminate the stealing of votes and double... Read more »

May 15

• Uganda: ICT Lobby Group to Be Launched

  The ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU), a sector lobby group will be officially launched tomorrow Thursday May 16, 2013 at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel during a breakfast meeting. Read more »

• Uganda: Online Courses May Spell End for Traditional Universities

  When you click on many a website, you are most likely to be bombarded with adverts promising a quick and easy degree. Sometimes the name of the university seems to echo that of a... Read more »

• Uganda: New Religion Discourages Use of Cellphones

  Over 1,300 children have failed to enroll for universal primary education in Mayuge district because of a religious sect that discourages followers from attending school. Read more »

May 13

• Uganda: Another Mobile Money Dealer Killed in Wakiso

  Police is hunting for unknown assailants who shot dead a mobile money dealer of Yesu Amala village, Nansana town, Wakiso district. The incident took place at 11:00pm on Sunday... Read more »

• Uganda: Most Ugandans Have No Internet Access

  Value added services (VAS) such as bulk messaging, games and pranks are on the rise with growing use of data. Read more »

May 10

• Uganda: Telecom Merger Could Lead to Improved Service Delivery

  The telecom industry regulator is positive that the acquisition of Warid Telecom by Airtel will result into better quality of service and affordability. Read more »

May 9

• Uganda: Kampala Adopts New Waste Disposal Technique

  The German development arm, GIZ in conjunction with Water for People, an international NGO has launched a new waste removal technology to curb dumping of faecal waste in water... Read more »

May 1

• Uganda: Govt Should Invest More in Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits for Malaria [opinion]

  Today (April 25), the world celebrates the World Malaria Day, a day set aside to highlight the need for continued investment and commitment for malaria prevention and control. This... Read more »

April 30

• Uganda: MTN Manager Out On Bail

  The anti-corruption Court Tuesday granted bail to former MTN business manager accused of stealing sh3.7b from the company. Read more »

• Uganda: Rugunda Hails ICT Growth

  ICT minister Ruhakana Rugunda has said the rapid growth in information and communication technology has shaped socio-economic changes. Rugunda said the ICT sector has steadily been... Read more »

• Uganda: Stalled National ID Project Needs U.S.$23 Million More

  In an Oliver Twist-like case of nothing is never enough, the ministry of internal affairs has tabled another sh60b request for the stalled national identity project. Read more »

April 29

• Uganda: My Child Can't Get Off My Smartphone [column]

  Children are growing up in a world of cool technological gadgets: computers, iPads, iPhones, tablets and others. Their interaction with these gadgets makes the kids tech-savvy. But... Read more »

• Uganda: Suspect Arrested in Murder of Mukono MTN Manager

  A private security guard suspected to have killed a branch manager of Dembelyo Telecom Limited, an agent of MTN in Mukono has been arrested. Read more »

• Uganda: What Next After Warid Takeover?

  The first takeover of one telecom company by another will have many ramifications on the chain of people and institutions that do businesses with both Warid and Airtel. Read more »

April 26

• Africa: Africa's Twitter Wars [analysis]

  As you read this, a trend that is a war of sorts is picking steam, with the crossfire mainly between Ugandans and Kenyans, but the Kenyans being the bigger bullies here. Worry not,... Read more »