Technology

Guaranty Trust Bank (Uganda) Ltd (GTBank) has announced the launch of the GTBank Debit Mastercard in Uganda, becoming the first issuer of Mastercard in the country. The launch of the GTBank Debit Mastercard in Uganda...

US-based social networking site Facebook signed an agreement Tuesday with a private telephone company in Uganda to improve the telecom infrastructure in the country, over a month after the industry regulator, Uganda Communications Commission Executive...

Ugandan financial tech startups have not made it to the finals of the ‘Ecobank Fintech Challenge,’ a competition for African technology start-ups launched in January 2017. Instead, neighbors Kenyan have five; MobiTill, TEAM SAFEPA, Greenshoe, Shield...

Uganda’s enterprising developers and innovators have Thursday entered the final stage of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) backed Transport Management Hackathon. The two-day event part of UCC’s annual innovation awards (ACIA) alongside ResilientAfrica Network (Secretariat...

Google, Convergence Partners, International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”) have signed an agreement to invest in CSquared, a broadband infrastructure company focused on building wholesale metro fibre optic networks and enabling...

There was a mad rush for information from the ‘e2 Young Engineers’ exhibition stall over the weekend during the first ever Kampala Baby Expo 2017, in Kampala Uganda. The e2 Young Engineers Programme, a STEM...

Edmund Kamugisha Engagement Director BLEGSCOPE® A few years ago, while I worked in a leading business and management consultancy firm, I became a huge fan of Management Guru - Peter Drucker....

In order to fight youth unemployment, a group of youth innovated a SACCO called Mushana Youth SACCO the first digitalized youth financial institution in Uganda. According Janson Mugabe the lead innovator and Chief Executive Officer...

The Uganda government has revealed a Shs 342bn (about 90 million Euros) concessional loan from different European countries for the construction of the Shs 418bn Muzizi hydropower plant project. The project is at River Muzizi...

There have been several claims of outdated posts being re-shared on users' timelines without their permission. Though the cause of the issue is unknown, the timing has people wondering if the glitch is related to...