Since it opened shop in Uganda over 20 years ago, MTN’s proactive role in sports has positioned the brand as the biggest supporter of local sports through its sponsorships, partnerships, and active engagements with the various sports disciplines including football and athletics among others. While launching the Website, Somdev Sen, the MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer said that as the biggest supporter of sports in Uganda. READ ALSO: MTN Uganda’s Best Moments of 2020 MTN Uganda decided to launch the MTN sports website, a digital sports hub, to provide sports fans with comprehensive sports coverage of the very best that Ugandan sports have to offer....

The phone still plays its single most important role — communication — in this case i mean voice communication through the normal GSM calls. But this very vital role has been compromised by tonnes of features that we now think our smartphones must be capable of doing such as taking photos, Tweeting, Facebooking, navigation using maps, listening to music, streaming and playing videos, gaming among other things on power hungry networks like 3G and 4G LTE....

However, with the Netflix ‘Downloads for You,’ you can use Netflix’s algorithm to auto-download personalized movies and shows. That way you can always have something to watch in your downloads section. In this post, we’ll be showing you how to set up auto-downloads on Netflix and how to save data or storage space while at it. How to Set up ‘Downloads for You’ Launch your Netflix app and Tap ‘Downloads’ on the navigation bar located at the bottom of your screenIf you don’t have any downloads, tap on ‘Set up’ to use Netflix’s recommendation....

Compared to the splash launches of the big smartphone manufactures like Apple or Samsung, there was no famous hall booked, no press passes for the big tech blogs and no Broadway style production for the Oneplus two launch event. Oneplus decided that they want to launch their new device together with the fans right from their offices. Oneplus shipped 30K VR card boards to their fans for free for their launch event....

However, there are some OEMs that do things differently by releasing multiple devices in a given line of phones in a year. Xiaomi is the first company that comes to mind in this regard but Oppo is fast adopting the same. Back in March of this year, we saw Oppo unveil the Reno3 smartphone. This device packed a 4025mAh battery, a Helio P90 chipset coupled with 8GB of RAM and up to 128GB internal storage....

The transaction is subject to approval from the relevant authorities. It will enable the company in Uganda to continue its development. This transaction marks a new step in the Orange Group’s asset portfolio optimisation strategy for which Africa and the Middle-East remain a strategic priority. Orange Uganda, which was created in 2008, is the third telecoms operator in Uganda and had 620,000 clients at the end of December 2013.

To build on this existing partnership, Equity bank Kenya and PayPal have expanded their partnership. This upgraded linkage will see users enjoy a more convenient withdrawal setup. The new move will enable users to link their PayPay accounts to the Equity bank mobile app as well as the bank’s internet banking service; Equity Online. This is all intended to boost efficiency and smoothen the process of onboarding PayPal accounts for Equity bank customers....

But let’s face it, do you honestly have the patience to crunch the figures to find out? It’s time-consuming, data-consuming and downright confusing crunching all these numbers, working out which one works for you. So then, brave reader, we would like to introduce to you Pricegator found at http://dignited.com/pricegator/, your ultimate price aggregator. Pricegator is a product of Dignited, your #1 consumer tech blog. It curates all product and service price info in one place and offers on-the-spot price comparisons to save you time and money....

remit.ug,(Now Useremit.com) the Ugandan startup, is an online platform that allows you to send money to Uganda from across the world. The remittance transfer service built by Redcore Interactive won Seedstars Kampala last June and is among the 36 startups that will compete and pitch for USD 500K equity investment on the global scale. The other African companies participating are Beam from Ghana, Green Energy from Nigeria, OkHi from Kenya, Torque from Rwanda, Poeyek from Senegal and Lumkani from South Africa....

I have always explained to different riders who cared to listen that the mobile wallet option is very convenient for customers. It very much helps with budgeting and financial planning; you can easily track your spending, plan expenditure among other benefits. You set aside an amount that you will spend on transport, load it into your Safeboda mobile wallet, and put your transport worries aside for a while. But that’s not always the case as Cash is the preferred payment method for a handful of SafeBoda riders....

What is Samsung Kids Mode? Samsung calls it “your child’s first digital playground”. According to them, Kids Mode is a treasure trove of fun, child-safe content. When enabled, it creates a separate kid-friendly user profile for your kids. Kids Mode gives them access to apps, games, and other content that are suited for their age range. It also comes with parental control feature that allows parents to both set limits to their kid(s) usage and customizes the content they make available....

Showmax added that the price of its subscription service will remain the same with the new streaming service being added onto the existing packages. “We’re going to trial a bunch of different sport content while keeping Showmax at the R99 price point, and see how our customers interact with the service,” said Connected Video CEO Niclas Ekdahl. Connected Video is the company which oversees MultiChoice’s online streaming platforms, such as DStv Now and Showmax....

With hundreds of drivers already signed up to the platform, and ready to accept rides anywhere in the city, this could be the opportune time for you to try out ride sharing. Taxify looks to offer the best rates for their customers, with a 15% discount already on until the end of November. Depending on your travels, the fares for this period will be: Ugx 950 as the base fare Ugx 600 per Km Ugx 150 per minute Ugx 4,500 as the minimum price...

Tecno uses this strategy to segment their market for instance, they make the Camon series for the camera and photography enthusiasts, the Boom series for audiophiles and music lovers, while the L series are for those who demand a lot of power to run them through their day. Here are the full specs, price and where to buy for the L9 in Uganda. Tecno L9 Plus Specs Announced: 2017, March Available: 2017, March Colors: Sky gray, Champagne gold, Dark blue SIM: Dual SIM OS: HiOS based on Android v7....

The POP series category was created to cater for smartphone users with very low purchasing power — for consumers in emerging markets. These devices are all powered by the Google-optimized edition of Android Oreo operating system (i.e Android Oreo Go Edition). Itel has been known to dominate the low price segment with it’s a series such as the A12 and most recently A16. However, we have seen Transsion companies release competing devices in recent times....

Our staff explained in an article a little about the new trend and how Tecno is going to popularize this with their affordable line of quality smartphones. Tecno has never disappointed when it came to keeping up with the trends let alone pushing the boundaries with their lines of smartphones like the Phantom, the Boom and the Camon series among others. This makes the anticipated release of the Tecno Camon CM quite interesting...

Bot developers are in position to accept payments from their users around the world, just as users can order and pay for merchandise all in a few button taps. How it works If you have Telegram 4.0 (or newer) installed, you can order goods or services from bots that offer them. Telegram acts as a messaging platform between the paying user, the bot developer, and their chosen payment system. These bots may have a Pay button added to their messages....

For the same amount of money, you get loads more goodies compared to Safaricom and Airtel Kenya. However, the Achilles heel of this carrier has got to be coverage. A quick scroll through Telkom Kenya’s Twitter feed will show you exactly where the issue is. If you happen to live in one of the few places where Telkom Kenya’s coverage is acceptable, here’s what you could be getting for your money....

Considering that the Big 3 (MTN, Airtel and Africell) now all have 4G internet, we have taken it upon ourselves to do a 4G LTE death-match. For good measure, we might even throw in the new entrant, Vodafone Uganda and see how they fair with the big sharks. These tests are exclusively done on 4G LTE smartphones. We chose the best possible scores. If you feel you can do better, please go ahead....

Desktop computers opened up the consumers — which is you and me — to new world of computing back in the 70s. Before then, computers — mainframes as they were called — were restricted to big corporate organizations or a few rich privileged individuals. But Apple and Microsoft changed that. Now, a Personal Computer (PC) is very much within the reach of students, professionals as well as big organizations. I had to have help with my new computer setup help Lake Worth FL....