David Okwii

Along Kampala Road at the Uganda Post Office building used to be an old and rusty tourist Map of Kampala City. The objective of this map was simple; to guide first-timers -- that included tourists from abroad and locals from other towns in the country... Read More

The name of Nokia Corporation/Nokia Oyj will change to Microsoft Mobile Oy ahead of the closure of Nokia-Microsoft deal before the end of April, if the contents of a leaked letter in Finland are to be believed. WPCentral, a reliable website devoted to Windows Phone news... Read More

The long wait is finally over for desktop operating system enthusiasts. Ubuntu Linux version 14.04 LTS (code named "Trusty Tahr") has been released and available for download on the Ubuntu website. In an earlier post, we mentioned a few new features that are shipping with the new... Read More

Samsung is proving that Apple's iPhone isn't the only most coveted smartphone when it revealed on Monday that its Galaxy S5 sold better than the Galaxy S4 did during its opening weekend. The company however, remained silent with the actual figures that were sold. On April 11th, the Samsung... Read More

March 2014 - PIVOT East is East Africa’s premier mobile startups pitching competition and conference held annually since 2011. PIVOT East is comprised of a series of activities that culminate in the finalists conference. It is organised by m:lab East Africa - a consortium comprising... Read More

22nd March 2014, Kampala- Airtel Uganda, leading telecom in Uganda’s telecom industry, has launched an interactive mobile app for its customers. The launch of MAMA mobile applications is a key step by Airtel Telecom towards service innovation. The “My Airtel My App”( MAMA ) is... Read More

The internet is Facebook in most of Africa! Yes, i know that’s an audacious statement until you consider the stats. There are about 50 million Facebook users in Africa out of a total of about 167 million internet users on the continent. Facebook users alone... Read More

Mobile visionaries as well as internet giants are at the mobile world capital in Barcelona, Spain to deliberate on what they believe should be the new direction that the industry should take. The 3-day glamorous event is punctuated by the latest flagship devices from global... Read More

As a way of setting up a National coordinated approach for handling Information Security incidents, a National Computer Emergency Response Team / Coordination Centre (National CERT/CC) responsible for receiving, reviewing, and responding to computer security incident reports and activity for both the public and private... Read More