The APRM and CryptoSavannah on May 23rd entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on promoting innovation and the 4th Industrial Revolution in Africa, through collaboration on various engagements including, the Africa 4.0 Initiative and the Africa Blockchain Conference, among others. The Africa Peer Review Mechanism considers innovation as an important component and is interested in working together on common projects with a view to using innovation to support the work of good governance, transparency, and accountability in Africa....

Owning a car has many benefits we cannot exhaust here. Today however, we shall discuss buying a car online. Many people opt for online transactions because they are relatively easy since everything is done electronically. An uninformed consumer is fresh prey to an unscrupulous salesman. You can avoid being taken advantage of by preparing yourself even before you even start the transactions. Here are 5 things you should consider before buying a car online....

While Samsung has, for months, resisted jumping in on the popular (and crowded) notch bandwagon as kickstarted by Essential Phone and popularized by Apple (with the iPhone X ), the South Korean giant is finally making a U-turn. At its 2018 Developer Conference which held earlier this week in California, the company made a lot of hardware and software announcements; one of the highlights is the OEM’s decision to finally adopt notches on its upcoming flagship phones to be launched in 2019 and beyond....

Global logistics giant DHL has added 9 more countries to its list of countries that are eligible to shopping and receiving items from 200+ online stores in the US and UK via its eShop platform. These countries include Cameroon,Congo DRC, Gabon, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. DHL is restricting shipments to less than 1Kg in weight and the maximum dimensions of only 30x30x30 centimeters are allowed. If the item is heavier than 1kg, the item may be refunded back to your payment method....

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where your phone battery is critically low, but you don’t have your regular phone charger with you? You may have wondered if it’s possible to charge your phone using a USB-C laptop charger. In this blog post, we will explore whether or not this is a viable option and discuss the potential benefits and drawbacks. So, buckle up, and let’s dive into the world of USB-C laptop chargers and phone charging!...

Overtime, many of Centenary Bank customers have expressed how much they would need to work out their banking using a Visa enabled card. This was so because the inaugural ATM card did not support the service, and could only operate where interswitch services are accepted. In a bid to enhance customer convenience in accessing financial services, the institution has unveiled the new Cente Visa debit card. This card is globally accepted and it operates using Chip and Pin technology, which provides enhanced security....

What if I told you that you no longer need to brave long queues at the banking hall just to deposit or withdraw money from your bank account? Sure, you could use an ATM machine but only if it’s near, working, accepts deposits and if you have your ATM card with you. Using what’s called “Agent banking”, Centenary bank seems to be on the edge of bringing its financial services closer to the people by authorizing independent “Agents” to act on its behalf....

A time capsule is a container or vessel that holds a collection of artifacts or documents that are intended to be preserved for a specific period of time and then opened and examined by future generations. Time capsules can be buried underground, sealed in a building, or placed in a monument, and can contain a wide variety of items, including photographs, letters, newspapers, coins, clothing, and other objects that provide a snapshot of life at the time the capsule was created....

Startup launchpad event DEMO Africa has announced an innovation tour of numerous capitals across Africa, allowing the DEMO team to meet tech startups from 16 countries to get them ready for the event in September. The tour will start in Eastern and Southern Africa, moving up to and across to the Northern and Western regions. “We are first targeting countries with an active technology startup ecosystem to encourage them and prepare them to submit quality applications,” said Mbugua Njihia, DEMO Africa’s event director....

Dimension Data Uganda in partnership with their global partner Cisco, hosted the inaugural Digital Business Day Forum in a bid to showcase the latest solutions that enable businesses to fast track their digital transformation journey. The event, which took place on the 29 th of March 2018 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, brought together business executives and technology leaders to explore how organisations are transforming to meet the changing demands across industries and their clients....

The latest price increase further complicates the landscape for Multichoice Uganda. Let’s take a closer look at how the prices have changed over the past couple of years: DSTV Price change 2022~2024 Package April 2024 Price (Shs) April 2023 Price (Shs) April 2022 Price (Shs) Price Change (2024 vs. 2022) Premium 290,000 275,000 255,000 35,000 Compact Plus 170,000 160,000 150,000 20,000 Compact 110,000 104,000 95,000 15,000 Family 69,000 64,000 59,000 10,000 Access 45,000 43,000 39,000 6,000 XtraView 53,000 50,000 46,000 7,000 Lite/Lumba 16,000 16,000 15,000 1,000 DStv will see price hikes across most packages....

If you love to read books on your Kindle app, you’ve probably heard of the Kindle Vella. It’s not a type of Kindle reader, rather, it’s a type of Kindle subscription service where you get access to series. So as a reader, you’ll get more content in addition to the catalogue you’d get on Kindle Unlimited. For authors, it’s a great way to publish content regularly without actually writing a whole book....

Lipa na M-PESA is a mobile money service by Safaricom that allows you to pay for goods and services easily through your phone. The service is available to ALL M-PESA customers, and for use by all enterprises that accept payments for goods and services by their customers through M-PESA. These include small and medium enterprises like salons, bars, restaurants, butcheries, spare part shops, and kiosks. To access Lipa Na M-PESA, go to the M-PESA Menu, select Lipa Na M-PESA and select Buy Goods and services, then enter the Till Number of the merchants, and follow subsequent prompts to complete the transactions....

Have you always wanted to receive mail but could just not because you currently do not have Post Boxes? It could have been from abroad, from an organizaton, or even your old pal that has no other way of delivering the package directly to you. Look no further, the Virtual Postal Box service is best for you. This, a new product on the market from Posta Uganda , is a Postal Address without the Post box....

Renewable energy sources promise to offer us more sustainable energy free of environmental pollution. Technologies that use renewables and are designed to conserve energy or improve energy efficiency are termed as Green energy technologies. These convert the energy from wind, solar,hydro, waves, ocean tides, geothermal and biomass to electricity which our devices need to function. Solar energy is perhaps the most common resource and is a source of energy to most of the other sources....

You might not currently be facing any existential threats, but planning what happens to your Google account if or when you checkout is quite important. If you’re like me, your Google account is a lot like your digital lifeblood. It holds emails, photos, notes, memories, passwords to other critical services, credit cards, search history, documents and files among other things. You can decide if you wish Google to share your data with a trusted family member or delete it....

For long, commuters have had to rely on radio to get live traffic updates around the city. Until now, you had to tune to Radio One or Sanyu Fm where journalists call in and give live traffic updates around major roads in Kampala. Now, Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation will also show you not only directions to your destination but also inform you of traffic jams. While this feature has been around in other cities around the world, Kampala only had turn-by-turn voice navigation....

A new announcement comes from the stables of Google about new ways you can access some Google services on your smartphone has just been made. Following the creation of other secure means of authentication over the years besides passwords, Google has decided to adopt new ways of verifying it’s you. One of those means of identification is your fingerprint which you use on your smartphone already. You will now be able to use the same fingerprint authentication you use to unlock your smartphone to log in to some Google services....

Google is seemingly doubling down on Android for modestly spec’d devices and growing markets. We recently saw the launch of Files Go and the Android Oreo Go Edition. All these are with the aim of bringing Android to the next Billion users. Today, Google is making YouTube Go available in Kenya and a few other markets. YouTube Go is a super lightweight version of the full YouTube app, specifically designed for developing countries....

Computer keyboards are the primary interface between you and the PC….or at least it still is, until touch-screen display on laptops get to the masses. These QWERTY style keyboards come in many different types and sizes. The various types are classified based on the underlying Keyboard technology. The choice of switch technology affects key response (the positive feedback that a key has been pressed) and pre-travel which is the distance needed to push the key to enter a character reliably....