Mobile

It's 3 days now at the Orange Uganda Expo 2013 here at the UMA showgrounds. The TechPost team has been trailing various booths by Orange and its partners for the most compelling gadgets with unique technology, features and functionality. Here are the devices that wowed... Read More

A few months ago Tecno made a bold move to entirely concentrate its smartphone business in Africa. It ventured into the already saturated market with the maiden release of the Tecno phantom A. Packed with  enticing specs, this phone didn't even see the light of day(At... Read More

We've seen various smartphone vendors claim to design and build smartphones for the African market. For instance, Microsoft with its 4Afrika program released the 4Afrika phone which is a customized version of the HUAWEI Ascend W1 running Windows phone 8. However, up until now, none... Read More

The Ubuntu Edge crowdfunded a project that aimed to produce  a phone that could also double as a desktop at just $695 missed its $32m target by nearly $20m, winning $12.6m of pledges and a total of 17,215 phones out of the 40,000 it needed to be funded.... Read More

Smartphones have become a detachable part of our daily lives as chronicled by TechPost's Jonathan when he spent one week without one! Yet, to this day, these smart devices haven't been smart enough to give you long enough battery life for even a single full... Read More

The 2013 Uganda budget reading identified Mobile Money as one of the avenues to help the government raise money for a budget that was almost fully funded locally without the help of development partners. The 10% excise duty imposed on all Mobile Money transfers (Inclusive... Read More

There is no denying the popularity of the smartphone. The iPhone and Android are responsible for generating many trends and innovations in the world of technology. Mobile internet is an area in particular that is booming at the moment. You can expect mobile internet to... Read More

Mobile Money has enormously grown as a tool of quick monetary transactions to the majority unbanked populace. It is naiveof someone to talk about mobile money without mentioning M-PESA that has received worldwide acclamation for its  blockbuster success  -- over 17 million subscribers. This growth has... Read More

The submission for the second round of Africa Android Challenge started on 26 May 2013 and will go on until June 15, 2013. Winners will be announced by June 20, 2013 and from September 15, 2013 the winners will travel (all-expenses-paid) to the Android/Google Developer... Read More