The internet can seem an airy, intangible thing. But at an industrial park near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, the digital revolution is arriving with graders and gravel. A new data centre, the first of its kind in Uganda, is being built here by a new company called Raxio. “I look at this as a real...
Uganda police have charged 37 Chinese nationals for a range of telecoms-linked offences including the illegal possession of over 2 000 SIM cards. All but four of those charged have pleaded guilty and are being remanded in custody while awaiting sentencing. The accused were charged with the unlawful procurement of 1895 Airtel SIM cards and...
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is committed to increasing access to and use of digital services in the North and West Nile regions of Uganda. The organization announced on March 19, 2020 the signing, for this purpose, of partnerships with digital service providers. It will help them develop digital solutions and make them available to...
Further to the roll out of its asset realisation programme (‘ARP’), introduced in March 2019, MTN Group has confirmed it has received regulatory approval for the disposal of its stake in ATC Ghana. This follows the company’s announcement on 11 March 2020 reporting its 2019 annual results and the conclusion of the disposal of its...
MTN Uganda has agreed to pay USD100 million to renew its licence for a further ten years. The decision follows more than a year of negotiations, during which the South African-owned cellco has been forced to operate under a series of temporary permits. It was reported last year that the government was pushing for a USD118...
Airtel Uganda has announced the departure of its managing director VG Somasekhar effective 31 March. Somasekhar expressed his desire to move to India, where he will continue to be associated with the Bharti Airtel group. Somasekhar has helped build Airtel Uganda into a strong brand and was instrumental in rolling out 4G across the country,...
Uganda’s government is looking to borrow US$150-million from the Exim Bank of China to reinforce the African country’s national backbone infrastructure project. Uganda and China remain in negotiations over the exact terms and conditions of the loan. The national backbone infrastructure project is ongoing since 2011 and its objectives are to connect all major towns...
Government plans to borrow $150 million (about Shs550 billion) from Exim Bank of China to carry out investments in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, State minister for ICT Peter Ogwang has said. According to Mr Ogwang, the money will be used to equip secondary schools countrywide with computers to facilitate e-learning. He made...
The Ugandan government has announced its intention to build an ICT innovation center worth Shillings 7 billion ($ 1.91 million) at the Ugandan Institute for Information Technology and communication (UICT) in Nakawa, a suburb of Kampala. It was revealed by the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Judith Nabakooba. She stressed that the center which...
In 2017, government announced the free wifi that would be in Kampala and surrounding areas. It was to be implemented by National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U). NITA-U procured 10Giga bits per second (Gbps) upstream internet bandwidth under an indefeasible right to use arrangement. This means the Authority cannot undo its purchase agreement. But...
