#PKTechWeekly UgDuka, Liquor Store, NITA, BPO-ICTAUG

Beginning this #PkTechWeekly with a look into online shopping. Did you know that DSTV Opened an Online Shop Called UgDuka to offer its customer who don’t want to go to their different branches, a chance to order online and have their equipment delivered in 2 days? Some of their products have been discounted for this…

#PKTechWeekly: Uber, SERVIR West Africa, Andela

Welcome to this week’s #PKTechWeekly please scroll down and get your weekly updates. Uber is committed to the safety of everyone that uses their app, riders and driver-partners alike, it is constantly bettering their safety features and offering more safety features in-app, world wide. These features have been developed to ensure safety before, during, and…

#PKTechWeekly; #Tech in the Bible, $24 million, Decline in Users, Talib Kweli

Google is our friend is the first topic for this week’s #PKTechWeekly.

#Uber’s car leasing program turns its drivers into modern-day sharecroppers

Behind the shiny veneer of Uber’s venture capital–backed technological innovation lies a time-tested business model: labor exploitation. Uber’s latest scheme is a new spin on the age-old practice of sharecropping. Struggling to find enough drivers willing to put miles on their own cars, Uber recently began offering subprime auto loans to would-be drivers, conveniently extracting… via…

#PKTechWeekly; Africa Next Frontier for Nuclear Technology, Innovate for Justice, StartUp BattleField & more

Albert Einstein said; “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”

Facebook brings its Internet.org Innovation Challenge to Africa

Recognition for African developers who are working to deliver apps, websites and services for learning/education and economic empowerment; $US150, 000 awards for winners in two categories. Have you heard yet? Facebook is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education…

Project Link Launched, So No More Digging for BlueRedYellowGreen Cable Laying?

#KoikoiUg…. Google project launched last week in Kampala with a promise of improving our internet speed and experience. According to this statement on their site, they have built the first metro fiber network in this, our city Kampala, that was limited to pre-broadband speeds. They continue to say; In Uganda, we also offer wholesale last-mile Wi-Fi…

Blogging on Facebook

After #UgBlogWeek, (still reading and re-visiting those beautiful blogs) I was asked if Facebook can be used as a blogging platform and if so how can one do it. This is what I think in regard to that. And these are not comprehensive views that are a must follow, we all blog for different reasons.…