Community Facilitator

In it’s bid to increase information accessibility to its customers, MTN {largest mobile operator in Africa and the Middle East} has introduced a smarter way of accessing information on their mobile phones. With GoogleSMS, all a client has to do is to send an SMS on any idea and get an instant answer.

For instance, if one wants to buy or sell something, get news updates {both local and international}, advice on sexual and reproductive health, agriculture and farming tips and many others, all the… Continue

The increase in pirate activity during April and May 2009, both in terms of intensity and geographical coverage, necessitated a change in SEACOM’s cable installation plans which resulted in a delay in the ready for service date from 27 June 2009 to 23 July 2009. The planned route required the ship to transit an area of increased pirate activity where other ships had been attacked or seized.

The cable deployment in the troublesome waters has since been completed and splicing to connect the secti… Continue

In her budget speech, the minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Syda Bumba said the thrust of the Financial Year 2009/10 Budget is based on the following policy initiatives:

i) Increasing agricultural productivity and production,

ii) Increasing agro-processing and value addition,

iii) Increasing investment in infrastructure and human resource development to facilitate regional trade and economic growth.


Given the limited resources, Government must allocate its resources t… Continue

UGANDA Green Computers, an initiative by the Government of Uganda to avail affordable computers to small and medium size enterprises, is under threat of cloned computers that are being dumped in the market.

The joint venture between the Government of Uganda, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and Microsoft is yet to deliver to its optimum.
Launched in June last year, Uganda Green Computers was meant first to refurbish and later start recycling computers.

The initiative was born… Continue

Presentations of challenges faced by telecentres and telecentre managers for the East African Telecentre Academy meeting held at Kyambogo University
Peter Balaba- Nakaseke Community Multimedia Centre

Location; Nakaseke CMC is located at Nakaseke Sub-County Headquarters, Nakaseke District, 75 km North of Kampala (16 km off Kampala –Gulu road). The CMC was established in 1997 as part of the series of a pilot initiative to introduce, test, disseminate and assess the impact and viability of CMCs in… Continue