
Airtel Uganda yesterday launched its mobile money platform named
Airtel Money. The service provides consumers with convenient access to affordable and innovative financial services through their mobile phones.
1 Feb 2012 10:11[Staff Reporter] A revealing infographic created by Hub Research, which documents the mobile infrastructure in Uganda, is throwing up some interesting insights about mobile use in Africa.
19 Jan 2012 11:22 
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple has announced that the latest version of its hot-selling iPhones will be released in China and 21 other countries on 13 January. It is already available in South Africa.
6 Jan 2012 09:43
[Walter Wafula] Ugandan journalists will benefit from the inaugural TechFest Uganda expo, a technology expo which aims to encourage professionals from different industries to exploit today's technology innovations to their advantage, which takes place from 18-19 November 2011 alongside the Orange Expo 2011 (UMA Show grounds), in Kampala.
17 Nov 2011 09:39
TransferTo and the MTN Group last week announced that the implementation of their International Airtime Transfer (IAT) partnership in MTN operating companies is well underway.
14 Nov 2011 12:15Mobilising public services in Africa, the white paper compiled by Informa Telecoms & Media and available at the
AfricaCom event taking place from today, Wednesday, 9 November until Thursday 10 November 2011 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa, reveals that South Africa is more ready than Kenya and Egypt in terms of embracing mobile government services.
9 Nov 2011 09:55 
As of 30 September 2011, the MTN Group has recorded 158 590 000 subscribers, an increase of 4.1% from 152 272 000 subscribers recorded at 30 June 2011.
31 Oct 2011 10:10
Airtel Uganda on Friday, 14 October 2011, said it would offer its BlackBerry customers a service waiver following a global outage attributed to the service provider Research in Motion (RIM).
17 Oct 2011 13:30
[Walter Wafula] Payment of monthly DStv subscription fees is set to ease for many Ugandan subscribers following a deal between MultiChoice Uganda, a pay television service provider and Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), a mobile operator.
12 Oct 2011 12:53
[Walter Wafula] Bizcommunity.com has suspended the article 'AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive' by Walter Wafula, published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, pending an investigation in the correctness of the facts. We regret any confusion caused.
21 Sep 2011 12:00
[Walter Wafula] At the recent Google's gUganda conference held in Kampala, Ugandan journalists were urged to embrace digital tools such as smartphones and tablet computers to secure their future as content providers.
19 Sep 2011 12:37
Pan-African consumers can now vote for their most admired and valued brands in the inaugural Brand Africa 100 Awards, which coincides with the second annual
Brand Africa Forum. The continent's most valued brands will be revealed at an awards ceremony on Thursday, 29 September 2011 at Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa .
15 Sep 2011 14:25Mobile news services offer high hopes for African publishers, who now have a new handbook to help them develop their mobile media and mobile businesses.
10 Aug 2011 15:00
[Walter Wafula] A section of pay television consumers in Uganda can now pay their monthly bills via the MTN Mobile Money transfer platform. Last week, StarTimes a brand of Chinese-owned Star DTV, became the second pay TV service provider to enable its customers to make use of the mobile phone payment channel to settle their bills.
12 Jul 2011 10:04