ChangeWaves

Africa ICT News round-up

Friday, January 15, 2010

Telecentres struggle to take-off in Rwanda The government may lose Rwf155m if the requirements needed to operate equipment Public Information Kiosks (PIK) are not met soon. The equipment is practically not functioning due to low connectivity among others. A PIK unit is basically composed of a computer, a kiosk frame, a kiosk touch screen, a [...]

Here is a brand new 2010

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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As we slide/ bounce/ stagger (pick your choice!) or even merely enter or stumble upon AD 2010, a decade of the 21st century is already behind us. How special the beginning of the Second Millennium sounded, and seemed, at the time! I was hardly in University. The world was as it should be as it [...]

A lost generation

Monday, July 6, 2009

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Public affection of love is a contentious issue in Uganda. When the queen of Buganda kissed her husband (the king), tongues waged. It made headlines. The conservatives frowned while the young blood punched their fists in the air and screamed “that’s is how it should be.” But the young blood in Northern Uganda seem to [...]

Digging a hole to fill a hole

Monday, July 6, 2009

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I spent the third week of June in Gulu Distric, northern Uganda about 350 km from Kampala City. For years, I had read, heard and been told about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and the atrocities he committed. Sometimes they seemed so distant. Sometimes the updates came from CNN or the BBC. It was hard [...]

Rude company!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

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Time check: 1:45 am. A loud thud rudely interrupts my otherwise peaceful sleep and sweet dreams and also marks the end of a peaceful Saturday night. I then heard the sound of feet stepping on dry leaves. Then, I realize I was not alone in a house and compound I have stayed alone for the [...]

Two sides of the same coin

Thursday, March 5, 2009

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J onathan, my eldest nephew made us proud. He scored 20 points in the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education examinations. Meaning he will be joining University sometime later this year. He called his examination master late in the night on a new phone that I bought for him – I don’t know for what – [...]