Kenya is East Africa’s economic hub and home to about 56 million people. The country has a recent history of turbulent elections. As the country was headed for the 2022 elections this week. The current incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta who will not run for the third term according to term limits officially approved the Coding Curriculum. Kenya is at the forefront of technological innovations in the region and is often referred to as Africa’s ‘Silicon Savannah....

The community recently garnered global attention when it posted a hilarious Youtube video of a Ugandan security guard’s first time trying out virtual reality headset the Oculus Rift. With much fun, the gaming community seeks to use gaming to bring about social change as Tony reveals in an email interview I had with him. #What is Gamers Nights about? Gamers Nights Allegators Gamers Nights host gaming servers in Uganda which allow anyone (with a computer and Internet access) to connect and play games with other people....

The MTN Foundation, at the close of last week, handed over scholastic materials including books, pens and bags and launched a one-year feeding program for Summit View Army Primary School, Kololo. The donation was pledged at the MTN Global Leadership Gathering (GLG), a summit of over 200 top executives from across 24 countries where MTN operates. The school has a population of 500, with pupils coming from the slum areas of Kamwokya, Makerere, Bwaise, majority of which are children of the UPDF soldiers....

Are you working in the UK, EU? Sending money to family and friends back home is even getting a lot easier. On top of several options we have previously listed for sending money from abroad to Uganda , Kenya and Nigeria , MTN group is the latest kid on the block. In addition to sending money, users can also send Airtime top-ups to MTN networks in: Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia ....

MTN Uganda 2015 report summary MTN Uganda Consolidated Revenue increased by 4.9 percent. MTN Uganda telecommunications revenue increased by 2.8 percent. This was supported by a 17.4 percent increase in data revenue that contributed 28.3 percent to the telco revenue. Total subscriber base decreased by 14.1% to 8.9million Mobile Money recorded a 6.7 percent year-on-year increase in active Mobile Financial Service (MFS) subscribers Mobile Money recorded a 23.4 percent year-on-year increase in revenues driven by a wider mobile financial services product range....

MTN Uganda recently launched a dedicated Internet product for businesses through a campaign themed “Get more access to your customer with MTN business internet”. This fiber internet service dubbed MTN Business Internet is specifically tailored to meet the internet needs of small to medium business owners, offering them unlimited fast and reliable internet at a fixed cost per month. MTN business internet provides an affordable yet unlimited internet to meet all business internet connectivity needs such as business email, fast web browsing, online meetings, webinars, large file transfers, connectivity for cloud applications and so much more access to all the information and resources one needs to effectively operate a business....

On the 1st and 2nd of August 2024, the prestigious Mestil Hotel in Kampala, Uganda, was abuzz with excitement as MTN Uganda successfully hosted the MTN ICT Expo 2024 . Themed “Accelerating Business Transformation with Digital Technology,” this landmark event brought together industry leaders, innovators, and key stakeholders to explore and celebrate the transformative power of digital technology. A New Era of Innovation and Transformation The MTN ICT Expo 2024 attracted attendees from various sectors, including MTN partners, media representatives, and ICT talents, showcasing MTN’s remarkable transition from a traditional telecommunications company to a leading technology provider....

The lockdown in major cities around the world has forced a good number of people to binge-watch an unusual amount of content on streaming platforms — with Netflix being the most visited streaming platform. Netflix, however, has now decided to put a bunch of its content on the popular video-sharing platform, YouTube, for free. This move will give teachers, students, and parents access to Netflix content, for free, during the lockdown period....

Summary: The Lumia 820 is a solid Windows Phone 8 mobile phone built with a smooth polycarbonate material that’s scratch resistant. The phone’s top notch optics, slick design, Live Tiles with customizable bright color schemes etched on Windows Phone 8 Operating System make the phone adorable. The phone is your gateway to a brave new world of futuristic Technologies like 4G LTE, NFC and Wireless charging. But the phone’s achilles’ heel is its not-so-great battery, late Operating System updates and bug fixes and In terms of price, it slightly costs more than its competing Android phones....

