Fruit Farmers in Uganda have a chance to add value to their produces courtesy of a program Business Lab Uganda (BLU) that has been launched at the Design Hub Kampala this morning. Business Lab Uganda (BLU), is an accelerator for existing Ugandan Agribusineses in which committed buyers and investors are involved from the start and […]
At the Industrial Digital Transformation Conference-Live, Huawei officially released the Huawei ICT Academy Program 2.0. Through this program, Huawei aims to develop 2 million ICT professionals and popularize digital skills over the next five years by collaborating with universities. This is part of Huawei’s digital inclusion initiative, TECH4ALL, which is intended to expand the benefits […]
In a bid to address the challenges of air pollution in Kampala and other African cities, AirQo, a research initiative from Makerere University was yesterday officially launched to focus on collecting, analysing and forecasting air quality data in Uganda, and most importantly working with other stakeholders to inform mitigation actions. This is the first local […]
In December 2019, the Swedish central bank departed from a negative-interest-rate policy that it had maintained for almost five years. The Riksbank’s repo rate (the rate at which it lends to commercial banks), which reached a low of -0.5% in February 2016, had risen to 0% by January. The latest rate hike comes despite signs […]
Today, the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) has announced the 25 finalists for its Challenge of Invention to Innovation (Ci2i) competition in five categories to be held on 10-11 March 2020 in the NEF Innovation Salon. “The third cohort of Ci2i finalists, selected from 260 applications, are ambitious African innovators developing scalable solutions to local challenges […]
At the Huawei product and solution launch in London, Ryan Ding, Executive Director of the Board and President of Huawei’s Carrier BG, delivered a keynote titled “5G, Bring New Value”. He released Huawei’s new 5G products and solutions and launched the 5G Partner Innovation Program. These efforts aim to build a thriving 5G ecosystem and […]
AZA, Africa’s biggest non-bank currency broker, has rolled out its recently upgraded payment platform BFX to Uganda. BFX is a B2B payment platform that leverages AZA’s hybrid infrastructure and empowers companies to use African currencies with less risk, cost and friction than ever before. The launch comes within three months of the Bank of Uganda […]
SWIFT will hold an open API hackathon at its annual African Regional Conference (ARC), taking place on 21-23 April in Cape Town, South Africa. The hackathon aims to identify new solutions to reduce cost in cross-border payments into and within Africa. The hackathon is open to developers and engineers working in the financial sector who […]
53% of Africans surveyed think that trusting emails from people they know is good enough; 28% have fallen for a phishing email and 50% have had a malware infection; 64% don’t know what ransomware is and yet believe they can easily identify a security threat; 52% don’t know what multi-factor authentication is. The 2019 KnowBe4 […]
YoTVChannels and MTN Uganda have unveiled a first of its kind TV streaming plan. YOTVChannels is a mobile and web-based solution that offers local media content (TV and Radio) and makes it seamlessly available wherever you are. With more than 50 local channels already, YOTVChannels allows its customers to enjoy local content at their convenience […]
MultiChoice Uganda, has rewarded 200 customers who took part in the Back to School promo dubbed “Sasanya Amajja” that was launched on 19th December 2019. The promo which was intended to reward DStv and GOtv customers who subscribed or reconnect their DStv or GOtv for a period of two months running from December 2019 to […]
US carrier Verizon has been served with a lawsuit from Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies, over alleged unauthorized patent use. Huawei alleges that American carrier used 12 of its patents without authorization, and it is seeking compensation, as well as ongoing royalty payments. The patents cover a number of technologies including computer networking, download security […]
Thirty-Five students from 8 countries across Africa will benefit from the third cohort of the Africa Industrial Internet Programme (AIIP) multi-million-dollar fund aimed at equipping young Africans with skills needed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The beneficiaries are drawn from the oil and gas, transportation, power, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, telecoms and aviation industries. Over […]