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SudPay SA a startup currently in its Expansion Stage emerged winner of Dakar (Senegal) seedstar pitch competition that was held at the Headquarter of SONATEL on September 7th, 2018. The startup joins the seedstar Africa list with; Rera Online Farm (Harare, Zimbabwe), Cowtribe Technology Ltd (Accra, Ghana), BeneFactors Ltd (Kigali, Rwanda), and Agro...

Apple Inc. on Wednesday launched their newest iPhone models; the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR. While they all looked astonishing, awesome, and pricey (as some of us reviewers expected), what had many talking, and up to now some have no idea what it is, was the company's adaption...

The new itel in the s-series; the itel S13 is the successor to last years itel S12. And there's no doubt that the successor has been revamped beyond the S12. Launched early this month, the flagship smartphone was priced at UGX290,000 in the Ugandan market and is widely available...

Uganda's Techpreneur; Abraham Natukunda for his innovation; eNose - a sensor for tea processing, has emerged among the 10 nominees of the 2018 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) Awards in an announcement that was made today by the African Innovation Foundation (AIF). Abraham is the Founder and Managing Director of Inter Connect...

Three (3) of Ugandan startups; TruTrade, Nampya Farmer’s Market, and National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises Limited (NUCAFE) were among the twelve (12) startups from across Africa chosen for the first cohort of Ashoka Social Investment Accelerator, with Kenya and Uganda having the most selected startups. The main aim of the...

Apple Inc. on Wednesday launched its anticipated iPhones at the company’s Steve Jobs Theater in California, U.S.A. The company's Chief Executive; Tim Cook, kicked off the event at 10 AM PDT (8 PM EAT) saying, quote 'the brand has created new categories of technologies that have had a profound effect...

Rwanda will once again host another Youth Connekt Summit from October 8th to 10th, 2018 at the Kigali Convention Centre. Themed 'Connekting Youth for Continental Transformation' it will focus on the youth’s role and gains from the recently signed ACFTA that has put cross-border trade at the forefront of the African...

For the first ever, Cupertino-based tech firm, Apple Inc. is live streaming the iPhone event on Micro-Blogging website, Twitter. The company in one of its Promoted Ad tweet wrote, 'Join us September 12 at 10 a.m. PDT to watch the #AppleEvent live on Twitter. Tap below and we’ll send you...

A European ride-hailing firm; Taxido has been reportedly to launch in the Ugandan ride-hailing market on September 27th, 2018. This will see the company face tough competition from likes of Uber and Taxify who have already leverage the ride-hailing market. Taxido begun its operations on Monday yesterday in Uganda as...

Alibaba Group Holding Limited has today announced that Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang will succeed Jack Ma as chairman of the board of Alibaba Group. According to the announcement, Mr. Ma will continue as executive chairman of the company over the next 12 months to ensure a smooth transition of...