Facebook has finally launched its Messenger App for desktop that will enable you to communicate with friends and family across the world. The app is now available on the Microsoft Store and Mac App Store, lets you start video calls, just like on the mobile and web versions. It also includes a dark mode, which Facebook has been rolling out as one of…
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With businesses increasingly embracing globalization, it has become increasingly inevitable for businesses to establish an online presence by digitizing their businesses. Digitization and or e-commerce involves running a business over the internet right from customer sourcing, customer acquisition, service delivery, customer satisfaction and feedback, and customer retention. All these online processes involve exchange of data between the business and the…
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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, in a statement, said his attention had been drawn to public concern raised by concerning the health hazards of the technology. “The attention of my office has been drawn to the public concern about the health implications of the deployment of Fifth Generation Mobile Networks (5G) in Nigeria. Based on…
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Internet access should be extended to boost the fight against Coronavirus by, among others, enhancing digital networks and strengthening capacity at critical connectivity points like hospitals and transport hubs, the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development said yesterday. As the virus continues to tear up communities around the world at a fast pace, the Commission has moved swiftly to adopt an…
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Safaricom has rolled out Bonga For Good, an initiative that will see customers use Bonga Points to pay for essential goods and services. This campaign is a response by the company to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest being reduced income for majority of Kenyans. “We have seen Kenyans lose some or all of their income…
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As one-third of the world population seems to have gone into “hiding”, fleeing the rage of Covid-19, the internet has become the nerve centre of professional and entertainment life across the globe. In the United States, all of this internet use is putting more pressure on the country’s broadband infrastructure, according to the Brookings Institution, a think-tank based in…
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African governments’ strict measures taken to spread the Covid-19 virus has boosted the use of digital technologies, according to the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA). These measures include, among others, travel bans, curfews, prohibition of mass gatherings, lockdown and self-isolation, closing of bars and schools. “Various governments have been quick to encourage mobile money…
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Ethiopia and Uganda have the highest coronavirus-related searches, according to data from global search engine giant Google. Google’s trending section is keeping tabs on how its users are searching for information on the coronavirus pandemic that has been ravaging the world for months. As of Monday 30th March 2020, Ethiopia was leading in global searches with a value of 100,…
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In your pocket, you carry a supercomputer that outperforms all the tech that landed Aldrin and Armstrong on the moon. Although you may have heard this claim before, it probably never really resonated with you. Now, if we rephrase that to “you carry a device in your pocket that stores almost every aspect of your life, from memories in the…
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The ban of social interactions and movements in the country has taken an obvious toll on businesses. However, those that were smart enough to embrace e-commerce or digitalization are reaping more from this ban than ever. In addition to the e-citizen Portal, which is a oe-stop online center for Ugandan government online services, the National Information Technology Authority of Uganda…
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