Technology

Joining campus is a dream come true for many people. I personally grew up in the village and coming to campus meant I was coming to the city. The excitement was real and I met a few new things like ride-hailing using a mobile app... Read More

Opera Software, the developers of the popularly used browser in Africa known as the "Opera Mini" is to invest $100 million USD  in facilitating the growth of digital economy in Africa for the next two years. The Company started twenty years ago by two Norwegian... Read More

Uganda's very own homegrown tech aficionado Titus Mukisa of Softek IT Consult broke the internet last week when Techjaja reported that he had released the WhatsApp Dual app.  These tweaked versions-called Mods- of the world's most popular messaging app have been floating around the internet ever since... Read More

Here it is! Rocket Internet's online job website Everjobs(Now JumiaJobs) has finally launched in Uganda with a country-level domain https://jobs.jumia.ug/ The startup is launching with some employers across various sectors like Telecom, Banking, Hospitality, Insurance and Manufacturing already on board. Job seekers will now easily land... Read More

First, it was the selfie that made rounds on social media. Now, the president himself, typed away to his very first tweet. I send my first tweet to salute Ugandan science students; they modified this vehicle's engine to run on pure ethanol. pic.twitter.com/9Ijr48K7ie — Yoweri... Read More

According to Wikipedia, UNICEF runs on a budget of about $ 4 billion per year --majorly funded through contributions. The funds are  then channeled to the subordinate departments which are responsible for implementing the budgets. Regardless of the comfortable cash flow UNICEF (United Nations Children's... Read More

The college of computing and information science Makerere (CoCIS) with International Telecommunications Satellites Organisation (ITSO) plus International Telecommunications Union (ITU) are to hold a workshop regarding Satellite Communications for English speaking countries in Africa. This is going to be a 5 day (from 9th Sept... Read More

News coming in from Russia at the Microsoft Imagine Cup Awards Ceremony, Team Code 8 from Uganda won the  Women’s Empowerment Award. This was the 11th annual Microsoft Imagine cup which premiered competition from technologists, developers and aspiring entrepreneurs to create innovative projects and ultimately bring those... Read More

The Impending Super Solar storm! Imagine living a life today without any form of Digital Communication, no TV and radio signals and no power. Today as I was preparing to go to church, I tuned in to BBC World Service and there was a program... Read More