Show me your favourite version of the Jerusalema Dance Challenge! One of the most extraordinary phenomena of the last few months is the #Jerusalema Dance Challenge! The world has never seen anything like this, and it is fitting that this uplifting song should fill the world during this gloomy time of the pandemic. We have quite a few versions of…
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Online traders in Uganda risk losing the market or even discourage online shopping all together over persistent failure to fulfill the expectations of the online customers, according to trade and digital innovation experts. The growth of online business has picked up pace during the lockdown as more people sought to access goods and services amidst transport restrictions and the digital-based…
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Social media has very many positives and negatives and the choice of what we want to follow squarely lies with us as individuals. I for example follow people for different reasons, others just make laugh, some because they are my friends and keep up with what they are doing through Social media . I follow others because they are so…
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My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo and will be offered virtually this year. Facebook announced the launch of “My Digital World” a programme designed to equip the youth and general public across Sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills needed to navigate the digital world. My Digital World is…
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Davies and I today morning left kampala headed to Kasanje for ridding partly. We did 50kms in today. Davies is an engineer with Uganda national Road authority(UNRA) and yes a key technical guy. I first met him along my advocacy route over years. I have gotten so many inbox messages of young people asking me to write about the value…
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Board Includes Three Members From Africa and Will Make Binding and Transparent Decisions on Content Today, Julie Owono, a digital rights advocate and Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontières from Cameroon, Maina Kiai, a human rights activist and Director of Human Rights Watch’s Global Alliances and Partnerships program from Kenya, and Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a human rights lawyer and Program…
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Facebook’s new group video chat feature Messenger Rooms is getting ready to compete with services like Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams, as more people turn to video chat amid coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines. Facebook users will soon be able to create a video chat room from Facebook or the Messenger app, and invite anyone up to 50 people to join a video call — even if they…
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Facebook has become the largest minority shareholder in Indian oil and telecoms tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s cut-price Jio mobile internet network with a $5.7 billion deal. KEY FACTS Facebook and Jio said they planned to work together to connect India’s army of 60 million small shopkeepers, known locally as kirana, with WhatsApp users via the mobile network’s eCommerce platform. The deal is Facebook’s largest…
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The main union representing journalists in Britain is calling on the government to triple a tax on global tech giants to support the industry, as it faces fresh shocks from the coronavirus outbreak. Sector analysts predict that as many as 5,000 journalists could lose their jobs without state intervention, as the national lockdown hits already declining print sales and dwindling…
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Facebook recognizes that it’s important to take a break from social media not only for spending time with family or productivity but also for mental health. Because of this, it’s added a new “Quiet Mode” timer to help curb your time on the Facebook app. Enabling Quiet Mode will mute notifications for the time you specify. If you try to…
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