David Okwii
Airtel Vs Orange Uganda Data Service Deathmatch
Update: Orange Uganda was sold to Africell Uganda and some of the services Orange offered were discontinued. The saturation of the voice market has pressured the Telecoms to diversify into other sources of revenues in order to stay profitable in a highly competitive industry. Services... Read More
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Kill switch may be coming to your Samsung device this July
If you're a phone owner, chances are that you've lost at least one of your devices either through theft or property loss. Whichever way, phone loss is not uncommon and that's why Samsung might release a kill switch for its devices this July. A kill switch... Read More
How my Gmail account almost got hacked
This morning, my Gmail account almost got compromised with just a single disguised email message i received in my inbox. The email subject was "Google Alerts" and it was coming from "[email protected]". The contents of the email read; Your account was recently accessed from another... Read More
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Nokia’s Jussi Hinkkanen: Focus on the global market, not just Africa
At an event organised by Hive Colab where Jussi Hinkkanen, Nokia VP for Middle East and Africa, met with leaders of Uganda's various innovation hubs, incubators, mentors of developer entrepreneurs in the mobile social networking space during his brief visit to Uganda, he urged developers to focus... Read More
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Can Ubuntu Mobile OS beat Android or iOS?
Android was a joke compared to iOS when it started out back in 2007, but later on through several iterations of development and innovation (lets say with some inspiration from iOS), it caught up. Today, the latest android, Jelly bean is arguably the best Mobile OS(atleast... Read More
Google Kenya & Equity Bank Partner To Launch BebaPay App And NFC Enabled Electronic Payment Card
Google Kenya and Equity Bank today launched BebaPay, an NFC enabled electronic payment card and app in a move they say will make payments easy and more convenient for consumers and merchants. According to Dr. James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank, says that “The BebaPay card is... Read More
Kenya Data Networks Extends Its Fibre Network Into Tanzania
Kenya Data Networks (KDN) today announced that it has extended its fibre network into Tanzania and will be the first operator to connect the East African capitals of Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala and Kigali on a single fibre network. The new 120km fibre link... Read More
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Local contractors up in arms against Airtel Ghana
Some local contractors providing various Value Added Services (VAS) to Airtel Ghana are currently raging with anger over an executive decision by the telecom operator to allegedly abrogate its contracts with local companies to engage the services of foreign companies. It must be noted that... Read More
Google Maps Navigation now available in Kenya, Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast!
Google Maps users in Kenya, Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast will now have voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation available to them according to a Google Africa Blog post. According to the post; It includes everything you’d expect from a GPS navigation system – turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic rerouting... Read More
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