The National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U) unveiled its National backbone infrastructure (NBI) project a few years ago and so far phase 1,2,3 are complete as the 4th Phase cutting through WestNile now has the North Eastern wing activated on its grid.
OLX has had an undoubtedly successful term in all countries it ever crossed to in Africa. The Startup founded in 2006 by Fabrice Grinda, Alec Oxenford running under Naspers and formerly active in 45 countries before the new split has officially rebranded its zones after a take over by Nigeria's mighty online marketplace Jiji as announced earlier last month.
MTN Uganda has officially launched MoMoPay in Arua town. MoMoPay is a cashless payment system that enables customers to pay for goods and services a directly from their mobile money accounts at no extra cost as the service is free of charge.
Social media tax aliased as Over the Top tax (OTT) was introduced 10 months ago on 1st July as Uganda's GDP spicer micing a UGX 200 coin per user willing to access any of the taxed social media platforms. The after month of this announcement saw politicians and netizens protest against the tax by signing online petitions and taking it to the streets together with a charges in court against the new tax.
Kampala has for several decades featured anonymous plots, homes, buildings, and streets at the hand of manual systems. However, this could soon be no more after the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) decided to embark on an IT flated journey with several firms backing its move. By the same fashion, Technology associates (TA) has today crossed its lane on powering the Kampala smart revolution that will breach it to smart city standards.
