David Okwii
Orange on the Verge of exiting several African markets, starting with Uganda
French operator Orange has mandated Lazard to find a buyer for its mobile telecoms business in Uganda according to TMT Finance. Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. With more than 131 million customers, the Orange brand... Read More
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NITA-U launches the national Computer Emergency Response Team/co-ordination center
As a way of setting up a National coordinated approach for handling Information Security incidents, a National Computer Emergency Response Team / Coordination Centre (National CERT/CC) responsible for receiving, reviewing, and responding to computer security incident reports and activity for both the public and private... Read More
Centenary Bank joins Interswitch, gives customers access to 280 ATMs
Kampala, Feb20, 2014. Centenary bank has joined the Interswitch East Africa network in Uganda adding yet another innovation in enhancing their customer service. Interswitch East Africa operates a network that links different banks to enable their customers share Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and Points of... Read More
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The Nokia Universal Portable USB DC-16 charger could keep your device juiced-up for longer
Feature Phone uptake in Africa over the past two decades has been unprecedented. However, the uptake of smartphones has also been slow primarily by two factors; their dependency on data and then power. The latter, has particularly sealed the fate of smartphones as users can't... Read More
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“We are headed for greater places”: Microsoft’s New CEO Satya Nadella’s First Email To Employees
Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Like you, I had a choice about where to come to work. I came here because I believed Microsoft was the best company in... Read More
OSVehicle: Here’s what Makerere’s Kiira EV can learn from Tabby, the open source vehicle
It's almost two years now since a group of Makerere University College of Engineering Design, Art and Technology students hatched the Kiira EV, a genius two-seater vehicle that runs on rechargeable lithium batteries instead of petrol to the world. The project demonstrated to the world, that given... Read More
Women In Tech: Here’s Why Girls Don’t Code
Whether you think its simply a stereotype or actually a reality, the notion that "girls don't code" has haunted the IT industry almost since its inception. It's rare to find a girl among a pack of male coders either crunching an Enterprise App or simply... Read More
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Windows Phone 8 features that will make Android fanboys jealous (and perhaps switch over)
Google through its mobile operating system -- Android -- has created a pack of hardcore diehards who've developed an unbreakable bond with their devices. And that's all understandable. However, Microsoft, which has been the underdog in this camp, has over the years iterated on its... Read More
TechPost Picks: The best of the TechPost 2013
Officially launched in January this year, from a single-author blog to a multi-author blog comprising of seasoned bloggers like Onyait Odeke, Daniel Mwesigwa, Kahill among the 8-team Tech blog, the TechPost has been oozing out content of unparalleled quality ranging from insights into industry developments,... Read More
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