Web & Social

As part of its OpenNet Africa initiative which is aimed at promoting internet rights in Africa, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is next week set to host the second Forum on Internet Freedom in East Africa. The two-day event... Read More

NSSF Uganda users can now keep track of their saving using their mobile smartphones. To do that, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) today launched a Mobile App dubbed "NSSF GO". NSSF GO is a blend of electronic service channels including a mobile app, through... Read More

For most Ugandans, eating out is as simple as stopping by the nearest restaurant. That sometimes has unintended consequences such as terrible experience, unfair prices or just poor food. But if you are really up to some serious date or honeymoon or family dinner, then... Read More

When you become a parent or a guardian, you'll want to give the best education to your son or daughter. At least that's the dream of every parent in Africa. But searching for a good school can be a daunting task -- even in the... Read More

Over the last year, Facebook has worked closely with more than a dozen mobile operators across 17 countries to give people access to relevant basic internet services without data charges. Today Internet.org is available to more than a billion people. African countries where Internet.org has... Read More

Airbnb (https://www.airbnb.com), the world’s leading community-driven hospitality company, announced that its CEO, Brian Chesky will attend GES 2015 today to meet with entrepreneurs from around the world and explore the sharing economy’s impact and expansion, particularly on the African continent - which represents a huge... Read More

RTI International  (http://www.rti.org) - a leading nonprofit research institute - and IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Africa research lab (http://www.research.ibm.com/labs/africa) have announced a partnership to deploy big data analytics and cognitive technologies to help transform development approaches in Africa and around the world. In one of the... Read More

The online classified sector isn't new in Uganda. But, it's heating up. OLX, Naspers-backed online classified website jazzed things up a little bit with cool radio and TV Ads. Witty marketing and advertising coupled with good product development has sparked general interest in e-commerce among... Read More

A while back, a friend of mine that I consider smart and well educated updated their Facebook status with something beyond embarrassing not to mention hateful and down right toxic. They were very mad at Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu for supposedly making a racist... Read More