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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become the fifth East African member state to officially authorise Starlink to operate as an internet service provider in the country, marking a significant step toward expanding internet access nationwide. DRC joins the ranks of Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi where Starlink is currently operating as a satellite internet service. In a press release issued by the Regulatory Authority of Posts and Telecommunications of Congo (ARPTC), the government confirmed that it had granted a telecommunications license to Starlink DRC S.A., a Congolese-registered entity of the global satellite internet provider. The decision follows…
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Pay television service providers lost at least 31.9% subscribers in the 12 months to December 2024, according to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Market Performance Report. The loss is contained in four UCC Market Performance Reports, all of which registered a decline in subscriber numbers with the worst drop recorded in the three months to September 2022. The data was collected in over four quarters between January and December 2024. The 31.9% drop, according to UCC data, translates to an aggregate loss of 470,000 subscribers, which signals an increasing difficult operating environment for pay television service providers and the…
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Pay television platform – DStv – is losing at least UGX2.7 billion due to illegal reproduction of its exclusive content by third parties through internet live streaming. An investigation by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), which followed a formal complaint by MultiChoice Uganda found that residential and commercial piracy had led to enormous financial bleeding with DStv, as one of the its affected platforms losing at least UGX 2.74 billion per year. DStv, a direct broadcast satellite television service, is owned by MultiChoice. The company also owns GOtv. Thus, UCC has instituted a multi-agency probe that is seeking to find…
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Ugandan marketers converged on Friday last week at Protea Skyz Hotel in Kampala for the Annual Marketers’ Fireplace, their most significant event of the year, to discuss marketing excellence and driving business growth. The Marketers’ Fireplace is organised by the Uganda Marketers Society, an umbrella body which brings together marketers and business leaders in Uganda. With this year’s theme, ‘Marketing Excellence’, the Society hosted Joanita Menya Mukasa, the Managing Director at Vivo Energy Uganda, as the keynote speaker, who emphasised the need for marketers to elevate their place in the marketplace. In her keynote speech, titled: “How Marketers Elevate Their…
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In a historic visit to Uganda, former Airtel Africa Group CEO, Segun Ogunsanya took a trip to Kitende Secondary School, Entebbe in April 2023 to experience the fast Airtel internet used by the students, which formed part of his tour activities. Mr Ongusanya retired from his Group CEO role in July, 2024, and took over another role as the Chair of the Airtel Africa Charitable Foundation to advance the social and digital agenda in key areas of financial and digital inclusion, education access, and environmental protection. Kitende S.S is one of the many schools across Uganda connected to Airtel internet…
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As Uganda’s population increasingly embraces the digital age, the country’s internet landscape is undergoing a significant transformation. The once-dominant players, Airtel and MTN, now face stiff competition from a growing number of internet service providers (ISPs) offering a diverse range of solutions to meet the evolving needs of Ugandan homes and businesses. The fibre optic market, in particular, has seen a surge in activity, with established players like Liquid Telecom, Zuku, and Simba Telecom joined by newcomers such as Canal Box and Sprint. These ISPs are leveraging the power of fibre technology to deliver high-speed, reliable internet connectivity to an…
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group has announced a distribution partner agreement (DPA) with Eutelsat Group that seeks to make the enterprise-grade Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services available in Africa. The French Eutelsat Group is the world’s first satellite operator with an integrated Geostationary Equatorial Orbit and Low Earth Orbit infrastructure. On a continent where satellite technology is relatively new and limited in its reach, the satellite services will translate to enhanced performance for applications like cloud computing, video conferencing, and real time applications, amongst others. The strategic integration of the OneWeb low earth orbit satellite network allows…
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According to the Internet Poverty Index, produced by the World Data Labs and supported by the Internet Society Foundation, 31 million Ugandans can not afford the Internet or live under the Internet poverty line in 2023. This makes Uganda, the country with the 6th biggest number of people that can not afford the internet, ahead of China (29m) and Mozambique (27m), but just below Indonesia (34m) and Tanzania (41m). What do we mean by Internet Poverty, in this context? The internet is considered a basic right due to its significance in today’s world. It provides access to vast information, enabling…
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By Scott Mumford, Chief Commercial Officer Liquid Dataport & Chief Executive Officer Liquid Satellite Besides drumming up fascination on social media as people share photos and debate the “strange strings of lights in night’s sky,” satellites play a vital role in bringing connectivity to more than half of Africa’s 1.3 billion people who live in rural communities. This is because, despite Africa having come a long way in its connectivity journey, it still faces many challenges. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to improving connectivity on the continent. Africa has tricky terrain and lower population density in large rural areas, making…
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MTN Uganda under its enterprise arm of MTN Business has launched a first of its kind 3-in-1 offer for businesses in Uganda. The offer is designed to help businesses get more out of their operations with more control for business owners while allowing them to concentrate on growing their business. The three in one offer encompasses Voice, Internet, and MoMo for business, making it easy for enterprise customers to run their business operations effectively with the same seamless experience that MTN as a corporate entity has come to be known for. As part of the deal, business customers signing up…
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