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Adrenaline. Strategy. Pursuance and of course great meals were characteristic of the just concluded East Africa’s premier mobile startups competition and conference—Pivot East -- that was held at kampala Sheraton Hotel from Tuesday 25th to Wednesday 26th, July 2013. Day 1 of the conference kicked... Read More

It was budget day in East Africa yesterday, respective ministers of finance stood before their parliaments to read out the highly anticipated fiscal documents. It was all about figures with; Kenya’s at $20Bn, Tanzania’s $10Bn, Uganda’s at $4.6Bn and Rwanda at $2.5Bn. In Uganda, the... Read More

Social media giant, Facebook, on Wednesday announced that it will start supporting clickable hashtags (#) from its users. This comes 7 years after Twitter started supporting them. Similar to other social networks like Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook will allow appearance of... Read More

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) on 7th June inaugurated Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) amid cyber  security concerns on the international fora. As cyber crime rises exponentially, many organisations' and individual infrastructure is liable to being comprised because of the simplest human errors. Everyday; new software... Read More

After making rounds of headlines on the World’s top Tech blogs and publications such as Forbes, AllthingsD, The Next Web, Wired; BRCK-- a smart, rugged device that could connect to the internet any way it could, hop from one network to another, create a hotspot... Read More

What is Search Engine Optimization and why is it important for my business, you may ask. A Search Engine is a web-based tool that enables users to locate information on the World Wide Web through search and currently the most widely used Search Engine is... Read More

The international delegates representing both the public and private sectors will meet on 4 - 8 November 2013 in Kigali, Rwanda, for the ICT4Ag conference. The objective of this event, which is co-hosted by the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the... Read More

Cloud Computing & Information Security Conference, CCISC, 2013, brings together African enterprises, telecommunications, and innovative & agile service providers/vendors from the IT world, all under one roof. CCISC 2013 provides attendees with a unique arial view of the Cloud & ICT Security industry, offering the... Read More

Ashish J. Thakkar the CEO and Founder of Mara Foundation officially launched  Mara Online which is an online and mobile platforms that allow users to communicate, interact and collaborate with each other. It was launched last weekend in California where Thakkar was the keynote speaker for TiEcon, one of... Read More