Africa joined the digital revolution in the late 1990s and has continued through the 2000s, particularly with the rise of mobile technology. The wave of innovation sweeping our continent is reshaping economies, transforming how we connect, and opening doors for millions. Yet, at the heart of this movement—often overlooked and underestimated—stand bold, visionary women. Today, more than ever, the intersection of faith and technology demands our attention, as the future of Africa’s digital landscape cannot be built without the leadership and ingenuity of women. And with artificial intelligence promising a lot, empowering African women to bridge technology and faith is necessary. Answering the Call: Women at the Forefront of African…
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Implications of the High Court Ruling on WhatsApp Contracts for Uganda’s Digital Marketing Sector
The High Court in Kampala, Uganda made a novel ruling that affirmed the legal validity of contracts executed through WhatsApp. Judge Patricia Kahigi Asiimwe of the Commercial Division ruled that under the Electronic Transactions Act, the definition of a data message is something that has to be stored by a computer. And then went ahead and declared that WhatsApp messages are considered legally binding agreements under section 3 of the Contracts Act, as they qualify as data messages created, transmitted, received, or stored through computer systems. This precedent-setting decision emerged from a case filed by Dr. Rodney Mugarura against Paramount Hospital Kampala Limited and its Director, Dr. Simon Begumisa. Dr Mugarura…
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Alternative marketing, the death of cookies
It is important for all businesses to review how they are harnessing the marketing trends so they can apply the latest innovations through the 70:20:10 rule of marketing focus. The rule has it that 70% of the time we focus on things that are very core to our business, 20% is where we are trying to push the boundaries, the known unknowns; and the last 10% is the true crazy experimental stuff where we figure out how to do uncomfortable things that we are going to fail at more than we will succeed at. But with every success, you build a competitive advantage. This is the long version of the…
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#PkTechWeekly: Startup Culture Healthy, Digitize Water Infrastructure, Tackling Counterfeit Drugs With MFeyti, #DigiHackAfrica2018,
Tackling Counterfeit Drugs With MFeyti According to Solomon Opio, Capacity Development Lead, Outbox Hub, Mfeyti is a web and mobile-based platform for users to verify the authenticity of drugs/medications given to them. The developers boast of having an artificial intelligence chatbot that guides on how to stay away from counterfeit like the hepatitis B vaccines now causing a storm in the Uganda health sector and any other counterfeit drugs. Solomon reports that to the user this platform one inputs unique identification numbers that are available on the packaging of ever drug and the application gives results and advises the patient on how to use the medicine. Also, a user can report drugs that they suspect to be…
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#PKTechWeekly Huawei Seed for the Future Program, Rate African Startups to Facebook and Google, ZTE and MTN partner to manage 5G in Africa,
Huawei Seed for the Future Program Huawei Seeds for the Future program is a global program that was launched in 2008 with the purpose of seeking out collaborations with local governments, higher education institutes, and other organizations that can select top university students and young government officials working in ICT-related departments; to be offered a valuable opportunities to study and gain work experience at Huawei’s headquarters in China; and help them learn more about Chinese culture and gain cross-cultural work experience in a global business environment. In Uganda the program successfully started in 2016, and approximately 10 ICT talents were taken to Beijing and Shenzhen Huawei headquarters. These were exposed…
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#PKTechWeekly: Insurance and Tech, #Swarm17 starts Tomorrow, Fundi Bots Week, Bitcoin Now At $12000, Innovation Exhibition on “Ending Violence against Women and Girls”
Africa insurers must leverage on new technologies to remain relevant MANAGING Director of Africa Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re), Mr Corneille Karekezi has advised the continent’s insurance industry to leverage on the current technology revolution in order to remain relevant. Speaking at the 25th annual conference of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers in Bahrain recently, Karekezi said that the poor reputation of insurers continues to hold back the sector in the region. He stated: “Though the global insurance industry is deriving a lot of pride in being the main recourse of people in difficult times, especially for events caused by accidents or natural catastrophes, the poor reputation attached to…
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#PKTechWeekly Africa’s Election Technology, Tecno Phantom 8 Specs, Uber Free Rides, Africa ain’t Silicon Valley, Culture and Technology
Tecno Phantom 8 Catchy Features The Tecno brand has become a household name in Uganda today after the likes of Nokia and Samsung over the years since it started selling phones well back in 2006. The company was among the very first players that introduced dual-SIM devices to cater for people who want to use more than one mobile operator. In its bid to conquer and fit into a market that was embracing the merits of having portable smart devices, Tecno jumped into the smartphone scene in 2012, and it is safe to say that its devices have been received well, especially in Africa and Southern Asia where it currently…
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#PkTechWeekly: Uganda Gene Drive to End Malaria, ChapChap, Airtel Internship Program, African Tech to Preserve Food
Website Technology has been and continues to play me. This time round I lost all my site widgets and plugins which are supported by Jetpack under WordPress. I opened my site and it was not there, error something. Just like the thief Jesus talked about it was gone. On resolution from the server the site had no widgets, it was naked. No fancy colorful pictures on the side, nothing, only plain empty sides welcomed me. I don’t like basic, I try to do mediocre and advanced but not basic. The thought of my personal site being basic site frustrated me, I got a mini depression coupled with stress while trying…
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#PKTechWeekly: Airtel MTN Interoperability, Uber Drivers Strike, WhatsApp SnapChat Status, Africa Aspiring not Rising
I promised myself to be loyal to my blogging commitments this month and that commitment includes this part of my blog called #PKTechWeekly. Procrastination on it has been real, but I am walking in power with it this month. So here we go…. Has Airtel Money and MTN Mobile Money gotten married? Below is an image that has been making rounds on WhatsApp that I have failed to find an official settlement about. It kinda says Airtel Money and MTN Mobile Money are to start relating/ dating each other. If you work in these two telecoms, please share some more details on this or many of us are thinking it…
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Once upon a time with SafeBoda
Once upon a time, there was a need to regulate the use of bikes – bodas in the city of Kampala. The regulations were to enable safety, ease monitoring and management of the bikes in the capital city. These regulations required bikers and their users to wear helmets, bikers to be registered under a stage and have riders’ permits – default setting, Safeboda. The main implementer for this was Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA). Twice upon a time the above was halted, but the wait for the resurrection is on. But as young innovators and entrepreneurs of the Pearl of Africa, waiting on things we can do for ourselves seem…
