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| 26.01.2026 | Uganda's Boda-Boda Drivers - the Digital Economy Hasn't Been the Route to Formal Work and Better Protection - Research | Digital labour platforms - like fast food delivery and cab hailing services - are having a dramatic impact on people's labour rights and working conditions around the world.
In western countries like the UK and the US, their rise has intens... |
| 21.01.2026 | Uganda: Why It Is Hard to Avoid the Internet in the World Today | Kampala, Uganda — When the Government of Uganda shut down internet access for four days during the recent election week, it reignited a national debate about how deeply digital connectivity has become embedded in modern life.
Authorities, t... |
| 20.01.2026 | Uganda: The Hidden Costs of Uganda's Internet Blackout | Uganda's economy is now deeply digitized. Mobile money platforms alone process hundreds of billions of shillings daily, serving as the primary financial arteries for the informal sector, which employs over 70% of the population.
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| 01.12.2025 | Uganda: Chasing 5g - Uganda's Digital Leap Faces Reality Check | News Analysis — A few kilometres outside Mbarara City, in the tranquil village of Karugyembe, an American Tower Corporation (ATC) mast stands tall among the banana groves, its steel framework glinting under the midday sun.
Erected to bolste... |
| 31.08.2023 | Ugandan fintech Asaak acquires FlexClub Mexico as it expands to Latin America | Asaak joins Nigeria’s Paga as one of the few African tech companies to expand to Latin America.
Founded in 2016, Asaak offered motorcycle and smartphone loans to Ugandans individually and through partners like SafeBoda. It has now acquired ... |
| 18.02.2022 | SafeBoda bets on super app to boost recovery from pandemic slump | Powered by 25,000 motorcycle taxis at the start of 2020, Safeboda was at its peak, ferrying thousands of pillion passengers in cities across Uganda and Nigeria. And then the covid pandemic hit, throwing everything into a spin. Containment m... |
| 04.02.2022 | 13 African tech startups to watch out for in 2022 | 2021 was a watershed year for both VC firms and startups in Africa’s tech ecosystem. As businesses re-opened and people went back to living their lives, they continued with habits they picked up during lockdowns. Owing to this consumer tren... |
| 29.11.2021 | Are Ugandan telcos equipped to protect user data? | A recent report from Unwanted Witness, a Uganda-based civil society organisation, reveals that two years on from the implementation of Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act, the nation’s tech companies are still struggling with complianc... |
| 08.04.2020 | Kenyan tech companies step up to enable free distribution of sanitation products | Share this:
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| 20.09.2019 | Ugandan-based SafeBoda Expands to Second Nigerian City | Uganda-based on-demand motorcycle-hailing startup SafeBoda, which expanded to Lagos Nigeria in May 2019, has expanded to another city in the country. The startup began operations in Ibadan, Nigeria this week.
SafeBoda was founded in 2015, b... |
| 23.05.2019 | Here’s how you can tap German investor Allianz X’s €1bn fund | Are you running a growth-stage company that’s part of the insurance industry? Then you could just be the kind of firm that German investor Allianz X is looking to back with its €1-billion fund.
Earlier this month Allianz X, the digital inve... |
| 23.05.2019 | Here’s how you can tap German investor Allianz X’s €1bn fund | Are you running a growth-stage company that’s part of the insurance industry? Then you could just be the kind of firm that German investor Allianz X is looking to back with its €1-billion fund.
Earlier this month Allianz X, the digital inv... |
| 09.05.2019 | German investor Allianz X chooses Uganda’s SafeBoda as its first African investment | Allianz X, the digital investment unit of German financial services company Allianz Group has made in its first investment in an African-based company — Ugandan ride-hailing startup SafeBoda.
Allianz X said in a statement on Tuesday (7 May)... |
| 09.05.2019 | German investor Allianz X chooses Uganda’s SafeBoda as its first African investment | Allianz X, the digital investment unit of German financial services company Allianz Group has made in its first investment in an African-based company — Ugandan ride-hailing startup SafeBoda.
