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A few weeks ago, Tecno opened its first premium store at one of Kampala’s uptown malls - Lugogo Mall. The store has been well furnished with good Tecno branding to attract walk-in-clients. The store has flat screens on the wall playing Tecno Ads, experiential tables... Read More

The Innovation and Research group at Al Jazeera Media Network has kicked off its first major community initiative with an online Innovation Challenge. This is an open competition aiming to surface new ideas about storytelling in mobile and web applications. The Innovation Challenge competition offers substantial rewards, including... Read More

August 26, 2014 - Beyonic is excited to announce a partnership with Mercy Corps’ Agri-Fin Mobile program, to improve mobile payments by connecting 200 mobile money agents and 10,000 mobile money recipients in real time. Everyone lauds the benefits of using electronic payments, and Beyonic... Read More

According to a research by She Leads Africa — an organisation that helps female entrepreneurs to maximally grow their startups — shows that Kampala, Uganda has the fewest number of girl geeks on the continent. Kampala is tied in the last place with Calabar, a city in Nigeria. Lagos... Read More

Nokia is unbelievably still one of Africa's leading mobile phone brands. Even after life-threatening lashes from aggressive competitors such as Huawei, Tecno and Samsung, the Nokia brand remains one etched deep in many Africans' hearts. Microsoft, Nokia's parent company, has announced a $25 about (UGX... Read More

Tecno has finally released its latest flagship smartphone, the Tecno Phantom Z in Nigeria. The most anticipated device from the Chinese vendor that solely operates in Africa was first released in Kenya in June. Tecno made the announced through their Twitter account. Unveiling the amazing... Read More

Facebook has today announced the Internet.org App, a part of Internet.org project which is its long standing campaign to bring more users from the emerging markets online. According to a press release by Facebook, Internet.org app is meant to make the internet accessible to more people by providing... Read More

KiBO Foundation and global IT provider Cisco have partnered to empower children with special needs with modern technology. At an event held at Hill preparatory school in Naguru last Friday, 25th July, a little over 100 children with special needs from five schools graduated from... Read More

One of Rocket Internet's startups, Jumia  is upgrading its services in Uganda. According to an interview with Reuters, Jumia co-founder Sacha Poignonnec said  that Jumia Uganda had been relying on its Kenyan sister for most of its goods but it will now have its own. That... Read More