The US Embassy Mission in Kampala this afternoon facilitated, in partnership with ICTAU, an open dialog on Net Freedom in Uganda. In attendance were the usual suspects one can find at such brain gatherings in the…
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Dear Quartz, it’s too early to make a call on the success of mobile money in Africa
March 17, 2016 technology UgandaTom Jackson, writing for Quartz Africa: The impact of mobile money, for one, has not been uniform across the continent. M-Pesa has been a resounding success in Kenya, where over half of adult consumers have an…
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A photo posted by TMS Ruge (@tmsruge) on Mar 15, 2016 at 9:56am PDT The days just add up; the sunsets, one after the other close out long hot days doing the menial 1000 things one…
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On the FBI taking on Apple and what it means to the global village unified by tech
February 24, 2016 International Development technology UgandaLast week, Apple’s Tim Cook published a letter to its customers explaining why they plan to fight the FBI’s request to compel Apple to unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernadino terrorist attackers: Specifically, the…
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Al Jazeera’s ‘The Stream’ show hosts Ugandans to discuss #UgandaDecides
February 23, 2016 Appearances International Development UgandaI joined three other Ugandans on Al Jazeera's The Stream to discuss the recent Ugandan presidential elections:…
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South Africa-based Design Indaba stopped in to see what we are up to at Hive Colab and recording this video interview. Came together well (for whatever reason, I can’t seem to embed it here). “All the…
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Yeah, I said it, Kampala beats any other East African capital for the best place to live and work. The appeal may not be immediately obvious. It is not as clean as Kigali, or by the…
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A deep dive in Uganda’s Electoral Commission’s registered voter register
February 10, 2016 International Development Politics UgandaHere’s 1st of many infographics I’ll be creating to break down Uganda’s electoral commission data #UgandaDecides. While the inaccuracy in the data is statistically minor, it’s what it says about @UgandaEc attention to detail. After all, they…
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On the impact of remittances and the Virtuous circle of value-addition at the last mile
July 18, 2015 Diaspora at work International Development UgandaOver the next few months, I am switching focus to my fledgling agricultural startup, Raintree Farms. For the last six years I’ve been nipping at the heels of an idea I wanted to explore: how much…
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Ronald's radio from Project Diaspora on Vimeo. Almost 3 years ago, Ida Horner and myself held the second Villages in Action conference in my village of Kikube. I brought along a HD video camera and put…
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