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By Julius Businge Uganda will on Apr. 25 host the third annual East Africa Banking and ICT Security Summit in Kampala under the theme; ‘Strengthening Banking and ICT  development in Africa’. Available information indicates that the one day summit organised by Cyber Security Africa, co-hosted by National Information Technology Authority …

By Ronald Musoke A recently released joint report by the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the African Union has noted that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovations are delivering home-grown solutions in Africa, transforming businesses and driving entrepreneurship and economic growth. The report says that in just the …

By Julius Businge The junior minister for information and communication technologies, Nyombi Thembo has urged the mobile phone suppliers/companies to find a way of disciplining those companies that forge their genuine products and sell them to consumers. Thembo was speaking as the chief guest at a dinner organised by Samsung …

By Ronald Musoke Uganda’s minister for Information and Communication Technologies, Ruhakana Rugunda wants Ugandans to go digital by fully adopting paperless communication in their everyday lives. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Ministry of ICT in Kampala on Nov. 14 ahead of the Africa ICT Week, Rugunda noted …

By rukiya makuma On Friday Feb. 11, history was made in terms of elections for a political office in Uganda. One of the most successful innovations was the first ever live debate broadcast on television, radio and live-streamed on the internet. The hotly contested Kampala Mayor race was the guinea …