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Why Africa must abandon the SMS addiction
Sure, it’s almost impossible to make mention of progress in technology in Africa without mentioning mobile phones. It’s also a matter of fact that SMS is a great contributor to this mobile craze in Africa. In 2012, Google went as far as launching an SMS... Read More
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Smart Grid: How it can help improve on power distribution and utility consumption
SMARTGRID – One of those words you have heard flashed around by people in energy, power systems, regulators and investors or even your school professor. If you are like me after hearing it, you put the two words together and got a vague meaning -... Read More
What’s next for Mobile Money: ATM Cash Out will add self-service to Mobile Retail Banking
I am a big fan of the Mobile Money service and I use it quite often. Since 2009 when MTN launched its service in Uganda, Mobile money has changed the lives of many people and businesses. It is roughly 5 years since the first Mobile... Read More
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The Skype killer-App might be the browser with this new web standard
For years now, Skype the VoIP application has become the default application when it comes to making calls over the internet. The application now boosts over 600 million users with over 45 million concurrent online users and was bought by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion. Personally I... Read More
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This new Web video calling standard will turn your browser into a Skype App
The internet browser has so much evolved since being first invented in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee. This evolution of course includes the bizarre browser wars of the early 1990's that saw the mighty Microsoft with it's Internet Explorer browser fight a losing battle for internet dominance against... Read More
New Mackbooks: Apple just like Netflix has kissed the CD/DVD goodbye
Apple at its latest event which was marked by the release of the long awaited and much speculated iPad mini, also showcased the latest MacBooks and iMac segment of its product line. The MacBook and the iMac certainly had some newer features like faster processors, bigger... Read More
Stanford research: The world will someday run on sun and the wind. Really?
According to the Stanford research article ,the world can be powered by alternative energy, using today's technology. In 20-40 years according to Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson, we can save 2.5 million to 3 million lives a year and simultaneously halt global warming, reduce air and water... Read More
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Village 2.0: How solar Energy could transform Lives in African Villages
Once every year at the end of December, I travel upcountry for Holidays. That journey is usually like a slap on my face because I collide head-on with the most harsh realities that people in the rural areas have to put up with. The lack... Read More
surprisingly easy and effective ways you can use Technology to preserve Culture
Am an itesot from Kumi district- eastern Uganda. Am proud to be one because Itesots just like other tribes in Uganda have a very rich culture. A rich way of life. We love to own cattle - a lot of it and cultivate some crops... Read More
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