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David Okwii
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Jan 22, 2021

My livelihood is almost gone because of Internet shutdowns and censorship in Uganda

To 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…

Uganda

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My livelihood is almost gone because of Internet shutdowns and censorship in Uganda
My livelihood is almost gone because of Internet shutdowns and censorship in Uganda
Uganda

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Jun 7, 2019

Newsletters I Subscribe to keep up with African Tech

One 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…

Newsletters

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Newsletters

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Jun 1, 2019

The future of data and you

It’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 Intelligence

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The future of data and you
The future of data and you
Artificial Intelligence

4 min read


Apr 18, 2019

Cashbacks might just be the only weapon Fintechs have against Cash

See 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…

Fintech

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Cashbacks might just be the only weapon Fintechs have against Cash
Cashbacks might just be the only weapon Fintechs have against Cash
Fintech

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Feb 25, 2019

Marketplaces, the next frontier that will unlock the digital revolution in Africa

A 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…

Startup

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Marketplaces, the next frontier that will unlock the digital revolution in Africa
Marketplaces, the next frontier that will unlock the digital revolution in Africa
Startup

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Feb 11, 2019

Fintech is losing the battle against cash because of Merchants

This 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. …

Payments

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Fintech is losing the battle against cash because of Merchants
Fintech is losing the battle against cash because of Merchants
Payments

9 min read


Jan 24, 2019

From Internet cafes to 5G, Bodas, AI, Blockchain and beyond in Africa

I 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. …

Tech

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From Internet cafes to 5G, Bodas, AI, Blockchain and beyond in Africa
From Internet cafes to 5G, Bodas, AI, Blockchain and beyond in Africa
Tech

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Nov 3, 2018

MTN Uganda can’t explain how my 30GB of data vanished, so I am moving on to Airtel

Mention 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…

Airtel

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MTN Uganda can’t explain how my 30GB of data vanished, so I am moving on to Airtel
MTN Uganda can’t explain how my 30GB of data vanished, so I am moving on to Airtel
Airtel

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May 3, 2018

Amazon isn’t the “Earth’s Most Customer-centric Company” It claims it is

After 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…

Security

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Amazon isn’t the “Earth’s Most Customer-centric Company” It claims it is
Amazon isn’t the “Earth’s Most Customer-centric Company” It claims it is
Security

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·Jan 12, 2018

Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of this web form

I 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…

Ecommerce

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Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of this web form
Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of this web form
Ecommerce

3 min read

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David Okwii

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Transforming Africa into a country, one line of code at a time. Dev blog http://davidokwii.com/

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