the Digital community of Uganda

Ugandan IT movement gets boost from Austrian government

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:58:00 +0200

When one woman living near Gulu, a city in northern Uganda, found her mushrooms would not grow, she was left befuddled and desperate. She was a widow with five children in school, and the mushrooms were the only source of income for the impoverished family. After approaching neighbours and family for ultimately ineffective advice, the woman turned to a seemingly unlikely source in the rural, agriculture-based landscape: the internet.
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Evolution boosts computer literacy in Uganda

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:37:00 +0200

Evolution Technology Labs, a new training-needs service provider, has set up an ICT Lab at Santa Lucia Basic School in Uganda through a partnership with the Wakiso district-based school. The beneficiaries are trained in using computers and other IT hardware and software applications including Microsoft Office, the Internet and Typing Master.
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New broadband service provider launches in Kampala

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:40:00 +0200

The Broadband Company, a new internet, data and voice service firm in Uganda plans to start its commercial services in Kampala this Friday, 10 July 2009.
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US$75 million credit for Ugandan energy and ICT transformation

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:17:00 +0200

WASHINGTON: The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a US$75 million International Development Association (IDA) credit early last week to finance the second phase of the Energy for Rural Transformation Program (ERT) in Uganda. The first phase of the ERT program was approved in 2001 and was completed in February, 2009.
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Uganda resumes fibre optic cable construction

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:59:00 +0200

Sixteen new districts will be hooked onto Uganda's National Data Transmission Backbone in 2009 once construction of the second phase of the broadband cable begins. Over 1,500 kilometres of optical fibre cable will be constructed to extend the communication infrastructure to more towns.
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Uganda's rural poor get internet

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:32:00 +0200

The spread of the internet to Uganda's rural areas has sparked off excitement among residents giving them hope for future flourishing businesses through communication with the outside world.
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Uganda's ICT industry lauded by ITU

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0200

Uganda's government has been lauded for turning around what was once an inadequately governed communication sector to an advanced, robust and prosperous information and communication technology industry in the last ten years.
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Microsoft, USAID boost management of Uganda's education system

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:27:00 +0200

In a bid to build capacity in the management of students and teachers information, the Microsoft Corporation and the United States Agency for International Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement an Education Management Information System (EMIS), with the government of Uganda through its Ministry of Education and Sports.
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ICT stakeholders to assess impact of technology on Uganda

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:30:00 +0200

Key stakeholders in the information and communication technology sector of Uganda will next week assemble in Kampala, to asses the impact of activities of the sector on human and economic development.
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TechnoServe helps Ugandan female entrepreneurs grow their businesses

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:26:00 +0200

TechnoServe launched its “Women Mean Business” program in Uganda last week, to expand the range of economic opportunities available to women.
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