United States of America‘s first Lady, Melania Trump has made an announcement that she intends to make a solo visit, the first of its kind, to four African countries in October. Melania Trump made this declaration yesterday on September 26, 2018 while at a reception at the United States mission to the United Nations in […]
Popular muscian Joseph Mayanja alias Jose Chameleone has written to President Yoweri Museveni today August 16, 2018 begging the President to forgive the Kyadondo East MP Hon. Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi a.k.a Bobi Wine. This follows treason charges placed on Bobi Wine by police that accuse him of illegal possession of dangerous weapons( guns) and inciting violence […]
Film star,Arnold Schwarzenegger has helped to ‘move mountains’ in the lives of many through a series of social media exchanges with a depressed fan only identified as Ali and screen name “u/0770059834333178” Ali sent Mr Schwarzenegger a message requesting for some motivational words from the famous former body-builder from months’ depression. Image copyrightREDDIT / U/0770059834333178 Ali, […]
Story by BECKY KISOZI NALUYIMA When I heard the word VPN, it struck my mind straight away.WHATS VPN? A person may not really know what exactly it is. VPN is Virtual Private Network and it’s the latest free to access service that opens or decrypts blocked applications, sites, links and urls without any subscription, it keeps your service and enables […]
This follows an outcry and anger from the citizens who, rather than make mobile money transactions as was before the taxes, prefer to use public means such as motorcycles, taxis to transfer money as they found it cheaper to travel than incur the extra costs that come with the tax. For social media, users have […]
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has handed over 50 biometric card readers to Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) to aid in the process of simcard replacements and swaps. The handover was officiated by NIRA Executive Director, Ms Judy Obitre-Gama. These machines will in turn be handed over to Telecommunication companies soon to aid them […]
Watch the live coverage of the second edition of Uganda National Journalism Awards 2015 being brought to you by Ultimate Multimedia Consult. The awarding ceremony is taking place in Kampala, Uganda this Wednesday 8th, April 2015. A total of 50 journalists were shortlisted for the awards organised by African Centre for Media Excellency with support […]
The Center for International Media Assistance and the National Endowment for Democracy sponsored this study into digital media trends in Africa and the impact on people and development in general. The result was this report titled: Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, mobile phones and digital trends in Africa. The report notes that Africa will become predominantly urban within […]
Activating Social Media is a report by Digital live that studies how the world lives online. How to people of different categories spend their time online? What kind of tools and platform must those targeting people online focus on? This simple report is vital in helping you understand branding and information sharing practices that succeed online. Click […]