UHMG's GeNext Campaign is not just about advocacy for smaller Families

On Christmas day, my family decided to drive to the village to spend the day with the old people (grannies). Very cheerful lads there who are counting nine(9) children to themselves and all alive including my sweet mother. Church time: At church, half of the holy place was filled with children aged between 1 - 14 years, all lively  and happy running up and down shouting. One thing that amazed me, very few or none of these kids looked sick or...

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Who will kill Golola Moses?

Golola Moses pauses with his Belt at Hotel Africana I know I should not be writing about Golola because to almost everyone who knows about the first "El Classico" before the real one on Saturday night and what happened probably doesn't want to hear anything anymore or would love to really know what it is that Golola Moses is and has been up to. Personally, I didn't know Golola Moses until early 2010 when  he became an internet sensation with...

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Uganda to host ICT for Africa 2012 Conference

For the 4th consecutive year, ICT for Africa will harness Africa’s developmental potential in the global ICT network. The 2012 conference heads to Kampala, Uganda between March 21st-24th, where local and international experts will investigate the crucial role that ICTs will play in the continent’s development.  Long considered a technological laggard, Africa’s rapid uptake of Information and Telecommunication Technologies (ICTs) has...

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Can Technology Really Save Us from Climate Change?

Entrepreneurs and investors are making the most of the world’s excitement about clean technology, hammering out innovations in every energy-related field. Many of the projects show great promise for helping to meet the greenhouse-gas limits discussed at the recent UN climate summit in Copenhagen, but few people grasp this disturbing reality: Even if energy innovations have a lot of potential, they might not be deployable until it’s too late. History shows that most of the technology breakthroughs need decades to make it to the mass market.To...

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Do we know who we are?

During my course at University, one of the course units was English Grammar/Language. Under English Language there was Communication Skills and during this they taught us how to prepare for interviews. So, a panel of judges[lecturer(s) or even students working in groups] would sit and ask you questions in front of the whole class. I prepared myself for the session and here I was bright and ready. First question; "Can you briefly talk...

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I will take you to the Beach and Buy you Fish

"When we grow up and make money, I will take you to the beach and buy you FISH" said Kate(not real names). My high school sweetheart. We wrote &  exchanged lots of mail and I am certain I still have them stored somewhere in my high school archives. There was a teacher who used to do part-time teaching at both our schools(Kate's & I). So, every time mail was delivered from Bweranyangi to the information prefect (Newton Baguma), I was sure that her letter was amongst the mail. Newton beat me to that post by 4votes by the way.  During...

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Is that all that social media can be?

In the communication context, when someone mentions "MEDIA", the 1st thought is radio, newspaper and TV. When someone mentions "SOCIAL MEDIA",  the 1st thought is Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. BUT... Is that all that social media can be?  Media comes from the English word medium, a way through which one can communicate with the other in form of letters, posters, emails, public meetings, etc. There is also mass media whereby you communicate...

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Rudimentary Technology Vs Modern Technology

It's 1836hrs and am still thinking about my stint yesterday at on of the car garages in Kisekka market down town Kampala. Like any other normal day, I started it with the usual Kampala traffic jam and drove to one of the offices on Entebbe road. I parked somewhere behind Talenta house and entered the office. One hour later, I found the car clumped by people claiming to be Multiplex officials. "Officer, this car defaulted parking fees on 20th April, 2011." one of the officials claimed. As we argued, I realized that one of the tyres which...

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A day out with a Radio & Television Technician!

Happy mid-month to you all. Yes! The silence was due to increased work load on my desk and more sites to monitor. During the past week my home theater system got a fault. I sat down all sad with no clue on where I would take it for repair. I have the warranty cards but the thought of transporting it back to Kampala just made my hope for my darling to recover fade the more. Two days after the half death of my darling home theater system as I walked out of my apartment, I bumped into my neighbor. "I miss the ABBA music that I have been waking to...

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Zipping and Unzipping: How could I have known?

Today 11:33am, I was reading from Collins D. Mugume's blog and I remembered something that I need to share. Like earlier mentioned by Albert Mucunguzi in one of his blogs, the year 1999 was a year most of us got to know that some of the things actually existed and were of some interest. That year in Ntare School I think Computers had just been brought to the school and some of us really wanted to have a feel of the TV and deck(VCR) like devices which displayed somethings we did not understand. I hope  the use of the word we will be accepted...

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Radio Stations! Are they doing any better?

Okay!!. So how has everyone been? Am back after some bit of silence. I took time to read all my fellow IT geeks' posts and blogs especially Albert Mucunguzi, Maureen Agena, Josh Twin, Stone Atwine, Simon Kaheru, Evelyn Namara to mention but a few. I like your posts Evelyn by the way especially the Tweets. *wink* Straight to our topic today, Radio Stations. Are they doing any better? I woke up this morning, unusual time (3am) and for the first time...

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Fibre Optic Installation in Uganda.

Happy Easter to you all. Feels good to be able to sit down and scribble a small blog for my readers. After a long huddle of work, I decided to run back home and relax, see my mother that I had not seen in quite sometime. On my way to mbarara, as I drove home listening to some country music on a wet highway, I noticed some hardworking men were busy burying a black thick wire in a trench. Being a digital native, I could easily notice they were installing fibre optic cable. From the time Telecom companies as well as government started embarking...

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My 100 Truths

Putting What ICT is today aside, I felt that should tell you the 100 truths about Cedric Anil. New year, new resolutions and new solutions as well as much to expect from "What is ICT Today?" Here we go;- 1. Last beverage: Coke 2. Last phone call: Rhonah, was worth it 3. Last kiss: My mum. 4. Last song you listened to - Got to Luv - Sean Paul 5. Last time you cried: Been while Dont remember HAVE YOU EVER: 6. Dated someone twice: Hell no. Ngenda Maaso 7. Been cheated on?: Yeah, not a good feeling. I no longer sign...

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Africa Internet (and Mobile) Entrepreneurs' Conference 2011

PC Tech Magazine in collaboration with PearlRichards Foundation- Ghana is organizing a one day conference on the new Media and entrepreneurship in Africa. The conference titled, Africa Internet (and Mobile) Entrepreneurs' Conference 2011 (AFRIEC 2011), seeks to showcase the innovative use of new media – internet and mobiles – by entrepreneurs to address the socio-economic and development challenges in Africa. This year’s theme is "Re Building...

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