David Okwii
3 reasons it’s smarter to tweet and not call your network’s customer care
"I don't have time". That's the punch-line everyone is throwing these days as an excuse for their impatience. But honestly, sometimes people don't actually have time and in this day and age of high-speed networks, faster computers and smartphones, we can save a few minutes. A... Read More
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Ugandan Apps: The real reasons why Ugandans aren’t using their own Apps
According the analytics site xyo.net, Matatu game, the most popular App in Uganda has about 50,000 downloads, Uganda guide has about 2,000, Chimpreports and Jaguza have less than 1,000 each of the most downloaded Apps on Google's play store that has an estimated 200 titles from Ugandan publishers. An... Read More
Microsoft seeks to solve Kenya’s Unemployment issues with a new online entrepreneurship portal
Kenyan youth are set to easily access information on available job opportunities and entrepreneurship. This follows the introduction of an online portal called TukoWorks by Microsoft Corporation and Homeboyz Foundation. The website aims to provide Kenyan youth with free resources, training, career guidance services... Read More
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Ericsson Report: Mobile internet use doubling year-on-year in Sub-Sahara Africa
A new report by Ericsson, a world leader in communications technology and services, reveals astronomical data traffic in the Sub-Sahara region. The Telecom provider showed in its June 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Ericsson Mobility Report that in 2014 phone users accessed 76,000 TB (terabyte) of data per month, double the... Read More
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Africa domain names: Domain mafias book African generic top-level top domain names
I like to call them domain mafias, not investors or brokers as some would refer them. 22 gTLDs (generic top-level domain ) were launched from 1985 to 2012 these include .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, .int among others. 617 new gTLDs launched in 2013 only. gTLD... Read More
Intel Education: Intel won’t just run tomorrow’s computers, It’ll run your classroom.
Intel isn’t just that mystical chip that’s the brain of your computer! No. Intel, a multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California also has a vision for tomorrow’s classroom. Our world is increasingly facing new challenges -- challenges in of immense scale... Read More
Bitange Ndemo: Young people are leveraging broadband to innovate
If don't already know him, Bitange Ndemo is the honorary chair of the Alliance for Affordable Internet or A4AI, a coalition of members from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors with the mandate of reducing internet costs to at least less than 5% of average per capita income in... Read More
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds personally invites you to learn Linux on edX
Began as a personal project in 1991 while a student at Helsinki University of Technology, Linus Torvalds had no idea how revolutionary his hobby project would be. Today, what's now known as the "Linux Kernel" or simply Linux runs your life, even though you might not... Read More
Don’t have a data connection? Facebook for iOS now lets you create posts while offline
This is one of those features that you think to yourself "why didn't they implement this earlier on?". Well, ask no more. Whether it's the load shedding akin to Africa, have a weak connection (EDGE) or that you have simply run out of data, Facebook... Read More
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