Thursday, July 29, 2021: IBM announced today that Saad Toma has been named General Manager of IBM Middle East and Africa (MEA). Mr. Toma succeeds Takreem El-Tohamy, who has been appointed General Manager, Global Strategic Sales at IBM. Mr. Toma brings deep industry, services and technology expertise and over 30 years of experience at IBM working […]
Kampala, 27th July 2021: Movit Products the Leading Manufacture of Baby Care, Hair Care and Skin Care Products in Ugandan has Tuesday, July 27th announced a partnership with KikuubOOnline where Movit customers will access MPL products on the KikuubOOnline store. This was revealed at KikuubOOnline Offices in Ntinda industrial area. The partnership is aimed at […]
Lomé, 22 July 2021 – The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group, in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy is set to provide training to equip Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan Africa. This training will provide SMEs with digital skills and knowledge to succeed in today’s digital world. SMEs have been significantly […]
At KIU Main Campus – On Friday, July 23, 2021, Kampala International University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Huawei Technologies Uganda Company Limited on the establishment of an ICT Academy with KIU, a school-enterprise cooperation project that helps higher education institutions to build talent ecosystem. The representatives from Huawei were well received by the […]
Kampala, Uganda – 22nd July 2021 – Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMC Uganda) has been recognized and awarded for its excellence and innovation in the use of IT in finance, and payment industry through Airtel Money services. AMC Uganda along with its technology partner Comviva won the ‘Best Prepaid Initiative’ Award and was highly commended […]
HUAWEI CLOUD IaaS revenue surge by a stunning 202.8%, placing it in the top five list of cloud IaaS providers in the world, according to a report from market research firm Gartner Inc. According to the research firm, this is the second consecutive year of over 200% growth for Huawei Cloud in the IaaS market, […]
Dar es Salaam, July 2021: The Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has issued an approval in principle to Cellulant Corporation to operate as a Payment Solution Service Provider in Tanzania having satisfied all the necessary requirements. Payment Solution Service Providers make up the underlying e-Payment infrastructure in Tanzania. Banks, Online Merchants, payment processors, merchants, state governments, […]
At the beginning of this year, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into effect with the main goal of eliminating the obstacles that hinder trade and business between member countries. Small, but agile firms like Xente Uganda are ready to jump in as enablers. Xente is a financial technology (fintech) company; one of […]
Huawei plans to invest US$150 million in digital talent development over the next five years. This program is expected to benefit another 3 million youth. “Today we are announcing Huawei’s Seeds for the Future Program 2.0. As part of our commitment to continuously developing talent, we will invest US$150 million in this program over the […]
About Shs376.9 billion of 2021/2022 National Budget has been allocated to the Judiciary. Out of this, Shs18.2 billion has been earmarked for implementing the Electronic Court Case Management Information System and the Prosecution Case Management Information System. These deliberate efforts to integrate the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the delivery of justice indicates […]
Johannesburg, 09 June 2021: Huawei today opened its largest Global Cyber Security and Privacy Protection Transparency Center in Dongguan, China. It used the event, which included representatives from GSMA, SUSE, the British Standards Institution, and regulators from the UAE and Indonesia to call for a unified approach to cybersecurity based on facts and verification, rather […]
Kampala – 8th June 2021: With schools closed in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus disease, learners in rural areas have been able to continue learning through a network of internet hubs provided by Roke Telkom, a home-grown Ugandan public service provider for voice and data communications services, and Hello World, a UK-based charity. […]
Simon Ashworth, LONDON – The recent ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline in the United States exemplifies the growing sophistication of cyberattacks over the past 12 months. Ever since the Colonial attack, there have been attacks involving the insurance sector in Asia, a European truck lease provider, a French distressed debt purchaser, and […]