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On March 22nd to 24th 2013, Angels Initiative in partnership with Unreasonable Institute which is based in Boulder will be launching Angels Unreasonable East Africa beginning with Kampala at Mara Foundation LaunchPad. According to Joachim Ewechu, Angels Unreasonable East Africa will be a 6 week business acceleration... Read More

The last time Kenya went for elections in 2007, things didn't turn out well. A William Ruto death rumor that enormously went viral by text from cellphone to another is said to have been one of the major causes of the inter-tribal bloodbaths -- an estimated 1,200 people... Read More

In October 2012, the world's biggest automotive television show crew, Top Gear, secretly jetted in Uganda to shoot part of the Africa Special. Tonight,3rd March 2013, at exactly 11:00 p.m EAT on BBC HD and BBC Two. In the first of a two-part Top Gear special,... Read More

In 2012, the Apps4Africa: Business Challenge asked young tech developers to submit their business ideas aimed at solving local problems through a series of brainstorming sessions held in six countries across Africa. Well, the team from Uganda led by Titus Mawano with their Ffene system has been awarded $10,000... Read More

What's a code jam? Laptops, drinks, pizza and most importantly code are some of the ingredients that make up what has been termed as a code jam.  The Jams are usually organized by innovation hubs like Outbox Hub, an Innovation hub in Kampala Uganda to... Read More

Thrilled, excited, expectant are some of the words that would best explain this moment. We have been anxiously waiting for it after lots of back-end hard work by the team. So much energy has been channeled into redesigning the site that Frank Odongkara, the man who took on... Read More

Here are some facts. As of the year 2011, Uganda reached 14 million Mobile subscribers according to the site itnewsafrica.com. There about 3.2 million internet users as of the year 2010 according to the internetworldstats.com. Which leads me to make an intelligent estimation that for... Read More