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Vodafone Uganda gets new CEO
KAMPALA: Allan Richardson has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Uganda. He takes over from Tage Rasmussen who has been acting in the position since earlier this year.Read more... |...
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Court rules mobile money in Uganda illegal
A Ugandan Court has pronounced that mobile money business operated by the five major telecommunication companies in the country is illegal...Read more... | Send to a friend
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Uganda's 'Uber for motorcycle taxis' shows it pays to be safe
KAMPALA: When Silver Tumwesigye, a sharply-dressed Ugandan motorbike taxi driver known by his nickname 'Silverstone,' had an accident six years ago it was a double blow.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Moving money from Rwanda to Uganda through MTN Mobile Money
MTN Uganda has announced the launch of cross-border mobile money transfer services between Rwanda and Uganda. This new service will allow customers in both countries to transact via Mobile Money...
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Innovation Awards launch in Uganda with MTN
MTN has launched the Innovations Awards platform to recognise outstanding applications fostering progress using technology and enabling communities and businesses in Uganda. Submission of entries...
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Uganda's M-PESA services to boost economic growth
NEWSWATCH: A partnership between Safaricom and Uganda's leading operator MTN means M-PESA users can now send money to the country.Read more... | Send to a friend
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WorldRemit opens up MTN Mobile Money wallets in Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia
WorldRemit and MTN Group launched their joint services, following the signing of a global partnership agreement earlier this year, to enable WorldRemit customers all over the world to send...
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Mobile phone users in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya hit 700 million
Sura Nualpradid via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>The profile of mobile phone subscriptions in Africa, especially the sub-Saharan (SSA) region has increased tremendously. According to reports,...
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Smile becomes first East African mobile operator to introduce Voice over LTE
Smile Communications Uganda ("Smile Uganda") (https://Smile.co.ug) announced the introduction of two 4G LTE innovations to its customers in Uganda - SmileVoice and SmileUnlimited.Read more... | Send to...
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WebPhone apps for Uganda smartphones
MTN has introduced a new mobile and web app called WebPhone that is an alternative cost-effective way of communication for frequent travellers and those living in the diaspora.Read more... | Send to a...
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MTN Uganda launches SME business support centre
MTN CEO Brian Gouldie</span>In a bid to further consolidate its effort in supporting and enabling SMEs in Uganda, MTN Uganda today announced two new innovative solutions that have been designed...
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Ericsson joins alliance to drive a digital Africa
Image by 123RF</span>The SMART Africa Secretariat and Ericsson have entered an information and communications technologies (ICT) partnership to meet the goal of developing a more connected and...
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Unlocking Africa's digital potential
(L-R) Mike van den Bergh, PCCW Global; Funke Opeke, MainOne; Chris Wood, WIOCC; Willem Marais, Liquid Telecom SA; Russell Southwood, Balancing Act</span>International Telecommunications Week...
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Mobile money aid for humanitarian disasters
Image by 123RF</span>Ericsson has committed to developing the Ericsson Emergency Wallet, a mobile financial services solution, for deployment in the immediate aftermath of disaster or crises to...
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Rise of African fintech changes how Africans transact
Image by 123RF</span>Fintech is disrupting the way ordinary Africans manage and use money. And these fintech players are standing up to traditional institutions as a force to be reckoned...
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First Pan-African OOH measurement product
Kantar Media, GeoPoll and Cuende have announced the first Pan-African Out of Home measurement product. The global leaders in audience research will be using satellite imagery and mobile survey data to...
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Africa more vulnerable to mobile malware
Quarterly analysis of the global Threat Index by Check Point Software Technologies reveals deep disparities in the threat environments in Africa, and the potential for increased attacks as...
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MTN and sponsors aid bio-toilet project
MTN’s CEO Brian Gouldie handing over a dummy cheque of MTN Marathon proceeds worth shs.500 million to executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Jenifer Musisi.</span>MTN...
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Nigeria promotes ridesharing in Africa
At the start of the last century, just one in seven people worldwide lived in cities. Today it's half, and by 2050, the UN predicts, another 2.5 billion people will be living in urban areas. This has...
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From an idea to an app - how not to fail
©Monika Wisniewska via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>Apps fail all the time and so do ideas. It is agonising if you are the conceiver of the idea or the developer behind the app and it's even...
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