Technology

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has dismissed reports linking COVID 19 outbreak to the deployment of 5G (Fifth Generation) technology.

The global generative AI market is set to witness remarkable growth, projected to reach a value of $109.3 billion by the year 2030, with a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.6% during the forecast period from 2023 to 2030. This is according to a report by Research and Markets. 

Google announced updates of new privacy tools in Google Search to give its users more control of their personal information, privacy, and online safety.

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.7 trillion in 2023, an increase of 4.3% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc.

By Agarwal Rajesh

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, announced a new collaboration to deliver internet access to 20 million underserved people in Africa by the end of 2025, with Microsoft Corp.  

Uganda currently has less than a third of science women researchers, which highlights the low levels of women representation when it comes to matters that drive innovation, and social-economic, and cultural transformation, among others.

Limited internet access is inhibiting the uptake of agricultural innovations across Africa, according to Frank Tumwebaze, Uganda’s Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.

In 2022, Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered on average 400,000 malicious files distributed every day, indicating a 5% growth compared to 2021.

Toyota Belta and Toyota Rumion are CFAO Motors Uganda’s latest introductions in the market.