David Okwii

After reading One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com, John an ambitious software engineering student at Makerere Univeristy gets a Eureka moment in the solos of his dorm room. Bang. It hits him that he could build the next African Amazon or maybe a... Read More

Lets start off with the Mobile supported mobile money statistics in Uganda. Shall we? [table id=28 /] Clearly MTN Uganda with 7.3 million users has the biggest number of mobile money users in Uganda. But that's not surprising at all. Big Yellow also has the largest... Read More

Every two or three years, you'll need to get yourself a new phone. That's a fact. Samsung is certainly one of the major phone vendors in Uganda. They compete against the likes of Apple, HTC, Nokia, Huawei, Tecno and lately iDroid which just entered the... Read More

Effective 1st April, GoTV Uganda subscribers will have new monthly subscription rates. The Multichoice-owned Pay TV provider has increased its subscription fees by over Ugx 2,000 for the GoTV Standard and GoTV Plus packages. @oquidave the rates are UGX 25500 and UGX 18000 for GOtv... Read More

The mobile revolution in Africa has been praised for extending banking services to the previously unbanked populace. A "bank in your phone" has been the mantra that's catapulted the the number of mobile money subscribers in Uganda alone to 18.5 million as of 2015. Mobile... Read More

2025 Update: If you want to watch TV in Uganda without monthly fees, Free-to-Air (FTA) channels are still your best option in 2025. Here’s what you need to know to get started, avoid fakes, and enjoy all the local content you want. Popular Free-to-Air Channels... Read More

Middle East based company Infinix has launched its latest android smartphone, the Infinix Hot Note X551 in Kenya. The device maker has partnered with online retail store Jumia Kenya to sell the new smartphone exclusively on its platform. The smartphone spots a 5.5" IPS, Capacitive touchscreen... Read More

When I first started using the internet, the most important application that kept me hooked was E-mail. That's probably the same case with thousands of other first-time internet users then. Today, it might be Facebook or Whatsapp. However, in 2004 reading or rather checking my... Read More

June 15th is close. Very close. If you want to continue watching TV, you had better started making that switch from analogue to digital TV before Ugandan communication commission pulls the plug. The Kenyan communication commission already blacked out some TV stations in Kenya that... Read More