Technology & Innovation

‘Smartcare App’ Facilitates Smart Medical Supplies System

CEO ReporterTechnology & InnovationFebruary 1, 2023April 25, 2023

As part of the innovation to make customer relations friendlier, National Medical Stores has come up with the Smart Care, a set of digital products to enhance real time feedback….

Ugandan youth to participate in the Dubai Expo 2020 to promote ICT innovators and BPO practitioners

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisTechnology & InnovationJanuary 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Uganda’s Ministry of ICT & National Guidance has revealed that a team of selected ICT innovators & BPO practitioners will represent the ICT sector during the Innovation week at the…

Hisense Mobile launches partnership with Airtel Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisTechnology & InnovationDecember 9, 2021December 9, 2021

Airtel Uganda and Hisense Mobile announced a partnership to promote Hisense 4G smartphones using Airtel’s double data offer of 100% bonus data for 3 months on the countrywide 4G network…

Tabu Butagira named NMG Managing Editor for Uganda as Group Makes Numerous Changes

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisTechnology & InnovationMay 11, 2021May 11, 2021

Numerous Changes Tabu Butagira has been appointed the new Managing Editor for the Nation Media Group (NMG) in Uganda, in the Group’s re-shuffle announced Monday May 10. Butagira will see…

Standard Chartered’s digital-first leap of faith begins paying off; bank bounces back to No.3 position

CEO ReporterBanking & Financial ServicesTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryMay 5, 2021May 9, 2021

Standard Chartered Bank Uganda (SCBU), a subsidiary of the out-of-London global banking giant, Standard Chartered Plc, has bounced back into the industry’s top three largest banks, according to its just-released…

Airtel Africa’s Mobile Money Business Gets $100m Investment from Mastercard

CEO ReporterCompany NewsTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryApril 12, 2021April 12, 2021

Airtel Africa on April signed an agreement under which Mastercard, a leading innovator and global technology company in the payments industry, will invest $100m in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (“AMC…

URSB Partners With Higher Institutions to Protect Intellectual Property Innovations

CEO ReporterTechnology & InnovationFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 2021

Intellectual property (IP) protection is critical for protecting Uganda’s proprietary designs, processes, and inventions that, if leaked to competitors or made public, could ruin the country’s market advantage across the…

You Can Curb Internet Misuse Without Hurting Economy – Tec Expert Tells Government

URNTechnology & InnovationJanuary 25, 2021January 25, 2021

James Wire, a technology and business consultant says the focus has been mainly put on large organisations especially banks, yet multitudes of small enterprises, which are termed “the backbone of…

PROFILE: Meet Frank Kagyigi Tumwebaze; probably one of President Museveni’s most hard-working and no-nonsense ministers

CEO ReporterTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryJanuary 11, 2021January 11, 2021

If you are an ardent Twitter user, you most have likely seen, several times a day, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze’s tweets and or retweets, commenting about several topics, ranging from ICT,…

Signum Advocates’ Ian Mutibwa on The Future Of Retail In Uganda― digital disruption of business is here, it is real; start acting now or drown!

Muhereza KyamuteteraTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 2021

What are the biggest challenges in retail post-COVID-19? Most retail businesses were closed during lockdown and had to evolve online. Businesses were forced to restructure on the employment side. Employees…