By Ebenezer Asante An ICT boom has started in Rwanda but how smart are users in adopting ICTs in everyday life? From October 2 to 3, Rwanda held the Smart Rwanda conference. Held under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and ICT the conference flowed from the Smart Africa …
Read More »UTL in new innovation
By Patrick Kagenda After the Uganda Communications Commission issuing a notice to all telecom operators to stop sending unsolicited SMS to their clients, UTL has come up with an innovation that will enable a client to block any unsolicited SMS. In a statement, Uganda Telecom said it has introduced Do …
Read More »The innovation enigma
By Joseph E. Stiglitz Its profitability may not be a good measure of its net contribution to our standard of living Around the world, there is enormous enthusiasm for the type of technological innovation symbolised by Silicon Valley. In this view, America’s ingenuity represents its true comparative advantage, which others …
Read More »USAID backs innovation in Uganda
By Pearl Natamba Uganda has hailed the U.S government for supporting it in the Innovations for local government social services delivery program to foster local government social services delivery through innovations, at its official launch on Feb.5 at Protea Hotel,Kampala. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), committed US$ …
Read More »Innovation keeps us ahead
By Patrick Kagenda Interview with Lamin Manjang, Chief Executive and Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank (U). When do you start your day? I normally start my day by 5:30am in the morning when I do my early morning prayers as a Muslim. I watch a bit of business news …
Read More »What executives make of innovation
By James P. Andrew As executives breathe out after surviving the Great Recession, they find they’re gazing on a New Reality. The meltdown accelerated many trends that had been merely budding pre-crisis. There has been no time for slow and steady adaptation to the pressures and challenges of a new …
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