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The new service will leverage the extensive footprint of MTN’s *Global MPLS network, to provide customers with connectivity between their data centres or businesses and the AWS EU Ireland region. This will give enterprises across Africa a dedicated link with which they can access the flexible, scalable and reliable AWS cloud. MTN’s Global MPLS network connectivity offers improved manageability, reliability and performance. As a result, AWS Direct Connect is expected to bring significant benefits to multinational and large enterprise customers by providing a more consistent network performance when they access AWS....

Just like its name, the Ka-Fit is a perfectly fitting duo-SIM smartphone with a 5″ Touch Screen Display. Is it MTN locked? Yes! SIM 1 is locked with an MTN Uganda sim-card that comes with 1.2 GB of data valid for a month, while Slot 2 is open to all networks. It has support for WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter – for the social media fun, and the MyMTN App pre-installe​d for your easier MTN self-service....

Robert Kwesiga the General Secretary Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) said at the launch of the Merchant code that the donations would be used to procure and provide essential food assistance to the most vulnerable households whose livelihoods, from their informal jobs, have been adversely affected by the partial lockdown instituted in response to COVID19 pandemic in Uganda. Speaking after receiving the money from MTN Uganda on behalf of Red Cross, Dr....

The new rate is effective 1 April 2019 and applies to all local networks. This means that MTN customers will be able to call customers from Airtel Uganda, Africell Uganda and MTN Uganda at the same rate. The standard per second rate will now be UGX 4/= and the per minute rate UGX 180/=. However, these changes do not apply for postpaid customers or when using voice bundles (My Pakapaka, Go-Bundle and Paka Paka)....

Rohde & Schwarz bestowed this award on MTN Uganda following tests conducted on ground in Uganda, during the 3rd quarter of 2021, and within the framework of a study that involved extensive tests of voice calls and internet speed evaluations across over 9000km around the country. The awarding company, Rohde & Schwarz is a leading global supplier of standalone products, integrated solutions and managed services for testing and improving the quality of mobile networks along the entire network lifecycle – from lab verification, spectral clearance, interference hunting and base station installation to site acceptance, benchmarking, optimization, troubleshooting and monitoring....

Since Netflix has scaled customer satisfaction level by constantly updating its playlist with new content, these tactics have succeeded in keeping their subscribers glued to the platform as well as get new subscribers sign in daily. Another grand tactics Netflix is trying to adopt is the mobile plan, which it recently launched in India and Malaysia, and is still the talk of the town. New Mobile Plan in India India is one of the countries that have an ever-increasing number of subscribers that enjoy using Netflix to streamline their favorite movies, entertainment shows with their smartphones....

OPPO has just unveiled yet another cool, feature-packed addition to its ‘A- Series’ in Nigeria. Dubbed the OPPO A93, it is the successor to the OPPO A92 it released a couple of months ago. Related Article: OPPO A92 Launched in Nigeria: Specs, Price, and Availability Key Specification Display: 6.4-inch Full-HD Super AMOLED DisplayProcessor: MTK Helio P95 Processor Front Camera: 16MP + 2MP Selfie cameraRear Cameras: 48MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP quad CameraRAM: 8GBInternal Storage: 128GB (Expandable 512GB)Battery: 4000mAh 18W Fast ChargeOS: Android 10Fingerprint: In-Display Fingerprint Unlock 3....

For the most part, the industry has embraced true wireless earphones, aptly dubbed TWS. From smartphone OEMs to third-party companies and accessory brands, everyone seems to be making wireless earphones today with something for everyone. Oraimo is a renowned smart accessories brand that is taking the African market by storm and their products don’t suck either. The prices are also pocket friendly with a few slam dunks over the past few years with the Oraimo Freepods 3 being one of these masterpieces we’ve seen to date....

A single visit to Lagos, Nigeria, will reveal quite a number of things. The top of this list will be the largely inconvenient modes of transportation the larger part of the city is subjected to. This is the use of yellow buses to move from one place to another. It can be very stressful if you ask me Per the last national census, Lagos is a city that is resident to over 8 million people....

