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MTN Uganda Launches Starlink for Business, Bringing Satellite Connectivity to Remote Areas techjaja.com/mtn-uganda-laun… via @techjaja

MTN Uganda Launches Starlink for Business, Bringing Satellite Connectivity to Remote Areas

MTN Uganda has officially launched MTN Starlink for Business, a new offering that pairs Starlink’s Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite technology with MTN’s local

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Data Power Struggle Explodes: Stats Bureau Tells Public to Ignore ICT Ministry’s AI-Ready Plan techjaja.com/data-power-stru… via @techjaja

Data Power Struggle Explodes: Stats Bureau Tells Public to Ignore ICT Ministry’s AI-Ready Plan

The strategy, unveiled on 20 October 2026 with support from UN Global Pulse Uganda and UNDP, aims to fix fragmented data systems,

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Apple Copies the Amazon Echo Idea with HomeView, and It’s Stunning techjaja.com/apple-copies-th… via @techjaja

Apple Copies the Amazon Echo Idea with HomeView, and It’s Stunning

Apple has finally entered the smart display arena with the HomeView, its first dedicated screen-and-speaker device for the home. After years of watching Amazon’s Echo

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#‌itelA300C: Specifications and Price in Uganda techjaja.com/itel-a300c-spec…

itel A300C: Specifications and Price in Uganda

itel has introduced the itel A300C, a practical, budget-friendly Android smartphone designed for everyday users.

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‌Meta Muse: Everything you need to know about the AI agent techjaja.com/meta-muse-every…

Meta Muse: Everything you need to know about the AI agent

Meta Muse can connect to email accounts, calendars, shopping platforms, and productivity tools, allowing it to carry out tasks.

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‌Smartphone prices are rising in Uganda. Here’s why! techjaja.com/smartphone-pric…

Smartphone prices are rising in Uganda. Here's why!

Smartphone dealers report that the prices of many popular models have already risen by UGX 150,000 to 600,000.

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‌Everything to expect from the Digital Government Africa Summit 2026 techjaja.com/all-about-digit…

Everything to expect from the Digital Government Africa Summit 2026

Here is all about the Digital Government Africa Summit 2026 — and why this year’s gathering could matter far beyond Uganda.

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‌Uganda’s @Mamtelecom is going after one of Mobile Money’s biggest hidden problems techjaja.com/mam-telecom-goi…

Uganda’s MAM Telecom is going after one of Mobile Money’s biggest hidden problems

If MAM Telecom can fulfill this, the technology behind the transaction could prove just as important as the app in the customer’s hand.

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‌4 Years of SafeCar: How @SafeBoda listened to Ugandans and changed car-hailing techjaja.com/4-years-of-safe…

4 Years of SafeCar: How SafeBoda listened to Ugandans and changed car-hailing

4 years ago, SafeBoda took a bold decision to launch a car hailing service under the brand SafeCar to solve a very simple customer problem.

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UCC Wants Your Opinion on Capital FM’s Takeover — After the Deal Was Already Done techjaja.com/ucc-wants-your-…

UCC Wants Your Opinion on Capital FM’s Takeover — After the Deal Was Already Done

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has opened a 14-day window for public comments on an application that would transfer Capital FM

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Samsung Took 8 Generations to Fix the Crease—The iPhone Duo Just Humiliated It in One techjaja.com/samsung-took-8-… via @techjaja

Samsung Took 8 Generations to Fix the Crease—The iPhone Duo Just Humiliated It in One

When Apple finally introduced the iPhone Duo, the immediate question wasn’t about its custom silicon or battery life—it was whether Apple

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No more Bezels: The last millimeter was never about millimeters. techjaja.com/no-more-bezels-… via @techjaja

No more Bezels: The last millimeter was never about millimeters.

For years, smartphone design treated bezels like a moral failing. Every generation promised to erase them. Every generation stopped just short.

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Starlink internet is now officially live in Uganda techjaja.com/starlink-intern…

Starlink internet is now officially live in Uganda

On 1 September 2026, SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet account posted that high-speed, low-latency service is available

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Govt To Merge Your National ID With Your Tax File techjaja.com/govt-to-merge-y… via @techjaja

Govt To Merge Your National ID With Your Tax File

Uganda’s Cabinet has approved a shift that tax technologists have been building toward for years: the National Identification Number issued by NIRA will replace the Tax Identification Number

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EBus Xpress Goes Bigger in Kira: Electric Buses, *165# Fares, Onboard Wi-Fi techjaja.com/ebus-xpress-goe…

EBus Xpress Goes Bigger in Kira: Electric Buses, *165# Fares, Onboard Wi-Fi

EBus Xpress is adding three routes in the Kira corridor from 28 August 2026, stretching cashless electric transit beyond the inner-city loop

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SmartLife Flexi Hits UGX 199B: Airtel Money Wants the Next 20 Million Savers techjaja.com/smartlife-flexi…

SmartLife Flexi Hits UGX 199B: Airtel Money Wants the Next 20 Million Savers

Uganda’s informal economy still runs on cash, irregular pay, and phones that rarely leave a pocket. That is the market NSSF is chasing with SmartLife Flexi

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Free Your Data: MTN Doubles GBs at Same Price techjaja.com/free-your-data-… via @techjaja

Free Your Data: MTN Doubles GBs at Same Price

MTN Uganda has officially launched Free Your Data, a major refresh of its Monthly Data Bundles that delivers substantially more gigabytes

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MTN Uganda Launches MTNTV on Afromobile techjaja.com/mtn-uganda-laun…

MTN Uganda Launches MTNTV on Afromobile

MTN Uganda has officially switched on MTNTV, a full-blown digital entertainment platform that aims to change how Ugandans watch TV, listen to radio, stream movies

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Code Yo, Maali Yo Just Dropped — And Uganda’s Boda Riders Are About to Get Paid Instantly techjaja.com/code-yo-maali-y… via @techjaja

Code Yo, Maali Yo Just Dropped — And Uganda’s Boda Riders Are About to Get Paid Instantly

Uganda’s busiest roads just got a major tech upgrade. MTN MoMo and the Uganda Boda Boda Riders Union have launched Code Yo, Maali Yo, a nationwide push to turn the country’s cash-heavy boda boda...

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ATC Uganda Just Handed Over Millions to the Govt—Here’s the Bold New Plan for Uganda’s Internet Future! techjaja.com/atc-uganda-just… @UCC_Official

ATC Uganda Just Handed Over Millions to the Govt—Here’s the Bold New Plan for Uganda’s Internet...

In a major development for East Africa’s telecommunications landscape, ATC Uganda has officially handed over its statutory 2% Gross Annual Revenue contribution to the Uganda Communications Commission...

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