Ugandan Startup Innovex Closes An Equity Investment With Gaia Impact Fund

Innovex is a technology company with hardware and software development teams offering a service 100% made in Africa. The company was founded in 2016 by Douglas Baguma K and David Tusubira, both graduates of Makerere University. The team has developed ‘Remot’, a cloud-based IoT solution enabling solar companies, EPC, and distributors to remotely monitor and manage their energy systems. Remot has transformed the way many of these solar companies do business such as better aftersales support and opening up pay-as-you-go for larger size solar systems....

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 314 words · Dortha Lee

Understanding Tv Ratings In Regards To Parental Guidance

With TV channels and programs being numerous, it is hard for parents to monitor what their children are watching; that is how these ratings come in to help. Whereas they are designed to be easily recognizable and simple to use, not everyone is familiar with them. What to know about TV Ratings Typical TV Ratings indicate the appropriate audience meant to watch the show or movie, as well as the content label which indicates a show may contain violence, sex, adult language, or suggestive dialogue....

December 11, 2022 · 3 min · 457 words · Isabel Garman

Usb C Is Not Perfect Top 5 Issues Facing Usb C Connector

What’s annoying is that there’s no manual that comes with. I have read many a horror story about laptops and smartphones nuked by plugging in the wrong USB Type C cable. As we sort through this quagmire, let’s have a look at the top 5 issues facing the USB-C connector. Top 5 Issues Facing USB-C connectors Poor quality cables Sure, the issues he faced mostly had to do with Type-A to Type-C cables....

December 11, 2022 · 5 min · 892 words · Kathryn Barnes

Usb Power Delivery 3 1 Brings 240W Of Power Over Usb C

Now prior to this update, the maximum amount of power you could delivery over USB-C port was 100W. This was possible through USB-C chargers and cables rated 20V at 5A. Now the USB promoter group says that the USB Type-C specification has been updated with release 2.1 to define 240W cable requirements which will extend the applicability of USB PD to a large number of applications where 100W wasn’t enough....

December 11, 2022 · 1 min · 197 words · Ronald Brewster

Visiting Nigeria For The First Time Here S Your Tech Guide

Also, you should know that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with over 250 ethnic groups and tribes but her official language is English. This tech guide will help you as you visit Nigeria (the Giant of Africa). Get a SIM Card If you are going to be in the country for a while and would be making a lot of phone calls, it’s best you get a sim on arrival....

December 11, 2022 · 4 min · 843 words · Betty Harrington

Vivo Y33S Unveiled In Nigeria With A 50 Megapixel Camera And 5000Mah Battery

Here’s a look at the specifications and features packed on the vivo Y33s, as well as the price and its availability in Nigeria. Key Specs: vivo Y33s in Nigeria One area the vivo Y33 shines is in the camera department. It comes with a triple camera setup: a 50-megapixel main camera, a 2-megapixel depth sensor, and another 2-megapixel macro camera lens. This combination will definitely give users a quality image capturing experience....

December 11, 2022 · 1 min · 191 words · Philip Mulligan

Vodacom Sells Assets In Five African Countries

Read More: How to Place a Reverse Call on Safaricom The company will be relinquishing all of its assets and operation to the other parties in all of the aforementioned African markets. Nonetheless, the company will still be providing its services to their multinational and global customers in each of these locations through the local service providers in those markets. This move is meant to channel its resources to its core business, repositioning it as a leader in the pan African telecommunication scene....

December 11, 2022 · 1 min · 180 words · Pamela Pigford

Vodafone Uganda Partners With Uber To Power Their Technology Based Transport Solutions

Uber launched operations in Uganda on June 2, 2016 and riders and driver-partners across the City have been embracing the service with many giving it a thumbs up despite a few operational hiccups that some riders reported. You may have seen some Uber drivers with the Lenovo K3 Note and a Vodafone car charger. According to Allan Richardson, CEO for Vodafone Uganda, the entry of Uber into the Ugandan market is affirmation of just how much technology can do in terms of solving everyday problems....

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 268 words · Alexander Moore

What Is High Efficiency Video Coding Hevc

Why HEVC? It brings about a better means of compressing your media compared to the AVC (Advanced Video Coding) but requires a more sophisticated system to do that. The HEVC follows a similar procedure in compressing videos to the AVC which could have been like the HEVC save for earlier processing limitations. The rule of thumb for a new coding standard is that it has to be twice as better has the old one....

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 410 words · William Carlisle

What Is Resolution Upscaling Lag And What Causes It

To be clear, we are not referring to your GPU rendering frames from scratch. What we are talking about instead is what happens after your GPU finishes rendering a frame, and then the display resizes the image to make it fit a certain resolution. It’s also important to note that sometimes the GPU may do this resizing before sending the signal to the display. Also Read: What Is Gallium Nitride (GaN) Tech In Modern Electronics...

