In simple terms, a unicorn is any private startup company that is valued at more than $1 billion. The term was coined by Aileen Lee, a US-based investor, in 2013. And according to Wikipedia, she chose the mythical animal to represent the statistical rarity of such successful ventures. But here’s a thing to note: attaining the status of a unicorn doesn’t necessarily mean that a startup has $1 billion in revenue....

afroremit , another money remittance service by Pesapal has launched to enable money transfers from across the world to MTN Uganda mobile phone numbers. Afroremit currently supports only Visa, Mastercard and pesapal e-wallet account owners to send money to Uganda at the time of this writing. The company takes a 3% commission for each transaction. This might be low compared to 10% rate that Moneygram and Western Union charge. The company now joins Remit....

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the legal industry, allowing law firms to work more efficiently and effectively than ever before. AI software can perform tasks such as document analysis, contract review, legal research, and even predictive analytics. In this article, we will explore the top AI software solutions for law firms in 2023, and how they are changing the landscape of the legal profession. How AI is used in law firms Law firms are increasingly adopting AI technologies to streamline their processes and enhance their services....

Airtel Uganda, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Group, is launching an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange. The IPO will offer the public a 20% stake, or 8 billion shares, in the company to fulfill a regulatory requirement set by the government. The offer opens on August 30, 2023, and closes on October 13, 2023. In this article, we delve into the Airtel Uganda IPO and its shares, providing a comprehensive understanding of what’s happening in the Ugandan telecommunications sector....

TECNO Mobile, not only launched the successor to the Camon throne in the Camon X , but also unveiled a new smartphone series called the F Series. These mid-range smartphones are set to come with impressive processing memory and commendable cameras, typical of the brand products. The TECNO F series phones will have a full display IPS Touchscreen, 2MP front cameras for F1 and F2, and 5MP front cameras for POP1 (F3)....

Bluetooth tracking tags (that help you find stuffs like keys, phone and other items) have been around for some time now, Tile trackers , for instance. But you are probably just hearing about them now and that’s because brands like Apple and Samsung are now in the game and the competition is heating up. In this post, we’ll take a look at the two tags everyone is now talking about; their features, price, and other specifications....

Apple has introduced a number of ways to allow users to work across their devices – iPhone and Mac – easily. Continuity gives you that seamless instance to combine the power of your devices and do things that weren’t possible before. There are innovative features that accompany the Continuity Camera and enhance the chemistry between your iPhone and Mac. In this post, I’ll highlight all you need to know about the Continuity Camera that comes with the macOS Ventura and what it can do for you....

If you are looking for a new keyboard app for your Android phone in 2023, you might be wondering which one is the best among the many options available on the Google Play Store. There are keyboard apps for different needs and preferences, from simple and minimal to colorful and feature-rich. But how do you choose the one that suits you best? In this blog post, we will review some of the most popular and highly-rated keyboard apps for Android in 2023 and help you decide which one meets your requirements and style....

Bolt, formerly known as Taxify has launched its food delivery business (Bolt food). The food delivery service was launched in Tallinn, Estonia – where it has its headquarters, it is expected to expand to roll out the service this year to other countries including; South Africa, Latvia and Lithuania. Bolt, even with its ride-hailing service present in over 30 countries, is coming into the food delivery business very late. It announced it’ll be going into the food delivery business a few months after it rebranded its service from Taxify....

After that a few other bundles cropped up, touting to be unlimited. They, however, had a fair usage policy under which, after exceeding a gives threshold, user speeds would be capped at a predetermined speed for the remaining subscription period. Telkom Kenya’s XL bundles and Airtel’s UnlimiNet bundles are examples of such. Which Bundle should you purchase? So you can either purchase an Unlimited bundle that has a speed limit or you can go for the traditional bundles....

Earlier in the month of May, Clubhouse announced a mobile application for users on the Android OS platform. Before then, the app was exclusively available to just iOS users. And despite that, has grown in popularity among users. However, with the introduction of Twitter Spaces which is available to users on both iOS and Android devices, many people expect that interest in Clubhouse will drop largely. The data supports this fact as the rate of downloads has taken a huge dive....

Starting my week with a rant is usually kind of unorthodox. But when I read headlines that glorify the act of Facebooking and Tweeting as innovation, then that just disorients every fiber in me. To give a little bit of background to this whole misappropriated interpretation of [digital] innovation in Uganda, the rise of social media (another misunderstood concept) can not be overstated. Before everyone took to Facebook and Twitter and became a “social media expert” overnight, the digital space was understood to predominantly be Mail (Yahoo) , Search (Google)....

So, as movie directors increasingly choose Dolby Atmos for their soundtracks, you’ll find a growing library of movies and other content on Blu-ray Disc and online from premium services. The beauty of the Dolby Atmos The Atmos makes you feel like you’re inside the action as the sounds of people, music, and things come alive with breathtaking realism and move all around you in three-dimensional space. Dolby Atmos discs and online content are also fully compatible for playback on conventional stereo and on 5....

The Xtraview feature on Dstv lets you use as much as three DStv decoders at the same time for three different televisions and pay just for one DStv subscription monthly. This feature works perfectly in homes where family members have diverse channel interest. The Xtraview means family members can watch different channels on different TV sets at the same time and pay for just one subscription. All the decoder models (new and old) from Multichoice (Explora, High Definition , and Standard Definition decoders) all support Xtraview....

With Artificial Intelligence being the ‘it’ thing today, many browsers are scrambling to harness some form of AI assistant to your browsing experience, all to varying degrees of success. But even as we all hype AI, there are some genuinely useful tools to take advantage of, features that seem to fly under the radar and I think I just stumbled upon one such feature. See, I switched from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge the second a Canary build was available for Linux and I have not looked back since....

If you own a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) television aka Kabina TV, then count yourself vintage. My dad still owns his legendary Sony Trinitron which is the TV I grew up watching. I never imagined TV any other way other than what I experienced with that screen. Today, Flatscreen TV are so popular that most TV vendors have already discontinued manufacturing your old-school CRT TV. Whenever a new technology comes along, it definitively comes with lots of advantages over the previous, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we should do away with the old....

Notifications are always good, especially in reminding us of what we ought not to forget. By default, Chrome will alert you whenever a website, app, or extension wants to send you such reminders. However, this may become a little too much especially if the same notification is availed on your mobile and any other platform that you could have set up. Well, if you are browsing in Incognito mode, you are lucky because you actually won’t get any notifications....

The Linux Foundation-backed free Introduction to Linux course on edX started yesterday with 200,000 enrollees that has already registered for this free course. The Foundation announced earlier in May this year that it would be offering a free introductory course that covers the basic tools and techniques commonly used by Linux programmers, system administrators and the usual end users. With Linux running almost every computing device known to man, from the mega supercomputers solving climate change problems to an intimate smartwatch on your wrist, its almost imperative that one should have some Linux knowledge....

For the past 20 years, Umeme has been the face of Uganda’s electricity distribution—the company behind your prepaid tokens, the customer service calls when the power goes out, and the name on your utility bills. But as of April 1, 2025 , that’s all changing. The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) , a state-owned entity, is officially taking over. This isn’t just a simple rebrand—it’s a $234 million transition that could reshape how Ugandans experience electricity....

Following several complaints lodged by Glo customers because of the issue and subsequent intervention of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) some headway had been made. The NCC which is responsible for protecting the interest of more than 174 million Telecom users in Nigeria granted MTN request to disconnect Glo’s network towards the ending of the previous year. This is in line with the Nigerian communication Act (NCA) 2003 on the guidelines on gaining approval to disconnect telecommunication operators....