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WWF Uganda Country Director Ivan Tumuhimbise (L) and MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer Sylvia Mulinge present the top prize to Ruth Kyobutungi, founder of FarmGate Digital—an online platform that connects farmers to traders. MTN Uganda, in partnership with WWF Uganda, will this weekend send the winners of the inaugural Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge to South Africa for the continental finals. …

URA’s digital stamps on products has improved revenue performance Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has recorded sustained growth in domestic revenue collections, driven in part by improvements in tax administration and the adoption of digital enforcement tools, according to the 2024/25 Auditor General’s Report. The report shows that total government revenue rose from Shs22.098 …

Digital accessibility is no longer a “nice-to-have.” It’s a necessity. As more of our lives move online—banking, learning, healthcare, work, and entertainment—the ability for everyone to access digital content equally has become a defining challenge of the modern internet. For millions of people worldwide, barriers like visual impairments, learning differences, motor disabilities, language limitations, and cognitive challenges still make digital …

How Text to Speech Technology Is Changing Digital Accessibility Digital accessibility is no longer a “nice-to-have.” It’s a necessity. As more of our lives moveonline—banking, learning, healthcare, work, and entertainment—the ability for everyone toaccess digital content equally has become a defining challenge of the modern internet. For millions of people worldwide, barriers like visual impairments, learning differences, motordisabilities, language limitations, …

Kampala, 12th November, 2025- Centenary Group, through its technology company – Centenary Technology Services, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) with Service Cops, formalizing a strategic technology and business partnership aimed at accelerating digital transformation, deepening financial inclusion, and expanding access to modern digital services across Uganda and the wider African region. Service Cops is a Pan African …

Mukono– The Ministry of Health has trained Community-Based Surveillance (CBS) supervisors on the use of the Electronic Community Health Information System (E.C.H.I.S), a digital tool designed to improve real-time reporting of health and environmental events from communities. The training, held at the Mukono District Health Department Boardroom, brought together Health Assistants, Health Inspectors, and members of the District Health Team …

Kampala-December 01st, 2025: In the run-up to the forthcoming Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit 2025, scheduled for December 11, Stanbic Bank has announced a scholarship programme to motivate Uganda’s digital creators. The initiative reflects the bank’s broader support for the government’s digital transformation strategy in sustaining Uganda’s economic growth. Part of this strategy is fostering a vibrant digital market ecosystem. …

Uganda’s tech corridors have been thrown into celebration after Dr. Aminah Zawedde, the iron-lady steering the ICT Ministry, was dramatically unveiled among Africa’s Top 45 Most Influential Women in Digital Transformation. The bombshell recognition, dropped in the hot-off-the-press November 2025 CIO Africa Magazine, has crowned Zawedde as the only Ugandan rubbing shoulders with continental tech giants shaping Africa’s future. Sources …

Today, the Ministry of ICT signed a strategic Memorandum of Collaboration with the DFCU Foundation at innovation hub Uganda.This partnership represents a deliberate commitment to advancing Uganda’s digital transformation agenda by expanding access to devices for learners, innovators, entrepreneurs, and communities across the country, ensuring that no one is left behind in the digital economy.WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:The Ministry …

The Office of the National Chairman (ONC) has launched a state-of-the-art digital Vote Protection and Monitoring System designed to secure President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s votes in the 2026 General Elections. The groundbreaking platform was unveiled Friday by ONC Manager SPA/PA Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo during a high-energy ceremony at the ONC headquarters in Kampala. The new system represents one of the …