Tag: Uganda

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have become popular and valuable in the last decade and have become an alternate mode of payment. ...

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a story regarding Huawei's hand in helping African leaders gain illegal access to ...

We had arrived at a point where we thought Huawei was a catching a break from damaging information and deeds: ...

The rise of social media usage across the world has also brought about new opportunities. One of them is extra ...

Uganda’s ICT watchdog the Communications Commission (UCC) has published the quarterly sector report for Q4 2018 that is from September ...

Uganda’s ICT watchdog the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) yesterday ordered the closure of the nation’s largest independent newspaper, The Daily ...

The government of Uganda has announced that sports betting will be a thing of the past in the landlocked East ...

Uganda has a population of roughly 42 million and over 17 million people are Internet users. When it comes to ...

Uganda’s ICT regulator, the Communications Commission, has directed new players in the telecoms business to rent infrastructure and capacity from ...

UPDATE: Loon does not explicitly say it will launch its balloons in Uganda. Rather, the company met with Uganda's government officials for ...

In countries all over the world, the rise in social media use is still a largely unregulated place and governments ...

The story of Uganda fighting pornography dates back to 2014 when the government passed the Anti-Pornography Law, which stated that anyone found ...

Ugandans started paying the social media tax effective from 1st July this year and this was not met with open ...

At the beginning of April, Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni stated that he would tax social media usage in the country, ...

In a move that might only be labelled as crazy, Ugandan telcos have been reported to cut the commission that ...

Uganda’s ICT regulators and other stakeholders have been tasked to ensure that SIM card purchases and registration processes adhere to ...

Censorship in Uganda is about to go on another level

Uganda is one interesting country, especially when it comes to legislation and laws. Just the other day, the country's government proposed ...

Almost two weeks ago, Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni said he was planning to introduce taxes on social media platforms, apparently ...

Uganda has been on the forefront in ensuring that its ICT regulator, the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) enforces its mandate, ...

Uganda wants to have its own Facebook or Twitter

Indicators point to Uganda being a huge consumer of pornography and as iafrikan put it, "This can be seen in the ...

GeoPoll did a rapid survey on African Millennials from five countries where they seeked to find out their affinity towards ...

Facebook has always had plans on Africa as a potential market for more subscribers and this latest move attests to ...

Google Streetview is one of the best things about Maps since it allows you to explore various locations on Earth ...

A random photo of Yoweri Museveni taking a phone call by the roadside was turned into a meme on Twitter

Governments block social media sites for various reasons and we are seeing reports of such activities from our neighbours Uganda. ...

This week I take a look at apps coming from 'across the pond' and see what they have to offer. ...

Uganda has been having election fever since last year and its citizens have shown their interest towards the election on ...

We are in a very interesting age where social media will be at the centre of national elections from now ...

Photo via Kachwanya.com, Former Kenya President during recent Voter Registration As Uganda anticipates its 2016 presidential elections, the country has ...

Samsung's flagship device of 2013, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 has finally had it's launch in Kenya. This follows a ...

For those among us who have waited with bated breath for Nokia to finally introduce Windows phone in East Africa, ...