Web & Social

In a bid to promote tourism in Uganda, Google has partnered with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to capture imagery of some of Uganda's most beautiful and iconic National Parks, home to an amazing variety of wildlife. Most of this was done with Google's Street View Trekker, either... Read More

There seems to be remarkable demand for Ugandans who wish to shop from offshore countries such as USA, UK, China, Dubia, United Arab Emirates. However, available online stores like Amazon, eBay, Alibaba don't ship directlly to Uganda and don't even list products in local currency... Read More

​African tech startups raised funding in excess of US$129 million in 2016, with the number of startups securing funding up by 16.8 per cent compared to the previous year. According to the DISRUPT AFRICA TECH STARTUPS FUNDING REPORT released today, 146 startups from across Africa... Read More

Telegram Messenger has debuted some new interesting features, including Instant View (does that sound familiar?) and anonymous blogging platform called Telegraph. Telegram has also thrown in searching for chat history by calender days, viewing entire sticker packs for recently used stickers, viewing Groups in common... Read More

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is an autonomous statutory body established by Chapter 210 Laws of Uganda in 1998. The Bureau was created to take over the functions of the Registrar General’s Office under the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Some of its... Read More

Telegram messenger continues to trail blaze the messaging platform with a slew of awesome features which are later xeroxed by other chat apps. When most people crowd WhatsApp for the sheer number of users, Telegram retains its users by releasing the coolest features such as... Read More

Google's rollout of the much anticipated Allo chat app finally hit the Play Store and App store four months after its announcement in May. The app has hit is off with a roaring start, surpassing the one million download mark after just a few days. Allo... Read More

Uganda is undoubtedly a footballing country of some repute. This is especially true in the East and Central Africa region where the Uganda Cranes dominate year in and year out. But if yesterday's victory is anything to go by, our cup of euphoria is filled to the brim,... Read More

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg landed in Kenya after visiting Nigeria's tech scene on his second leg of his first-ever sub-Saharan tour. Joseph Mucheru, the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Information and Communications and Victor Kyalo, Permanent Secretary for ICT and Innovation received the American... Read More