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, gender, labour, and national politics. He is an unapologetic and intense supporter of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and spends considerable time preaching about the achievements of the government. He is also not shy to admit mistakes where things have gone wrong. At some point you cannot help but wonder, when this 45-year-old Minister sits down to work. But for those who know him well, they will tell you…
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Huawei Uganda has awarded three students who represented Uganda in the Huawei ICT global competition Africa stage. The students took first position and will represent Africa at the global stage next year. Team Uganda was represented by two network teams each comprising of three students, of which one took first position on the African continent. This winning team comprises of two students from Muni University and one from Lira University. These winners will proceed to the global finals in China to compete at global level in November. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance and Chief…
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Hon Judith Nabakooba, the new Minister of ICT and National Guidance, together with her Minister of State, Hon Peter Ogwang took office today, pledging to continue executing Digital Uganda Vision, the ministry’s national policy and strategic framework that seeks to align all government agencies to drive universal connectivity, local ICT Innovations, e-government and cybersecurity in line with Vision 2040. While receiving instruments of office from the exiting Minister, Hon Frank Tumwebaze at a handover ceremony held at the ministry’s headquarters on Parliament Avenue, in Kampala, Hon Nabakooba said that while she would give the ministry and ministry agency teams all…
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today, officially opened the inaugural National ICT Innovation Expo with a pledge to cut down on imported solutions and increased funding for ICT innovators. President Museveni, who was the Chief Guest at the Expo that runs from today December 17th -18th commended the “different Ugandans who are embracing technology as a game-changer in the face of human and global needs.” “Technology is no longer a choice but a necessity, I would, therefore, like to assure Ugandans that we will work towards eliminating import solutions in the ICT sector, such money should be diverted to local innovators,”…
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This July 2019, SafeBoda, a Ugandan based and birthed venture-backed bike-hailing start-up announced they had opened their operations in Kenya, East Africa’s biggest economy. The company is also in advanced stages to open up their operations in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country. Safeboda is one of a few Ugandan companies daring to set-up in Kenya and later alone Nigeria in the far-off west Africa- but if this sounds odd to you, then you understand Uganda’s ambition to increase its export earnings by leveraging ICT exports. Currently, Uganda’s ICT exports are miniscule and form an estimated less than…
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