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Airtel Uganda harmonizes its calling rates to all African Destinations

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:04:16 +0000

KAMPALA, Uganda - May 24, 2012 -- Airtel Uganda has today announced new harmonized calling rates to all African destinations, cutting costs for Ugandans who communicate with family,...

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Orange launches second edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:19:29 +0000

Last year, more than 600 candidates responded to the call for projects PARIS, France, May 22, 2012 -- Armed with the success of the previous edition in 2011, today Orange is launching the...

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Forget Facebook. This is still Apple's stock market

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:23:41 +0000

NEW YORK (AP): Apple — the world's most valuable company — climbed nearly 6 percent on Monday, helping propel major U.S. stock indexes to gains after a week of losses. The Standard & Poor's 500,...

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Mobile Banking Kicks Off in Rwanda

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:22:33 +0000

BANKS IN Rwanda are turning to mobile phones in an effort to improve service delivery and cut costs as competition intensifies. It is now possible to pay electricity bills, top up airtime, order...

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Confirmed: Facebook to go public at $38 per share in the largest Internet IPO ever

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:06:16 +0000

It has been confirmed: Facebook will go public at $38 per share, valuing the company at $104 billion, with the firm raising $18.4 billion in its offering. News of the final pricing...

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Intel partners with Orange Uganda to provide of affordable PCs and high broadband speeds

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:50:41 +0000

Intel Corporation is deploying a new sales model with regional telecommunication companies to reach more buyers in developing markets through high speed broadband and affordable PCs – as part of the...

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Kenyans among global mobile payments leaders - MasterCard

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Our Kenya Correspondent) — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:43:35 +0000

MasterCard Worldwide yesterday unveiled the MasterCard Mobile Payments Readiness Index (MPRI), an analysis of 34 countries and their readiness to use three types of mobile payments: person to person,...

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African Development Bank Launches eHealth Award

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:46:29 +0000

On 19 April, the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a competition for innovative and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for the health sector in Africa. The...

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Facebook on track to go public May 18 - Reports

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:26:48 +0000

Facebook is on track to make its historic multi-billion-dollar debut on Wall Street on May 18, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Executives from the social network plan to begin a...

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Live Updates: Winners of Startup Weekend Kampala Announced

albertmuc@hotmail.com (Albert Mucunguzi) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:01:49 +0000

It's 1800hrs local time in East Africa. And this evening at MTN Warehouse in Ntinda, Kampala, we are waiting for the guest of honor, DR. Sam Mulira, the ICT Advisor to the President as the different...

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