King Baudouin Foundation has named three young, African tech-entrepreneurs winners of its 2016-17 African Development Prize. The winners, founders of…
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Gebeya, the brainchild of Africa’s network of software developers – CODERS4AFRICA, has today committed to satiate the growing demand…
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Uganda’s Fezah.com Wants to Help You Book Any Musician, Band or DJ for Your Next Big Party
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaUganda’s Fezah app wants to help just anyone to book a musician, band, or DJ for their next event at…
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Facebook’s Mr. Zuckerberg Invests $10 million into Bridge International Academies
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaMark Zuckerberg has joined the likes of Bill Gates, Omidyar Network, Pearson and IFC to invest into East Africa’s fastest…
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Ugandans can now send their input regarding development matters such as infrastructure, corruption, insecurity and so on directly through a…
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TumaSMS turns 10 years; with ambitious roadmap for messaging in emerging markets
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaAccording to guys over at TumaSMS, an enterprise SMS messaging service providing compliant, reliable and scalable SMS infrastructure for business-critical…
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Zoom Wireless Launches High-Speed, Reliable & Affordable Internet Access Service in Northern Uganda
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaZoom Wireless, a commercial wing of SINFA Uganda LTD has officially started offering affordable, unlimited high-speed Internet access to businesses…
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Introducing SafeBoda.com | Uganda’s ‘Uber’ for Motorcycle Taxis
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaFounded in November 2014 in Kampala by Alastair Sussock, Ricky Thompson, Maxime Dieudonne and Clarisse Iribagiza of HeHe Labs, SafeBoda wants…
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Despite early preparations and Shs 132 bn injected into the digital migration process its quite evident that all is not…
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The Uganda Communications Commission has fined MTN Uganda 0.5% which is approximately Shs 5bn of its annual revenue for sending…
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Tugende raises $780,000 to finance more motorcycles for Ugandan riders
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaUganda’s Tugende, a for-profit social enterprise which enables boda boda riders to own their own motorcycles has announced a $780,000…
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After being dogged by challenges such as high cost of switching over for consumers, Uganda is now set to move…
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The automation and consequent adaptation of online tax systems over the last two years has pushed up revenue collected by…
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Airtel customers will now browse for as low as Ksh 10 per MB while roaming in Uganda, which is a…
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Botswana is the world’s most profitable investment opportunity
by Contributorby ContributorForeign Policy magazine’s 2014 Baseline Profitability Index (BPI) assesses levels of profitability and pretax returns on investment in 112 countries…
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Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of women entrepreneurs in the world
by Contributorby ContributorThe Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Global Report (GEMGR) assesses the state of entrepreneurship in the world. The 2013 GEMGR report shows…
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Sub-Saharan Africa leads the world’s emerging markets in electronic payment regulation
by Contributorby ContributorThe Economist’s 2014 Global Microscope Index and Report (GMI) assesses the regulatory environment for financial inclusion in 55 emerging economies…
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Uganda’s Storipot Wants to be the Country’s Best News Aggregator
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaIn days when everyone is turning online for news and information or just stories to read, and at a time…
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One Africa Media’s BrighterMonday has launched in Rwanda in a move to help everyone in Rwanda get jobs or hire…
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Done Deal, Uganda’s Daily Deals Site Raising Funds to Expand Regionally
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaFounded this year by Iliana Björling Lindeberg and a friend, Uganda’s Done Deal , a Groupon-like daily deals site aims…
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Vodafone Packages itself as a Prestigious & Global Brand to Penetrate the Ugandan Market
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaPeople want to associate with something revolutionary and global and prestigious, reason why Hollywood’s hip culture sells. Vodafone is using…
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Liquid Telecom-owned Infocom recently unveiled a major upgrade of its international Internet gateway in Kampala to provide 16 times more…
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Nigeria, Ghana and 5 other African countries have higher new business ownership rates than the BRICs
by Contributorby ContributorThe Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys the state of entrepreneurship in 70 countries, of which 11 are African. GEM data…
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Ugandans will soon start using an electronic trading system following the signing of an agreement between the Royal Danish Embassy,…
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Uganda is now officially set to embark on digital migration with the Uganda Communications Commission saying the project will kick…
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Seacom, an optic fiber company, has announced the opening of a shop at Airtel house in Kampala after obtaining an…
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iWayAfrica launches fiber-optic services for Ugandan enterprises
by Robin Okutheby Robin OkuthePan African telecoms operator Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has today announced the launch of a new fiber-optic service by its…
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Most Sub-Saharan African countries have improved their food security over the past year
by Contributorby ContributorThe Global Food Security Index (GFSI) by The Economist and DuPont measures a country’s level of food security on a…
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Online real estate market place Lamudi Uganda has partnered with Zion Estates for a satellite city known as Satr City…
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Uganda’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) stand to benefit from a new iWayAfrica managed infrastructure and services solution that will…
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