Allianz X said in a statement on Tuesday (7 May... |
| 19.03.2019 | South Africa’s FlexClub raises $1.2M, partners with Uber Mexico | FlexClub, a South African startup that matches investors and drivers to cars for ride-hailing services, closed a $1.2 million seed round led by CRE Venture Capital.
The company will use the financing to add team members and expand off the c... |
| 14.11.2018 | Here are the 14 winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | Tech advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards following its annual awards party held in Cape Town on Monday (12 November) evening.
The awards — which are now in their fourth year — ... |
| 14.11.2018 | Here are the 14 winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | Tech advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards following its annual awards party held in Cape Town on Monday (12 November) evening.
The awards — which are now in their fourth year — a... |
| 11.11.2018 | AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners 2018 Announced | Share this:
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| 06.11.2018 | The Best African App 2018? | Share this:
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| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place on... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place o... |
| 10.10.2018 | AppsAfrica Awards Finalists Announced | Share this:
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| 03.09.2018 | An African Ride-Hailing Timeline | Ride-hailing and personalised individual/group transportation has been in existence in Africa for a long, long time. People have come together to share vehicles for decades – even before motorized vehicles became a thing. The difference bet... |
| 08.05.2018 | Africa Roundup: Safaricom unveils Bonga, Africa’s Talking gets $8.6M, TechCrunch visits Nigeria, Ghana | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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| 12.08.2016 | Uganda’s Outbox incubator shows phenomenal results in four years | “The launchpad for new ideas” is how Ugandan incubator Outbox is labelled as it has shown significant growth over the past few years.
Established in 2012, Outbox is one of the leading incubators in Uganda. It not only offers incubation and ... |
| 12.08.2016 | Uganda’s Outbox incubator shows phenomenal results in four years | “The launchpad for new ideas” is how Ugandan incubator Outbox is labelled as it has shown significant growth over the past few years.
Established in 2012, Outbox is one of the leading incubators in Uganda. It not only offers incubation and... |
| 06.04.2016 | Motorcycle hailing service, SafeBoda just raised GBP160,000 from Global Innovation Fund | Title says it all. SafeBoda, the Ugandan motorcycle hailing service, has just raised GBP160,000 (that’s around USD227,000 at today’s FX rates) from GIF, Global Innovation Fund. The investment is in the form of a convertible note. That is, a... |
| 14.09.2015 | Ugandan logistics solution claims top regional prize at Seedstars World | International logistics solution Intership Ug has been named Uganda’s best startup by Seedstars World. The startup will travel to Switzerland in February 2016, where it will stand a chance of securing US$500 000 in equity investment.
Havin... |
| 14.09.2015 | Ugandan logistics solution claims top regional prize at Seedstars World | International logistics solution Intership Ug has been named Uganda’s best startup by Seedstars World. The startup will travel to Switzerland in February 2016, where it will stand a chance of securing US$500 000 in equity investment.
Having... |
| 02.09.2015 | These 10 Ugandan startups will pitch at local Seedstars World event | The global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets, Seedstars World, has chosen 10 exciting Ugandan startups to pitch in Kampala later this month.
The winning startup will stand a chance to travel to Switzerland, where it will ... |
| 02.09.2015 | These 10 Ugandan startups will pitch at local Seedstars World event | The global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets, Seedstars World, has chosen 10 exciting Ugandan startups to pitch in Kampala later this month.
The winning startup will stand a chance to travel to Switzerland, where it will c... |
| - | Ugandan-based SafeBoda Expands to Second Nigerian City | Uganda-based on-demand motorcycle-hailing startup SafeBoda, which expanded to Lagos Nigeria in May 2019, has expanded to another city in the country. The startup began operations in Ibadan, Nigeria this week.
SafeBoda was founded in 2015, b... |
