Radio presenter resigns over MPs' car benefits

[Walter Wafula] Roger Mugisha, presenter of KFM's morning show, D'Mighty Breakfast, has resigned, the radio station announced today. 7 Feb 2012 14:54

Five Uganda FM radio stations go live on the Internet

[Edris Kisambira] JumpTV Inc., a broadcaster of international television and sports programming over the Internet, has began streaming Uganda's top five radio stations live via www.jumptv.com. 28 Sep 2007 12:42

Minister storms radio station, orders arrests

[Simon Peter Emwamu] Drama ensued on Saturday [31 January 2011] after the state minister for disaster preparedness, Musa Ecweru, reportedly stormed a community radio station in Soroti and allegedly ordered the arrest of talk show panelists, accusing them of defaming him. 4 Jan 2012 12:39

Inspire Africa TV show premiers in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] Season 1 of Project Inspire Africa, a reality TV show aimed at transforming Africa by discovering and empowering the continent's budding entrepreneurs premiered in Kampala on Wednesday, 4 January 2011. 6 Jan 2012 12:42

Kenya gets GOtv on DVB-T2 technology

[Carole Kimutai] The new pay TV provider, GOtv, which recently launched in Uganda, officially launched the digital terrestrial television service in Kenya last week and went live on 14 September 2011. The new pay service is aimed at giving Kenyan TV lovers access to news, children's programming, documentaries, series and movies. 19 Sep 2011 11:10

Airtel Money launches in Uganda

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

1000 journalists attacked in Uganda in 2011 - Report

[Miriam Mukama] Over 1000 journalists were in attacked in Uganda during 2011, according to the new Human Rights Network for Journalists report (HRNJ). The number is a huge leap compared to 58 journalists who were attacked in 2010 and 38 who were attacked in 2009. 9 Feb 2012 10:09

Africa's five major trends for potential growth

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] Population growth, rapid urbanisation, adoption of new technologies, unlocking of abundant resources and the deepening of the financial sector are the five major trends that are set to drive Africa's economic growth, Simon Freemantle, Standard Bank Africa senior analyst, told a media roundtable in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday, Thursday 6 October 2011. 7 Oct 2011 09:56

Uganda's Sun resurrects amid stiff competition

[Walter Wafula] The Kampala Sun, a new publication by Vision Group, is the latest addition to Uganda's newsstands. The tabloid has been revived seven years after the New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited (Vision Group), published and launched its first copy, although it didn't live to celebrate its first birthday. 13 Dec 2011 15:06

MultiChoice Uganda in new mobile payment deal

[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

Kenya retail supermarket among the best

[Carole Kimutai] Only one African retailer other than those out of South Africa has achieved a world ranking - and that retailer is in Kenya. 20 Jun 2007 11:47

R886m invested in varsity ICT

The Higher Education and Training Department says R886 million has been invested in connecting South African universities and public research organisations to each other at a minimum speed of 10 gigabits per second. 26 Jan 2012 12:25

African mobile advertising market continues growth - InMobi

JOHANNESBURG: InMobi, the independent mobile ad network, has released its April 2011 Mobile Insights Report for Africa providing insights on mobile advertising trends on the continent. Data from the report shows that InMobi now serves 4.2 billion impressions a month in Africa, up 21% from 3.5 billion in January 2011. 6 Jun 2011 12:11