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Xente Tech Limited, a financial technology platform that simplifies payments and finance for businesses, has obtained the Payment Systems Operator (PSO) license from the Bank of Uganda, which opens up more opportunities for Xente to provide better financial services to businesses in Uganda. The National... Read More

Uganda’s National Social Security Fund in partnership with Visa and Centenary Bank recently unveiled a 3-in-1 social security smart card dubbed the NSSF Smart Card that embeds NSSF functionality, banking capability, and loyalty program. But how exactly does the NSSF Smart Card works? And do... Read More

Huawei has kicked off the 2021 edition of the Seeds for the Future training program virtually in Uganda. The launch has been officiated by H.E Ambassador Mugisha Fred the Deputy Head of missions of the Ugandan Embassy and acting Ambassador in Beijing. He called upon... Read More

Xiaomi has enjoyed quite a lot of success this year passing new milestones along the way. Earlier this year, the Chinese smartphone maker surpassed Apple in smartphone sales to become the second-largest smartphone manufacturer in the world behind Samsung for the second quarter of the... Read More

Applying for a Tax Identification Number(TIN) has always been a pain in the ass for many Ugandans as URA(Uganda Revenue Authority) would require you to download a Microsoft Excel, hustle to fill in all mandatory cells, and re-upload it back to the website for the... Read More

Last October, Google rebranded "G Suite" - its collection of professional productivity tools, which was only made available to business accounts - to become "Workspace". And eight months later, Google has now announced that Workspace will be free to everyone. Until now, only paid users... Read More

Africa's fintech startup, Chipper Cash has confirmed that it has raised $100m in Series C funding. A round led by SVB Capital, the investment arm of U.S. high-tech commercial bank Silicon Valley Bank led this Series C round. Other participants in this round include some... Read More

The itel online launch Nigeria is an online event by itel where it introduces new devices to the Nigerian market. This year's edition held today with the brand unveiling the next iteration of smartphones in the 'P Series', new sets of itel earbuds, a new... Read More

Twitter, via a blog post announced the addition of a new feature -Tip Jar - to the social app. Tip Jar will make it easy for twitter users to support and send money to their favorite creators on the platform. Esther Crawford, Senior Product Manager... Read More