ICASA is not discussing the possibility of an out-of-court settlement in the dispute over the implementation deadline for new data regulations.
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Customers to pay a new government tax on social media accounts before they can access them.
Amnesty International called on Uganda to scrap the tax, saying it robbed “many people of their right to freedom of expression, with a chilling effect on other human rights”.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni unashamedly defended the country’s new social media tax, saying Ugandans were using such platforms for “lying”, and squandering the nation’s hard currency on fees to foreign-owned telecoms firms.
Uganda’s new tax on social media access limits basic rights and harms business, according to a petition filed by activists to the constitutional court against a levy that civic groups and opposition parties say is onerous.
TelOne is on a financial come back as revenues increased to $117 million last year driven by growth in broadband income, while they narrowed their loss by 42% to $7 million in 2017, owing to cost containment and a growth in broadband revenue.
There looks to be more drama at Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and as long as these…
Software developers, data analysts, ui/ux designers, business analysts and innovation geeks are invited to register…
The Lagos State Ministry of Education supported by CodeLagos has rounded off a four day…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced it will build technology hubs in Universities across…
It is no news that the Nigerian tech ecosystem powered by the youths is evolving…
Startups in twelve more African countries can now apply for the LaunchPad Accelerator Programme to…
Besides bringing live Fifa 2018 World Cup matches, this newly launched Kwesé-iflix mobile app presents a flexible digital entertainment platform that is set to deliver top entertainment programmes to millions of Zimbabweans via the mobile phone, anywhere and at any time.
The Digital Africa initiative launched by the President on behalf of the country’s development agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD) aims to provide a platform to promote African entrepreneurs, through encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing, providing an online database of resources, hosting events, and facilitating access to funding.
FundoLinker has clearly filled a gap, and now has 600,000 registered users in Zimbabwe. The startup hopes to expand to other countries within the SADC region by January of next year.
Ventures Dialogue is calling for application for Tech in Heels scheduled to take place from…
A 24-year-old Ugandan software engineer has won the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Brian Gitta…
Google has set out plans to open its first Africa Artificial Intelligence (AI) research center…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook has launched…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe takes charge in the use of clean energy, putting the entire H/Office complex in Msasa, Harare on solar power.