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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

Leading property portal Lamudi today launched its iOS app in Uganda as the company seeks to capture the growing smartphone market in the country. The launch of Lamudi’s iOS app follows the successful roll out of the company’s Android app in Uganda last month. The... Read More

A few months ago, Tecno released the T630 an internet enabled feature phone that could be used as a wireless hotspot that can share a connection to 5 devices-- which we reviewed. The cheap feature phone was welcomed by many but also criticised for not having... Read More

Uganda Telecom has today rewarded a sum of one million Shillings to Rashid Aiko, a private security guard for saving the telecom’s fibre cable from being vandalized by a group of unidentified criminals. While addressing the press today morning, Jackie Kihuguru, Head of Customer Operations... Read More

Microsoft has teamed up with Kenyan local operator Safaricom to offer mobile subscribers the ability to purchase Windows Phone Apps using their Air time. Up until now, mobile users had to have a credit card inorder to purchase mobile Apps from the App store. Obviously... Read More

This year, from the 25th to 26th September, DEMO Africa will again launch 40 of the most innovative start-ups in Africa and highlight some of the best new technology innovations from across the continent. The 40 finalists have gone through three rigorous screening processes with... Read More

Having recently released independent apps for “Docs” and “Sheets”, Google has announced that it will releasing slides for Android too. This announcement was made at Yesterday's Google I/O where Google touted its new tweaks to Google Drive. Google also announced "Drive for Work" a service... Read More

Isn't it mind blowing? a billion downloads? Yes! Google Maps has been downloaded a billion times. I will let that sink in for a bit as you may...  What that means is that there are a billion Android devices out there that have actually downloaded... Read More

This week the world cup games kicked off in Brazil with the hosting country beating Croatia 3 goals to 1. Here in Uganda, UBC TV disappointed when it failed to show the games through free-to-air digital channels through digital TV providers like GoTV. Here are... Read More