David Okwii

I have heard it being predicted, speculated and forecasted that Newspapers  in Uganda and the wider African continent will face an eminent death by a thousand cuts just about anytime from now. The reasoning has been simple -- the onslaught of digital media. In the... Read More

"In countries where menstrual hygiene is taboo, girls in puberty are typically absent for 20 percent of the school year.” That’s a statistic from this UNICEF report. Behind this absurd fact is the plight of many girls in Africa who can’t afford sanitary products to keep them... Read More

The mobile phone changed the way we listen to radio in Africa. In fact it made radio is more popular, fun and interactive. But the web is the mothership of all media. The web has the ability to carry all forms of media. It has... Read More

Facebook's acquisition of Whatsapp for $19B and the several outages that users have experienced lately might have raised a few eyebrows among speculators on its future. But the App is certainly here to stay. Maybe you want to impress your friends or maybe you want to make the... Read More

dotAfrica, the proposed name for the African continent's generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), is launching today, 11 hours, 23 minutes as of the time of this writing. According to dotAfrica foundation, the organization responsible to managing the domain, the initiative will elevate and enhance African digital presence;... Read More

Rocket Internet group backed real estate company, Lamudi last week unveiled an Android app for house-hunters, available in 28 emerging markets worldwide such as Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Indonesia and  Uganda. Lamudi launched in Uganda last year, listing several real estate properties and enrolling many other real estate... Read More

Two years ago, I had a nasty incident. I got robbed by thugs at night. I know, mum said I should never walk at night. But it wasn't even late. It was just 8:00 pm and I was coming from work fully loaded with laptop... Read More

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Mozilla, the organization behind Firefox browser announced that it will start selling low-cost Firefox OS based smartphones in India and Indonesia within the "next few months". The internet-enabled devices will sell at an incredibly low price -- $25 to be... Read More

Popular RSS feed reader, Feedly has been attacked with distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) as of this morning by unknown hackers who are claiming a ransom in the form of money before they stop their actions, the company has reported on their blog; "Criminals are... Read More