Jan 22, 2021My livelihood is almost gone because of Internet shutdowns and censorship in UgandaTo some people, the ongoing internet shutdowns and censorship might be a game, to some its war and others politics. But for me, it’s my livelihood. I am what you would call a digital native. Almost all my career has been built online. Not that I intended it that way…Uganda4 min readUganda4 min read
Jun 7, 2019Newsletters I Subscribe to keep up with African TechOne of the best ways I keep up with African Tech is via email newsletters. Unlike social media, I guard my inbox quite jealously. Oh by Africa, I mostly mean Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa. But you can slip in my home base Uganda, progressive Rwanda, Ghana, Tanzania. Africa has 54…Newsletters3 min readNewsletters3 min read
Jun 1, 2019The future of data and youIt’s been over a year now since the world was left in shock by the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal. For the first time since the unstoppable meteoric rise of Facebook, we finally understood how precarious centralized data organization can be. …Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
Apr 18, 2019Cashbacks might just be the only weapon Fintechs have against CashSee that Ugx 16,000? That’s free money Xente has given me so far since I started using the app to buy the basics. For me, internet is much of utility as water and electricity are at home. I have a 4G router with an Airtel sim card so the whole…Fintech2 min readFintech2 min read
Feb 25, 2019Marketplaces, the next frontier that will unlock the digital revolution in AfricaA friend of mine, Mwesigwa Daniel telegrams me the other day and asks why I don’t blog much about Tech in Africa. I didn’t have an answer for him despite having done this for close to a decade now. But having thought about it, I believe I no longer write…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Feb 11, 2019Fintech is losing the battle against cash because of MerchantsThis is what happened to me last week. I had taken my car for serving at one of garages in Kampala CBD. I needed to replace my shocks — all of them. The bill was around Ugx 1.6m($435) which as a hefty amount. …Payments9 min readPayments9 min read
Jan 24, 2019From Internet cafes to 5G, Bodas, AI, Blockchain and beyond in AfricaI have been a consumer Tech blogger for almost a decade now. My enthusiasm about Tech started way back in 2006 while I was working in an internet cafe in Kampala as I waited to join University. …Tech12 min readTech12 min read
Nov 3, 2018MTN Uganda can’t explain how my 30GB of data vanished, so I am moving on to AirtelMention MTN data to any MTN Uganda customer and you’ll immediately be greeted to aura of mistrust. That’s because MTN has a big problem it has never admitted or even worse fixed. I loaded 30GB shared data on thursday and by today (Saturday), it was already done! Wait what? I…Airtel3 min readAirtel3 min read
May 3, 2018Amazon isn’t the “Earth’s Most Customer-centric Company” It claims it isAfter one week plus of back and forth with Amazon customer care via email and phone call, I still can’t login to my account. I am tempted to believe it’s all my fault for setting up secure way of accessing my Amazon account via Two-Factor Authentication. Since last week, I…Security4 min readSecurity4 min read
Published in HackerNoon.com·Jan 12, 2018Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of this web formI have attended several Tech events where they invite so-called gurus and experts to explain the digital landscape in Africa, but I have never been satisfied with any of their answers as to why e-commerce has not caught on. It turns out the reason why a click on a user’s…Ecommerce3 min readEcommerce3 min read
