Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Telecom firm, Airtel Africa is in talks for a $200 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s arm focused on financing private sector ventures in emerging markets. The African subsidiary of Bharti Airtel plans to utilize the funds to cover its capital …
Read More »Airtel Uganda Activates First 5G Site at Bulange
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has activated the first 5G site at Bulange in Mengo to boost connectivity and digital inclusion in Uganda. In February this year, Airtel Uganda conducted tests on 11 4G sites in Kampala after applying for a spectrum to Uganda Communications Commission to …
Read More »Airtel’s 5G Network
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Feb.22, Airtel Uganda announced that their Smartphone Network is now ready for the trailblazing 5G technology. The development was announced at their Clement Hill office by the Managing Director, Manoj Murali. 5G is the 5th generation mobile network that enables a new kind of …
Read More »African internet stakeholders discuss ways to improve network interconnection
Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | A forum of internet stakeholders opened Wednesday in Rwanda’s capital Kigali to discuss how to improve local and regional network interconnection. The Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) was organized by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the African IXP Association (AFIX) in collaboration with the Rwanda …
Read More »Uganda Airlines CEO Bamuturaki discusses network, fleet and strategic plans
Johannesburg, South Africa | AIRSPACE AFRICA | Uganda Airlines is one of Africa’s youngest airline projects having launched operations in late 2019 and only this year being awarded by Ch-aviation with the accolade of “Airline with the youngest fleet in the world”. Serving a Ugandan market that was on the up …
Read More »Nawangwe promises stable network as online exams commence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has assured students of a stable network throughout the online examination period via the eLearning platform MUELE-Makerere University eLearning Environment. Students will access their examinations and upload their work to the same platform upon completion. Ever since the …
Read More »50 years after internet conception, dark side stirs fear
San Francisco, United States | AFP | On October 29, 1969, professor Leonard Kleinrock and a team at the University of California at Los Angeles got a computer to “talk” to a machine in what is now known as Silicon Valley. The event gave birth to a network that later became …
Read More »France to seek tougher oversight of 5G network gear
Paris, France | AFP | France will require telecommunications companies to allow more government oversight and control of the equipment required for next-generation 5G wireless networks due to security concerns, a government official said Tuesday. The move comes as several Western nations have barred China’s Huawei from participating in contracts for …
Read More »Farmer network hits 1 million users in Uganda, Kenya
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Wefarm, one of the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital networks has announced that it has reached over 1.1 million users across Kenya and Uganda. The network said in a notice shared on Oct.16 that farmers have asked and answered more than one million questions through Wefarm …
Read More »I want to own a TV network
By Joan Akello Mariam Ndagire, CEO Trendz Studios Ltd. The performing artist talked to Joan Akello about entertainment and her dreams What do we not know about you? I’m shy; especially the attention that comes when you are off the stage is uncomforting. I love little children, and that my …
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