December 11, 2022 · 4 min · 833 words · Carol Ohara

Whatsapp Call Link How To Create And Share One

You can send your WhatsApp Call Links to a WhatsApp user or a group on WhatsApp, or even copy and share the links with people outside WhatsApp. In this article, we will be showing you how to create WhatsApp call links and invite other WhatsApp users to join your call How to Create a WhatsApp Call Link Open the WhatsApp app on your smartphone and tap the Calls tab...

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 229 words · Kerry Wright

Whatsapp Vs Telegram Feature By Feature Comparison

WhatsApp vs Telegram: Users + Monetization Back in 2014, WhatsApp was yet to crack the monetization formula when Facebook swooped in and bought it for a staggering $19 Billion. Three years down the road and the winning formula is yet to be cracked. Same goes for Telegram which remains a force to be reckoned with. WhatsApp’s 1 billion users make up 1 in every 7 people on the globe. Buoyed by Facebook limitless resources, WhatsApp can choose to play the long game as they figure out a way to milk their users....

December 11, 2022 · 6 min · 1163 words · Roy Rosamond

Why New Smartphones Come With Dual Camera

In the past few years, we have seen great cameras. The Galaxy S6 set the benchmark for what a smartphone camera could do. Google’s Pixel devices scored a phenomenon 90 on the DXOMark camera benchmark and so many other phones have since received very remarkable scores. For a while, it seemed we had reached the ceiling. Dual cameras was the next venture. Why the dual camera? You might be wondering, why dual cameras in the first place?...

December 11, 2022 · 4 min · 664 words · Robert Mills

Why Online Videos Buffer And Traditional Tv Doesn T

If your connection is too slow, this buffer won’t fill quickly causing those dreaded freezes which your stream may not be able to recover from. When you turn to traditional TV (Cable TV), which is actually digital – just like over the internet, it never seems to buffer. In this article, we answer the all-important why question. But first: What is Buffering? This involves pre-loading data into a certain area of memory known as a “buffer,” so the data can be accessed more quickly when one of the device’s processing units needs the data....

December 11, 2022 · 3 min · 566 words · Travis Bowman

Working From Home Top 10 Tools You Should Use

The recent global outbreak of the Coronavirus is forcing many companies to adopt the remote work style for their employees. So, if things do not improve soon (hopefully, it does), and the virus keeps spreading, you might find yourself working from home, which, for many, is going to be the first time working remotely. For those new to the concept of remote work, the switch might be a little strange and overwhelming....

December 11, 2022 · 5 min · 855 words · Kimberly Struebing

You Can Now Access M Pesa Via Ussd Here S What You Need To Know

To make things easier and to make M-PESA readily accessible by users, Safaricom offers a couple of ways to access the service. The old-school method of accessing this and many people’s go-to is using the SIM Toolkit option. This is an app that pops up on your device as soon as you insert a Safaricom SIM into your device. It offers all the functions you need from M-PESA. However, many people (yours truly included) have faced challenges using this method one too many times, especially when using a device that wasn’t designed for the local market....

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Eugene Johnson

You Should Check Out This Hidden Google App Cloud Game

The Dinosaur game could only be played within the (mobile and web versions of the) Chrome browser. To allow more users kill time and have fun during network outages, Google introduced an offline game within the Google search app and widget on smartphones. When you perform a search within the Google search app without having internet access on your smartphone, you can play the hidden game. Google hasn’t given the game an official name yet but many sources have given it a pseudonym — Floaty Cloud....

December 11, 2022 · 2 min · 299 words · Carmela Garcia

Zte V790 Review The Orange Uganda Dual Sim Android Phone

Dual SIM Card functionality The ZTE V790 will bounce calls and text messages from one network to another quite easily. For instance if you are sending a text or making an outgoing call, the phone will ask you which network you want to use before performing the requested action — the same way that feature phones have been doing it. When it comes to data, however, the phone will allow you to use 3G/WCDMA only one network(the default which is orange) while maintaining the other network on GSM-only mode....

December 11, 2022 · 4 min · 710 words · Dawn Mcdonald

10 Little Known Whatsapp Tips And Tricks You Probably Didn T Know

We have put together some of these tips and tricks to help you better your experience on WhatsApp. Broadcast a single message to multiple people at once. Broadcasting a single message to multiple people at once is possible. Simply click on the menu (three dot ellipse) and select ‘New Broadcast’. You will get an option to send the same message to multiple people by adding the contacts in the recipient list....

December 10, 2022 · 4 min · 809 words · Craig Nieman

4 Interesting Features About The Tecno Camon X

Just a month old, and already a king in its league, this TECNO baby does not disappoint in its specifications, and the only other thing it would ask of you is to purchase it; Otherwise, what else? Let’s take a keen look at the key features that the TECNO Camon X holds in it, and how best they operate. 18:9 Full Display + Less Bezels The Camon X comes wrapped in a polycarbonate unibody design, with a 6-inch Full HD display in the modern 18:9 aspect ratio....

December 10, 2022 · 3 min · 636 words · James Burtts