Nokia, during its latest event, unveiled its Android tablet dubbed the Nokia T20 . Nokia is not new in the tablet space. The brand first tried its hands at tablets with the release of the Nokia Lumia 2520 which it launched as far back as 2013, and the Nokia N1 which it launched a year later, in 2014. The unveiling of the Nokia T20 is coming just weeks after Apple unveiled the iPad 9 tablet and Xiaomi unveiled its latest tablet – the Xiaomi Pad 5 ....

Just like Crossfire, SLI (Scalable Link Interface) is a multi GPU technology of getting a single output from two or more graphics cards . Both technologies are pretty much a way to utilize more than one graphics card working in tandem in your PC. As a result, they achieve next-gen class performance that wouldn’t otherwise be available with the current technology, due to power, thermal or other limitations. Nevertheless, there are some critical differences between Nvidia SLI and AMD Crossfire that demonstrate a fundamental difference in philosophy and we’ll cover some of them in this article....

As Oneplus prepares to release their 2016 Flagship on June 14, they have slashed prices of previous devices to the excitement of many. Further, they also made all current devices Invite free – meaning you can buy the Oneplus 1, Oneplus 2 and Oneplus X without having to wait for an Invite. The bigger news though, is that you will never need an invite to buy a Oneplus device ever. Oneplus CEO Carl Pei mentioned on their forums that;...

Despite the challenges of E-Commerce in Uganda, many start-ups and established companies are joining the pool in using the power of the internet to make E-Commerce in Uganda Possible. In a country where residential addresses are only in a few urban centres and the poor road network guarantees you traffic, not to mention the still developing payment systems, the likes of Home Duuka are braving all that to make online shopping possible....

Compelling Mozilla-backed research , carried out by Research ICT Africa, finds that significant barriers to internet access remains in four African countries – Rwanda, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The research aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how the citizens use the internet when data is subsidised and when it is not. Knowing that affordability is one of the primary barriers to Internet access and particular optimal use, the main objective of the focus groups was to obtain qualitative information that reflects the perceptions of female and male Internet users, new users, and non-Internet users from urban and rural locations about how people use the Internet....

These content curation platforms not only bring you the latest and most popular news on different categories (sport, business, technology, politics, travel etc.), they also bring you trending news as well as local and international happenings which you can manually personalize according to your preference or leave the job to AI to personalize news offerings. There a number of content curation platforms in Africa but Opera News (developed and operated by Opera ) and Scooper are the most used and most popular....

The Oppo Reno 11 series has officially landed in Kenya, offering a range of smartphones with sleek designs, capable performance, and versatile camera systems. Let’s delve into the key features and specifications of each model to help you decide if they align with your needs and budget. All three models in the Reno 11 series share a similar design aesthetic, featuring sleek 3D gradient backs that shimmer and change color depending on the light....

Orange and Airtel International (Netherlands) BV (“Airtel”) have entered into an exclusive agreement to explore the possible acquisition by Orange of Airtel’s subsidiaries in Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone. There is no certainty of any binding agreement as a result of these discussions. David Okwii is the Editor-in-Chief of Dignited.com and a seasoned tech enthusiast whose journey began in the early 2000s. He started blogging while at university, diving deep into mobile apps, smartphone reviews, and operating systems—from testing Linux distros to tweaking Windows machines....

This has been long overdue, but Africell Uganda seems to be winding down its re-branding efforts both offline and online. After Orange Uganda sold to Africell, the new telecom has been struggling with its branding efforts. For over a year, Africell clients have had to logon to www.orange.ug while the new www.africell.ug was “under construction”. Now that the bricks have been laid, anything trying to access orange.ug will automatically be redirected to africell....

Paypal announced it’s plans to democratize financial services and make moving money more accessible for people around the world. The announcement made at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) included plans to expand its service in Africa, making it easier for people in the United States to quickly and securely send money to family and friends with an M-Pesa account in Kenya. This will be made possible by ZOOM ; Paypal’s latest remittances acquisition....

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note series has customarily been the organization’s most famous smartphone series, offering extraordinary incentives for cash in the financial plan fragment. Recently, the organization has uncovered the Redmi Note 12 series in China and we can’t wait to see them roll out to the other parts of the consumer market. We’ve really got three telephones this time, in particular the Redmi Note 12 Explorer Edition, Redmi Note 12 Pro, and Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus....