This is according to the seventh edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report released by startup news and research portal Disrupt Africa, which is available free to all as part of an open-sourcing initiative in partnership with Novastar Ventures, MFS Africa, Quona Capital, 4Di Capital, MEST Africa and Future Africa. The report tells the story of an extraordinary 2021 in which more startups raised more funding than ever before, by quite some way....

Africell Uganda took to their social media channels yesterday to deliver this message to their customers. Hakuna Matata bundles offer a buffet of communication solutions that come with unlimited SMS and calls for Africell to Africell customers, free social media or OTT tax worries and data bundles that are cost less than any other on the market. Africell Uganda Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Neeraj Gala, said the Hakuna Matata bundles are timely because they are enabling cost-effective communication in the current times where people are financially strained....

The agreement marks the second in-country acquisition by Airtel in Africa. It had acquired Warid’s Uganda operations earlier this year. The latest acquisition will make Airtel the largest mobile operator in Congo Brazzaville with around 2.6 million customers. At present, Airtel is the second largest operator in the country with over 1.6 million customers, while Warid is the third largest with around one million customers. The agreement aims to bring together the strengths of Airtel and Warid in Congo Brazzaville and benefit customers in the form of affordable tariffs, superior 2G/ 3G network, affordable voice and data services and superior customer care....

The new rate is similar to what MTN Uganda is offering i.e. 4/+ per second or 180/= per minute. This unification of charges is very important especially in a multi-telecom industry where cross-network communication is inevitable. With this, Airtel continues to provide more value to its customers through provision of quality services at affordable prices. Competition in the telecoms sector has also helped many Ugandans enjoy quality services at reduced prices....

The A56 comes with a 4000mAh battery that lasts about 1.5 days with normal usage. It also comes with a bigger IPS screen of 6-inches. It is supported by the optimized Android 9 Pie (Go edition) tailored to 1GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. The iTel A56 also has an upgraded look and feel with a bold design that is accentuated with curved edges, a compact and slim body with rounded corners customized for consumers’ hands, which enable customers to grab it comfortably in the palm and enjoy one-hand operation....

The rates have been reduced from a flat rate of UGX 4 per second to UGX 3 per second for clients calling to other networks or Airtel to Airtel. The tariff reduction only applies to prepaid customers as postpaid customers already use the Ush 3 per second across all networks. Airtel Uganda Managing Director Mr. V.G Somasekhar said that “The Smartphone Network” is committed to serving customers with quality network at the most affordable rates....

With Alexa Routines, however, you can create a single voice command that will trigger a series of different actions. It basically adds several actions together and automates them once a single trigger or voice command is initiated. That means, with a single voice command, you can unlock your door, turn on your living room lights, and turn on your television, without having to do it one after the other....

Why Google Doodles? For Google, it’s a tool used to educate users about information (people, events, holidays, etc.) they probably didn’t know about. Apart from popular holidays, Google celebrates historical figures that have made incredible impacts on society. Google Doodle also kind of depicts the human side of Google as a company. Some believe that the company uses these doodles as a form if marketing but we can’t really say how much impact it has on their traffic or if it has any impact at all....

Let’s get started. Related Article: Google I/O Event: Here’s Everything Google Announced A New UI This is the first major UI revamp Android has had in a long time – the most recent UI revamp happened in 2014 with the Android Lollipop. This new revamp is called ‘Material You‘. Quick Settings And Notification Redesign ‘Material You’ comes with a totally redesigned notification shade and quick settings tiles. The notifications on the Android 12 now have rounded corners and features a more prominent app icon, an option to snooze for each app notification....

However, just like how we rush to accept terms and conditions of —virtually— everything without reading them, we equally rush to click “Allow” when these mobile apps’ permissions pop up on our screens without knowing exactly what they mean, what the apps want, or the consequences of granting/denying such permission(s). Don’t get it wrong though; app permissions aren’t bad. In fact, apps need them to function properly. However, you should be careful which apps you grant certain permissions as hackers and cybercriminals can exploit these permissions for things you have no idea of....

