According to the Global Startup Economy Report for 2021, the global startup economy is worth over $3.8 trillion in Ecosystem Value, more than the individual Gross Domestic Product of most G7 economies, not including the value of exits prior to 2018. Ugand ...
2021 DevScape Report: What are the opportunities?
Early last week, the first ever report on Uganda’s developer community was released, sparking a conversation about technology and the state of those who form a large part of the sector’s labor force. Named the 2021 DevScape Report, the survey that re ...
Building Climate-Ready Communities: Why Science, Technology & Innovation matters to us all
For the last 10 days, over 20,000 delegates from 200 countries have been at the Glasgow Climate Conference discussing ways to keep climate change under control. This global discourse around climate change points towards one fact; we are in a climate emerg ...
Technology breakthroughs can fight emerging crime
Despite the challenges in 2020, Uganda got one thing right, and that was a significant reduction in crime. The 2020 annual crime report by the Uganda police indicates 215,224 cases were reported in 2019 compared to 195,931 cases reported in the year 2020. ...
Rise of Tech and Workforce need to meet halfway
Sheba Ayinzabyonna has always held the career of programming in high regard. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology (IT) and has since then served as an Information Communications Technology (ICT) teacher for secondary school stu ...
Unlocking Opportunities in Uganda’s Tech Community
The most experienced developers in Uganda’s tech ecosystem started out over 20 years ago, but we only began to see real growth in the industry 10 years ago. This is evident in the age group data, with 85.5% lying between the ages of 18 and 30. Even with a ...
GENERATIVE ART: What it is and why you should love it.
When asked about art of this generation, a good number of people will claim it is dead because it is obvious, we do not have greats like Picasso or Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci. We may be quick to claim that the young people of today are not as talen ...
EDTECH- A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO ACADEMIC CONTINUITY DURING COVID-19
In Uganda, a fairly active Edtech space is emerging with innovators coming up with various gadgets, content, games, and learning materials over the past decade to aid young learners in becoming innovative and creative thinkers by coming up with solution-based learning exercises
The Mastercard Foundation Launches Its Young Africa Works Strategy in Partnership With The Innovation Village
On Thursday 23rd July 2020, Mastercard foundation launched its Young Africa Works program which is a strategy that was informed by extensive consultation with leaders of African governments, private sector organizations, educational institutions, civil s ...