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MTN Uganda is certainly the leader in mobile money transactions. But Airtel Uganda is certainly trailing on its tail as well as other mobile networks like Africell or UTL. Chances are that you are already registered to one of these networks’ mobile money services. But there are other people who aren’t yet registered with whom you’ll often transact with. Registered Mobile money users obviously have Mobile Money (MM) accounts while the unregistered ones don’t....

Throughout the shelf-life of Windows 7 and every Windows before it, the only way you’d be safe on the web, or while doing any form of file sharing was by protecting yourself with an antivirus. Names such as Kaspersky, Bitdefender, ESET, McAfee just to mention but a few, became commonplace names, both in personal and commercial computing setups. But times have changed. So do you still need an antivirus on your PC?...

QN: Tell us a Little about hellofood. Who are they and what do they do? hellofood.ug (now Jumiafood) is an online and mobile platform where people can order food online from currently over 40 restaurants in Kampala and get it delivered to their doorstep. hellofood Uganda works with all the most popular restaurants in Kampala with a goal to introduce our hellofoodies to an incredible choice of restaurants available in Kampala while also making it incredibly fast and easy to place an order....

As if that’s not enough, the start-up entrepreneur and old-time Googler is about to take his passion for African creatives to the next level with his latest project — Fezah — that he has co-founded. Fezah is a new network of African talent supporters started in February this year with the objective of raising money, and through partnerships reduce costs for African musicians, film makers, and fine artists to make their new projects happen....

The report, which tracks the total amount of funding raised by African tech startups each year, found the number of startups that secured investment increased by more than 50 per cent on 2018, while total funding grew 47 per cent. This made 2019 a record year for funding, driven by a 61 per cent increase in the number of investors in African tech startups, which reached 261. Kenya and Nigeria were the lead markets in terms of total funding, securing US$149 million and US$122 million each in funding, though Egypt was the main market in terms of startup numbers, with 88 companies raising funding over the course of the year....

We caught up with the screening of the flicks from entrants in Kampala last Friday at an event organized by the highly vibrant Mozilla Uganda community. This comes barely a month after Mozilla released its first Firefox OS handset — the ZTE Open — that TechPost’s Daniel Mwesigwa thinks will become a one hit wonder in emerging markets like Africa. Here’s what African Film makers creatively think what will become of the Firefox OS phones....

The [email protected] project provides a platform where you can donate your PC’s resources to help compute medical research simulations. Let me create some context for those who may not have heard about this project before. The [email protected] project was founded in the year 2000 at Stanford University. It is all completely free and the only expense you will incur is a small bump on your electricity bill. Essentially, you get to donate your GPU and CPU resources, either when your PC is idle or when you are using the PC....

The social networking giant has witnessed steady growth over time since its inception in 2004. With an average user base of about 1.2 billion, the social network holds the spot as the biggest social network. Mark Zuckerberg is passionate about connecting the remaining two-thirds of the world’s population who are not connected to the internet. Through partners such as Qualcomm, Samsung and others, internet.org is an ambitious mission poised at serving internet to the last mile....

With HD channels, you get to watch an elevated digital signal, with a visible superiority in the visual and audio quality when compared to the other channels. You can enjoy a much better screen resolution with a clear and sharp picture in addition to vivid colors. The majority of these channels are for Sports, which definitely demands for a High Definition feel when one is watching, and Kwese dos not disappoint....

With that partnership, people who are new to the music streaming app can get a whole month of free Tidal access courtesy of MTN Uganda. Here’s how. Download the Tidal App from the Google Play store or the Itunes App store. Dail 16566# and select TIDAL If it is your first time using the service, select and activate the TIDAL FREE trial and this will give you a one- time free trial of the music streaming app for 30 days....

As expected, the cloud gaming service was launched in the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, USA. Using your PC, all you need is your normal USB console and a fast internet connection. Your PC doesn’t even have to be expensive or stacked up with specs, a low-end laptop will do because it is not doing the hard work. that is done in the clouds by a powerful server....

Although the Pixel 4a and 3a are identical in many ways, some features and specifications are notably different. In this article, we shall compare the specs and features of the Google Pixel 4a vs the Pixel 3a. Design The Google Pixel 3a has a plastic body and comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack on the top edge of the phone with the power and volume buttons stacked on the right side....

Grey formerly known as Aboki Africa is a website designed to help Africans get foreign accounts to receive and make foreign payments online. In this post, I’ll show you how this financial app works and how to get your own foreign virtual account How Grey Works Although Grey’s targeted Africans, you can only send and receive money to your Nigerian account at the moment. Unlike most financial apps, you can also carry out transactions and make payments directly on the website....

Considering that nobody has yet cracked the encryption should mean something, right? Feel free to try your luck and tell us how it goes. More on this, Telegram also awards bounties ranging from $500 to as much as $100,000 for anybody who reports vulnerabilities in their apps or protocol. The only caveat is if the submission results in a change of code or configuration. There you have it. Telegram has incorporated a number of cool security features that we feel deserve a mention here....

They have come under fire after reports surfaced that they harvested more than 50 million Facebook profiles, without the users’ permission. They then built a system that used the data collected to, among other things, identify potential ‘swing-voters’. They would then “engineer personalized political advertisements based on their psychological profile.”- Christopher Wylie, a former Cambridge Analytica contractor who helped build the algorithm used to harvest the data. How did the whole scandal blow over?...

What’s even better is that you don’t have to wait for Gmail to overhaul your inbox. You can do it all by yourself. What’s more, you can always opt out and go back to how things were in the dark ages of Gmail. We won’t blame you. For those adventurous chaps out there, here’s how to get the new Gmail: How to get the New Gmail The redesigned Gmail is just one click away....

Of course, the results will eventually be sent to your school for viewing and analysis. But we know you cannot afford to wait that long so below are a couple of ways you can access your 2019 KCPE results. KNEC Portal If you are online, the fastest way to check your results would be to head onto the Kenya National Examination Council’s KCPE 2019 Portal. Key in your Index number to view your results....

Jovago calls itself Africa’s N0.1 hotel booking website, allowing you to get the best prices for more than 20,000 hotels in Africa, 2,000 hotels in Pakistan and more than 200,000 hotels around the world. They currently have over 400 Ugandan hotels listed and still counting. We have reliable information that they will soon be launching in Uganda to extend their services to the pearl of Africa. They will be joining Pearl Guide, Guide to Uganda, Hotel Links among other players in the tourism and hotel Industry....

What is a cryptocurrency? A cryptocurrency is a form of digital or virtual currency that works as a medium of exchange. Being virtual in nature, it uses cryptography technology to process, secure and verify transactions. How cryptocurrencies were developed Cryptocurrencies came into being as a side product of Satoshi Nakamoto, the brainchild behind Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Nakamoto’s initial intention was to develop a peer-to-peer electronic cash system for facilitating transactions without any central oversight....

What is slow motion mode? This is a feature that allows you to capture video at slower speeds than normal and it can be used for many different purposes, like highlighting something funny or pretty, or showing how something quick and complicated works in a detailed way that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. Sadly, slow motion mode feature is only available in very few and extremely expensive smartphones. However, you can record slow-motion videos on any Android device with some very professional Apps that will capture the precious moments in no time....