Mr. Jimmy Douglas Mugerwa and Dr. Aminah Zawedde have been reappointed to the dfcu Limited Board of Directors after being seconded by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting that was held last week at Hotel Africana in Kampala. Mr Mugerwa will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors while Dr Zawedde will serve as a Non- Executive Director on the dfcu Limited Board, the holding company of dfcu Bank. The two were bound to retire from the Board but offered themselves for re- election. Mugerwa is the founder and Chief Exective Officer of Zoramu Consulting Group Ltd, a senior…
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MultiChoice Africa Holdings B.V and Uganda’s Ministry of ICT and National Guidance have announced a new cooperation agreement geared towards establishing stronger partnerships in digitalisation, enhancing the local content sector, intellectual property rights protection and skills development within the applicable legal frameworks. The signing ceremony took place in Johannesburg, South Africa – for purposes of technical facilities benchmarking- and was graced by Dr. Aminah Zawedde, the ICT Ministry Permanent Secretary. The Memorandum of Understanding covers MultiChoice Africa, and its associate MultiChoice Uganda, as the local partner, and further provides for continued strengthening of future co-operation with the ICT Ministry. Dr…
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The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance Permanent Secretary, Dr Aminah Zawedde has launched the West Nile regional ICT Innovation Hub at Muni University in Arua city which is set to boost local entrepreneurship in the region. The need for a regional ICT innovation hub stemmed from the challenges faced by West Nile entrepreneurs in accessing critical resources, getting guidance and internship required as they expand their businesses. Prof. Robert Kajobe, the Muni University Director of Graduate Training, Research and Innovation said, the regional hub will help in addressing the problems entrepreneurs face such as lack of meeting or training…
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The upcoming Intellectual Property (IP) conference set for Wednesday, April 24th at Four Points by Sheraton in Kampala, is anticipated to provide innovators with comprehensive knowledge about intellectual property rights and their significance in innovation. The conference organised by the Ministry of Information, Communications Technology, and National Guidance, in collaboration with the ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU) also seeks to provide a much-needed platform for innovators to showcase their innovations and seek support on related intellectual property rights assessment, registration, and commercialization. Shirley Gladys Nakyejwe, the Intellectual Property Management Specialist at the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, said the…
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The proposal to form a new national telecommunications company was curved out at a high- stakes meeting that was held at State House, Entebbe on Friday 12th, March 2021. The…
Huawei Uganda in collaboration with 360 Mentor Africa, hosted a session on Twitter spaces discussing the importance of Cyber Security. Over 850 people logged on to listen to an informed panel of industry shapers and representatives of decision-making bodies in government. Dr. Aminah Zawedde (Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance), Engineer Irene Sewankambo (Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission), Arnold Mangeni (Director of Information Security at NITA- U), Noah Baalessanvu, (Head of Technology CryptoSavannah), Emmanuel Chagara (CEO Milima Security), Priscilla Mutebi (Head of Legal and Data Protection Officer, Huawei Uganda) and Host of 360 Mentor, Robert…
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Centenary Technology Services (Cente-Tech) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership to improve farmers’ livelihoods by digitalizing agribusinesses through a single digital agri-based marketplace. Over the next two years, the two organizations will implement a single platform named the ‘Farmer Hub’ as a public good designed to provide access to digital services for farmers in their day-to-day lives. Officiating at the launch, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT & National Guidance, Dr Aminah Zawedde, congratulated UNCDF and Cente-Tech upon the landmark initiative, committing Government support in the private sector led technology intervention. “Digital…
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Between 22nd – 27th March 2022, Uganda participated at the Expo 2020 Dubai Innovation Week in a bid to further position Uganda as a BPO and innovation investment destination. Leading the Ugandan delegation to the event was the Uganda State Minister for ICT & National Guidance, Kabbyanga Godfrey Baluku as well as the Permanent Secretary, Dr Aminah Zawedde. The Ugandan team also included private sector players, mainly startups, members from the BPO & Innovation Council, as well as a delegation from Cente Technologies, a technology arm of the Centenary Group. At the event’s closing ceremony, held at the Hyatt Regency…
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The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, Cente-Tech, the ICT wing of Centenary Group, together with The Innovation Village have embarked on discussions aimed at boosting the IT sector which will lead to socio-economic development in turn. The discussions involved Cente-Tech acting CEO Dr Grace Ssekakubo and Chief Technology Officer -CTO Peter Kahiigi and the ICT Permanent Secretary, Dr Aminah Zawedde who later on, met with the CEO The Innovation Village, Japheth Kawanguzi. Ssekakubo said Cente Tech provides holistic technology solutions and delivers innovation that matters to enable and inspire growth. “We seek partnership to support Government of Uganda in…
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Entebbe Municipal Council and Sunbird AI shave igned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use Ugandan built noise monitoring sensors to measure, monitor and record levels of noise and noise pollution in Entebbe. This is part of a larger initiative by Sunbird AI to do environmental sensing Sunbird AI is a not for profit organisation with a specific focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social good. Sunbird AI executes its mandate through the development of practical AI solutions for societal challenges which contributes to the generation of evidence for policy formulation. Authorities in Entebbe want to address the health and…
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