With over 2 million downloads across platforms, Afrinolly is arguably the most downloaded African App. The App lets you watch full length African movies, short films, Movie Trailers and African Music Videos on your Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows and Nokia Smartphones. In seeking to be Africa’s IMDB, Afrinolly has a long way to go especially In a continent where there are no established or functional structures to appreciate and recognise the arts sector while access and affordability of data is also an issue....

This reminded me of Uganda’s very own Fundi robotics company. I have seen some demonstrations from the CEO Solomon King and watching the above video made me think “yes we got something, almost like that in Uganda.” Watching these cars I could see what apple saw, smart cars, actually very smart cars. But the more I watched than the questions started flowing in like; does the world need these toys?...

It is absurd that the terminology is highly misinterpreted for Network marketing; a form of online business that requires one to make a hefty investment, look out for customers for whichever deal it is, and get commission for every new client that comes following the path. Working online is broader than that, and can be less costly for the start. The biggest capital you need is your talent. Once you efficiently utilize it, you will realize a lot much more than you may get with your qualifications....

Building Cross-border Internet Interconnection in the East Africa The Internet Society, in partnership with AfriNIC, successfully conducted the inauguration of the Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP) and Regional Internet Carrier (RIC) best practice workshop under the AXIS Project, UGO reports. Internet traffic exchange among regional regional Internet Service Providers could translate into numerous benefits to the end-users including faster downloading speeds and fluid browsing. Liquid Telecom Completes Fiber Ring Boosting Internet Liquid Telecom Group has just completed the build of the East Africa Fibre Ring that connects Kenya Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and back into Kenya, making the first fully redundant regional fibre ring Kenya’s Techmoran reports....

Two years ago…… As I bought something from the kiosk, I happen to come across an elderly gentleman possibly in his fifties who was quit engaged watching the 10 o’clock news (Agataliko Fufu) off his Chinese phone. At the time, simcard registration was something the Uganda Communication Commission was pressuring telecom companies to wrap up with or otherwise their customers faced imminent disconnection. On top of that, Chinese phones had been rumored to be banned off the network grids in an effort to fight counterfeit phones....

It seems like too many questions in a single paragraph. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. What is Dual SIM Dual VoLTE? Dual SIM Dual VoLTE is a new technology that allows both SIM cards on a smartphone to run 4G LTE networks simultaneously. Simply put, none of the two SIM card’s 4G connection will be sacrificed when one of them is switched on. There are uncountable smartphones in the market that support 4G LTE networks but users don’t get the chance to operate LTE connection on both SIM cards at the same time on the phone....

Facebook Analytics is a free tool that allows users to merge data from a Facebook page to Pixel. The tool, however, isn’t as popular as robust analytics tools like Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Kissmetrics, Hotjar e.t.c. With Facebook Analytics, users can create funnels, cohorts, charts, and other relevant data to monitor customer interactions across Facebook and Instagram platforms. For people who use the tool, and will be affected by its impending death, there are a couple of other alternatives that can serve the same purpose....

Facebook’s plans to dominate the internet landscape in Africa is an open secret. Big blue which is either the first or second most visited site in any African country according to Alexa stats has become synonymous with internet in Africa. With over 100 million users in Africa of the 1.8 billion Facebook users globally, Facebook is not about to slow down dominance of the digital landscape in Africa. Related post: Facebook is the internet in Africa: A look at its ambitious plans to connect the next billion users Two years ago, Google acquired New Mexico-based drone maker Titan Aerospace, the maker of solar-powered drones to distribute internet across parts of the developing world that don’t yet have Internet access after Facebook failed to buy it....

Similar to other social networks like Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook will allow appearance of a tagged post or image in different feeds when clicked on. However, the difference is that Facebook allows users to decide on their readership every time they make a post so that they can be read by either the public or a selected audience. Despite the heavy usage of hashtags by many social networks, Twitter is well known for having popularized this trend that blends well with its 140 character limit....

At the beginning of the year, Files Go got its beta channel that allowed early adopters to opt-in on potentially less stable builds of the app, but get an early look at the new features being baked in before the general public. So far the changes to both look and name have reached these beta users. The app also just hit the 50,000,000 download milestone today, so it’s pretty popular....