Innovation

Malaria in Africa will soon be a long gone story with a new smartphone app able to track identify carriers in a small blood sample. The mobile malaria detection app was developed in Uganda’s only AI lab at Makerere University and it’s the first of its kind in the country. Just like any other startups that have grown from Zero to trustable solutions, the un named app is a broad solution with an even wider problem to tackle

Following an abrupt roll out of its Orange branded motorbikes in Kampala, Pikime is the latest service to take on Uber boda, Taxify boda, Dial Jack and the 2 wheel leader Safeboda before a 2019 push to the taxi hailing portion. Breeded as a startup based in Nakulabye (one of the Kampala Suburbs), Pikime has its goals spread out higher in a competitive market

Smart farming in Africa is a digital revolution many countries have not embraced yet. However, In Uganda, the Jaguza app is a cross-platform management solution which helps farmers overlook herds of cattle without physically attending to any. During the app's official launch a few weeks back, Its Founder Mr. Ronald Katamba named it a revolutionary movement that will cross over to many parts of Africa, India, and Asia.

The controversial mobile money tax has rocked Uganda in the recent months has seen a number of Ugandans seemingly not contented with its genesis and 2018 revelation.  A few months back before July 1st 2018, Parliament proposed mobile money tax as a remedy to the country's revenue. Well, it was obviously against peoples plies, but favorable to potential bulk payers whereby the 1% tax was revised to 0.5% and it's still a story of the past

In a competitive boda hailing squeeze, Safeboda with its Orange branded drivers dominates a wider portion of the competitive chunk. While the service revolutionalized the best travel means in Kampala. It's existence in 2018 granted a clear passport to new services like Uberboda, taxify boda and Dial Jack that have not only proved new offers in town but also triggered the orange camp to recruit more than 8000 drivers in less than 4 years. Well, we got a chance to speak to Safeboda's very first driver in a phenomenal 411 dialogue.

Safeboda is Uganda's oldest Boda hailing firm that has stood out from a handful of drivers and now bosting with about 6,000 drivers registered. While other apps introduced fresh new options in Uganda. Dial Jack boda is the latest entrant to Safeboda's once monopolised industry with Taxify boda and Uber Boda taking new twists.