Online shopping is what you would go for when you are too lazy to walk downtown to buy yourself a pair of socks. It’s called convenience. But if a particular brand of socks isn’t available downtown at the local offline store, even walking there won’t help. You need access to broader markets outside of your region. Alright, so this was a really exciting pitch. 200 stores to 34 countries is ambitious enough, so we decided to give it a spin....

This week the world cup games kicked off in Brazil with the hosting country beating Croatia 3 goals to 1. Here in Uganda, UBC TV disappointed when it failed to show the games through free-to-air digital channels through digital TV providers like GoTV. Here are some hand-picked stories we think you would enjoy Building Cross-border Internet Interconnection in the East Africa The Internet Society, in partnership with AfriNIC , successfully conducted the inauguration of the Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP) and Regional Internet Carrier (RIC) best practice workshop under the AXIS Project, UGO reports....

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the key to improving education and thus boosting growth across Africa – but there is still widespread reluctance among teachers, trainers and managers to abandon traditional methods in favour of new solutions. That is one of the key findings in this year’s eLearning Africa Report, which will be launched this evening (Wednesday) at the eLearning Africa conference in Addis Ababa by the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Dr Debretsion Gebremichael....

Ericsson has been in operation in Africa for about 117 years. Besides the offices it has distributed allover the continent, it doesn’t have a research or innovations hub staged in situ. Now, at the recent Swedish Ugandan ICT conference : Dorothy Okello, the commnications officer at the College of Engineering, Design Art and Technology at Makerere University invited Ericsson to pitch camp on the campus and open up an innovations lab....

Some call it the university of understanding, the mainstream calls it prisons. Mike Mukula’s life completely changed for the 2-3 months he was confined in Murchison Bay Prisons in Luzira. Upon his acquittal, he vowed to change inmates’ appalling state of affairs. When prisoners are locked up in jail, the world seems to cave in unto them. The radio is the popular source of access to information. It fills the void left by the restrictions to information access in Prisons....

Facebook has just shown off a new software interface — Facebook Home for Android-based mobile phones, along with a phone produced by HTC — the HTC First to showcase the software. According to the social network’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, the motivation behind the phone is to create “phones designed around people, not apps.” so as to make it easier to people to interact with their family and friends on mobile devices....

Chinese smartphone makers are building ecosystems. Transsion , the company behind TECNO, Infinix, and itel, is no exception. Once focused solely on smartphones for African markets, the brand now competes across categories. The shift is strategic. Why sell you one device when you can sell you five that work together? TECNO’s latest push includes three new devices in Uganda: the TECNO Spark Slim smartphone at UGX 829,000, the MegaPad SE tablet starting at UGX 549,000 (or UGX 649,000 with keyboard), and the Megabook S14 laptop at UGX 2,990,000....

The Mobile World Congress for 2022 (Which was hosted in Barcelona, Spain) has come and gone. Some of the biggest smartphone and consumer-tech brands including Huawei, Realme, Samsung, etc, were in attendance – introducing new iterations of their products. Usually, at events like this, Samsung typically unveils new smartphones, wearables, and other smart gadgets, but at this year’s event, Samsung’s focus was on laptops. The tech giant introduced the next iterations of its Galaxy Book laptop series; the Galaxy Book 2 Pro and Pro 360 laptops....

Outbox a technology incubation, collaboration space and innovation hub that supports Techies to turn their tech ideas that utilize mobile and web into sustainable businesses is inviting applications for their upcoming 3 month incubation program in partnership with Deloitte . The objective of the incubation is to support young entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into products and services while creating startups that are financially viable and free standing. The incubation hub hopes to work together with developers and entrepreneurs to develop their ideas into products/services and launch them into market....

Google Bard and ChatGPT are some of the most popular AI Chatbots in the market, capable of generating text, translating languages, and answering questions. While they share similarities, there are notable differences between the two. Additionally, Google Bard has recently received significant upgrades that make it a more powerful competitor to ChatGPT . In this article, we explore the key differences between Bard and ChatGPT and highlight the recent enhancements that have made Bard a standout choice for users....

Every year, a lot of tech events take place around the world… and no doubts, the Google I/O is one of the biggest. The 2019 Edition of the event came to an end yesterday (May 9) at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in California. To that end, we bring to you some of the biggest (software and hardware) announcements that were made at the event. Sit tight and read on. In no particular order…...

Last week Google announced Google Keep — an an app for Android and the web designed to help users remember things and jot down ideas — something similar to Evernote (later on this). According to the Google official blog ; With Keep you can quickly jot ideas down when you think of them and even include checklists and photos to keep track of what’s important to you. Your notes are safely stored in Google Drive and synced to all your devices so you can always have them at hand....

Of course they are also offering the Gotv decoder at 60,000 Ugx minus an outdoor antenna. With lots of competition in the digital tv arena we shall see these prices continuing to come down. Let’s see what the competition is offering. About Onyait Odeke Type your email… Talkio Mobile , Uganda’s newest telecommunications service provider, is excited to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Banana Life Investments, a leading chain of mobile phone and retail shops....

In probably one of the best organised tech awards, the inaugural 2015 MTN Innovation Awards yesterday recognized the efforts of Ugandan tech Innovators. The event that happened at Serena Hotel, brought together tech innovators, enthusiasts and industry professionals. MTN Uganda partnered with Huawei, ZTE, NITA and others for the award. The event was graced by officials from Huawei, ZTE, NITA and the state minister for ICT Nyombi Tembo as the chief guest....

2020 was a strange year for many Kenyans with lockdowns, curfews, and work-from-home orders. With an increase in the amount of time spent indoors, users sought solace in online streaming platforms. The awesome content plus the relatively affordable packages also played a major role in the adoption of the video streaming platform. This is, unfortunately, could decline soon as the implementation of the Digital Service Tax continues to take effect....

Kenya is often lauded as the poster kid for mobile money innovation worldwide. Safaricom’s MPesa commands 92% market leadership in Kenya and powers payments from salaries, bill payment, loans, e.t.c. But if we stopped extolling Kenya’s impressive mobile money eco-system for a minute, we would notice that Tanzania was quietly trailblazing innovations in the platform. In that regard, starting next year, Tanzania will require telecom companies to have separate licences for mobile money....

Finally, finally! The wait is over. The all-new Gmail just hit your inbox. Google has announced a massive redesign of Gmail, perhaps their most ambitious project yet. Some users of Google’s Inbox (Gmail’s alter-ego) might be familiar with some of the new features but not all. Google is also not releasing all the features it has in store at launch, but rather at a later date. Hopefully in the coming weeks....

The smartphone market in Kenya is pretty vibrant with players from the likes of Oppo, Infinix, Tecno, and newbies like Realme and Vivo, all scrambling for a piece of the pie. In all this, the consumer seems to be coming out on top as there is no shortage of options, regardless of what your budget is. Another player that is alive and well even in this stiff competition is Nokia....

Apple, in an October 2021 event , released a new HomePod mini 2021 device. HomePod mini is Apple’s smart speaker that works seamlessly with the bulk of the Apple ecosystem. It is the smaller and more affordable companion to the HomePod speaker. The HomePod mini 2021 comes with a number of additions that improve the design and usability. In this post, we’ll be taking you through all of these and more....

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE smartphone was recently launched. Targeted and marketed to fans (FE = Fans Edition), the device is meant to boost the sales of the S20 lineup which fell about 59% compared to last year’s S10 series lineup . The obvious win for the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE compared to the other S20 smartphones is that it’s a lot cheaper. But to an average smartphone user, you might be curious, wondering what differentiates the S20 FE from other S20 devices....