#Nyombi Thembo

Airtel Uganda has joined forces with SpaceX’s Starlink to commercially launch the country’s first direct satellite-to-mobile service, allowing compatible smartphones to maintain messaging and basic data connectivity across remote islands, mountainous regions, and underserved rural areas outside terrestrial cellular reach.

At the inaugural National Cybersecurity Conference 2026 in Kampala, government leaders, the Bank of Uganda, and the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) urged financial, telecommunications, and security institutions to build a secure digital ecosystem to protect Uganda's economy against rising cybercrime.

UCC Executive Director Hon. Nyombi Thembo has addressed the WSIS Forum 2026 in Geneva, emphasizing that digital transformation requires equipping citizens with digital skills. Highlighting Uganda's achievements under the UCUSAF fund, which has delivered ICT labs to over 1,100 schools. Thembo called for global partnerships to bridge the digital divide.

MTN Uganda has remitted UGX 54.27 billion to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to fund rural connectivity and digital inclusion. The statutory 2% revenue contribution will finance infrastructure in underserved areas and support the Uganda Institute of Information and Communication Technology (UICT), pushing Uganda toward its goal of universal connectivity by 2030.

Uganda must shift from being a consumer of foreign technologies to a creator of homegrown digital solutions if it is to secure sustainable growth in the...

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director Nyombi Thembo, accompanied by a team of technical staff from the commission, met with Chief of...

Vice President Jessica Alupo has emphasized the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in modernizing education to produce graduates equipped for today's...