For the duration of the Qualcomm partnership, developers need only to reserve testing time in blocks of 90 minutes by sending a reservation email to testing(at)mlab.co.ke. The reservation email will include specifics of the desired time slot, platforms or devices desired for testing and their institutional affiliation which could be a university, a company, or a tech community. If locally developed applications are to attract regional and global uptake where target customers own mobile devices with diverse configurations, application testing must be a priority for developers....

Redcore Interactive built remit.ug to enable people from all over the world to transfer money to mobile money accounts of their relatives, friends and associates in Africa. remit.ug aims to be the fastest, safest and most affordable mode of money transfer to Africa. Redcore Interactive customers are mainly Africans living in the Diaspora sending money home to their families. How it Works To use the service, Remit requires you to Login to your remit account....

The original Galaxy S21 smartphone came with a price tag of $800, and considering its been over a year since it launched, the price must have fallen between $650 and $750 (this depends on your location, however). This will definitely make a lot of interested buyer second guess buying the Fans Edition of the Galaxy S21. Galaxy S21 FE: New Specs And Features The Galaxy S21 FE is slightly identical to the original Galaxy S21 and comes with similar specification and features....

True to the company’s precedence set with the Note 10 last year, this year we get not one, but two new Samsung Galaxy Note devices – a base model Galaxy Note 20 and a beefy, and somewhat overkill, Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. So what do these two devices bring to the market? Well, in this post we shall quickly run through the key specifications and highlighting features of these two devices....

This is where platforms such as Chipper Cash come in. If the homophone for cheaper doesn’t give it away, I don’t know what will. Chipper Cash promises instant cross-border money transfers in 7 African countries and counting. What isn’t offered for free, you will get for a pittance. What I love about Chipper Cash, and the first thing you will notice is that there are no gimmicks. The Chipper Cash apps on Android and iOS are spartan in their simplicity and usage....

A long-time has passed, more and more Kenyans are preferring to spend their weekends indoors, binge-watching their favorite TV shows. For the few that are yet to discover the world of streaming, here’s how to sign up, what you need and a few things you should know about Netflix. What do you need to sign up? A way to pay for your monthly subscription Well, first of all, you will need a way to pay for your monthly subscription....

Effective 15th November, Smile Uganda reduced the prices of their bigger data bundles to give customers more data this festive season at lower prices. Key to note is a reduction in the price for the 50GB Anytime bundle reduced from UGX 530,000 to UGX 300,000; and the 100GB Anytime bundle reduced from UGX 1,020,000 to UGX 520,000. There’s also a new 200GB Anytime bundle at only UGX 1,020,000, with speed up to 21Mbps Read About: SmileFlexy is Smile Uganda’s new daily data bundles Take a look at the packages available....

Smile Uganda was the first ISP to actually launch 4G internet speeds in Uganda but wasn’t initially as aggressive compared to its counterparts, Orange that made data service more popular leading to better adoption among the masses. Smile is starting to want more of the data pie. The company embarked on massive billboards in all major spots around Kampala and the surrounding towns. It then opened up shops in major malls around town where their clients can go in case they need service....

At the same time, the Hybrid Drive keeps production costs down even as it ships with decent storage space. In truth though, you’d be right to say that a hybrid drive is less than a full-fledged SSD. But its much more than your mechanical drive, as we are going to find out. There are two varieties of Hybrid Drives: a Solid State Hybrid Drive and the Dual-drive Hybrid Drive. A while back, ‘Hybrid Drive’ was the general term used for these two systems....

With many people cooped up indoors, this music streaming platform was aiming to be the one-stop-shop for all your audio needs and we saw it make bold moves to be the king of Podcasts. Unfortunately, the platform isn’t available as widely as its competitors and while its numbers look decent, they could undoubtedly be better if it was available in more regions. It looks like Spotify finally smelled the coffee and is now making a move that will certainly delight music lovers all across the world....

Tecno Camon C11 Pro specifications. Pricing and Availability The Camon C11 Pro goes for a Recommended Retail Price of Ksh. 23,999. The device should be available in all local retailers withing the next few weeks. It should be interesting to see just how well this device performs in the market, having been launched after the Huawei Y9 2019’s viral splash ads, pomp and flair on billboards, media and across the web....