The Parliamentary Committee on Information and Communication Technology has tasked the Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology Nyombi Thembo to explain why the government has not established the ICT Tribunal to handle complaints on theft of mobile money. Members of Parliament were concerned that even though Ugandans are robbed of money estimated at […]
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly have finalized plans to tour the East African Community Partner States (Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda) to collect stakeholders’ views and submissions on the envisaged East African Community Electronic Transactions Bill 2014. The visit which involves the Assembly’s Committee on Communication, Trade and Investment chaired by Ugandan […]
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has type-approved Free-to-Air Set Top Boxes (STBs) or Decoders for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting in Uganda. Details of vendors dealing in Type Approved STBs can be found on the UCC website: www.ucc.co.ug an abstract is provided below: BRAND MODEL COMPANY ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON CONTACT ADDRESS FINLUX FX500HD Syscorp International […]
The UgIn a public notice issues on Wednesday the commission also wants pay televisions to ensure that 20% of their bouquet offering carries Ugandan channels. The UCC says the move is aimed at ensuring that the communications sector plays its role in promoting national development. The new quota regulations take effect on January 1st 2014, but it […]
Scholarships for the Blind: Each year at its national convention in July, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) gives a broad array of 30 scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. All applicants for these scholarships: must be legally blind, and must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study […]
Qn: Where can one get/what are the latest statistics/trends on internet usage in Uganda, e.g. Number of Users, Demographics, Average growth rates, Mobile usage, et.c. Answer: The most comprehensive internet usage and population statistics for Africa can be found at http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats1.htm
By Solomon Akugizibwe On Thursday 4th August, 2011 Toro Development Network (ToroDev) Staff had a tiresome but rather fruitful journey to the pre-dominantly maize growing areas of Kamwenge District in Western Uganda. The reason was to asses’ progress of ToroDev’s in Partnership with Stem van Afrika interventions in Rural FM radio broadcasting for Entrepreneurship Development […]
A workshop on Satellite Communications for English speaking countries in Africa will be held in Kampala, Uganda, from 22 to 26, August 2011. The workshop will be hosted by Makerere University School of Information and Computer Science. According to a statement from the organizers, the workshop is part of a capacity building partnership entered into between […]
The Minister of information and communication technology (ICT) Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has called for a harmonized policy on digital migration in the east African community. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda said this during the opening of the East African community task force meeting on digital broad casting that attracted experts from across the region. He called upon […]
News Release: Siemens Energy has received an order to deliver 63 of its SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines for five wind power plants in Brazil. The wind turbines have a rating of 2.3 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 101 meters. Purchaser is the utility Tractebel Energia, headquartered in Florianópolis, Brazil. After commissioning in late 2012, […]