Tag Archives: Digital

By Mulengera Reporters The return of TV10 Gano Mazima to Uganda’s digital media landscape has not been quiet and it was never meant to be. In a defining online broadcast show of ‘The Crossroads’, veteran journalist Dean Lubowa Saava hosted George William Nyombi Thembo, the Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), in a wide-ranging conversation that laid bare …

Mukono District Local Government has welcomed the launch of a new digital health initiative aimed at improving access to essential health services and strengthening accountability in the sector. The initiative, introduced by Maisha Meds in collaboration with the Ministry of Health under the Access to Medicines through Digital Systems (AMDIS) program, was highlighted during a half-day stakeholder engagement on malaria …

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has announced a scheduled system upgrade that will temporarily affect its Automated System For Customs Data (ASYCUDA World) platform, a critical backbone of Uganda’s customs and trade operations. According to a public notice, the system will be unavailable on 20th March 2026 from 12:00AM to 6:00AM as the authority undertakes an upgrade on the underlying …

A storm is brewing at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards after a bombshell report exposed shocking gaps in oversight, weak enforcement, and a baffling multi-billion-shilling shortfall in the highly sensitive digital stamps system. At the centre of the controversy is a jaw-dropping revenue gap involving Swiss-linked firm SICPA Global Fluids Integrity SA, contracted to run the Digital Conformity Marking …

A damning Auditor General’s report has laid bare a shocking cocktail of neglect, poor planning, and institutional failure at the Uganda Prisons Service, where a high-stakes digital system meant to revolutionise prison management has instead stalled in a near-decade-long limbo. The Prisons Information Management System (PIMS), a flagship project launched in 2015 to digitise inmate records and operations across all …

A bombshell audit has ripped through the Ministry of Education and Sports, exposing a staggering trail of weak leadership, poor planning, and a digital mess that insiders say has crippled Uganda’s ambitious education technology revolution. Systems that were sold as game-changers are now at the centre of a storm, with the Auditor General laying bare deep cracks in the Education …

Uganda has marked a historic milestone in its digital transformation journey with the official launch of ABQ Cloud, the country’s indigenous sovereign cloud ecosystem, unveiled at the Deep Tech Hub and Raxio Data Centre in Kampala. The landmark event, officiated by the Guest of Honour Monica Musenero Masanza, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, brought together leaders from the …

Uganda’s forests are meant to be protected by law, technology and tough oversight. Instead, the latest December 2025 Auditor General’s report has exposed what insiders are calling a “digital disaster” and deep management cracks at the National Forestry Authority. At the heart of the storm is the much-hyped Electronic Licensing System — a flagship digital reform meant to modernise licensing, …

By Timothy Mugenyi I am reminded of an interaction I had within Nakivale refugee camp. We stopped by a Rolex stand and spoke with some young gentlemen deeply engrossed in a video whilst sharing a smartphone. When we asked if they knew about the internet hotspot recently set up in the area, with enthusiasm, they responded saying it is “Kyakabi!” …

How Text to Speech Technology Is Changing Digital Accessibility Digital accessibility is no longer a “nice-to-have.” It’s a necessity. As more of our lives moveonline—banking, learning, healthcare, work, and entertainment—the ability for everyone toaccess digital content equally has become a defining challenge of the modern internet. For millions of people worldwide, barriers like visual impairments, learning differences, motordisabilities, language limitations, …