Tagged: Mobile Phones in Uganda

Tech-savy kids: when did such a term even begin to exist?

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By Ruth Aine T on Mar 19th, 2012

Interesting times that we are living in today. We live in a gadgetised world: If such a term ever exists. While the adoption of mobile phones in the world is relatively low – especially in Africa, there are things like radios, televisions, watches – gadgets we’ve seen our entire lives. I know for a fact…

Internet & Mobiles

Your Call Has Been Put On Hold

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By Simon Kaheru on Aug 14th, 2011

THAT’S one of the more irritating sounds on the other end of most phone calls, even though it beats ‘beep, beep, beep, beep’ more than fifty times over. Another one I hate is, ‘The subscriber you have dialled is currently unavailable’. This one is most annoying when said subscriber happens to be a fellow who owes…

Internet & Mobiles

Battling Gadgets

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By Simon Kaheru on Jun 25th, 2011

IF you were at the Mobile Monday Kampala meeting this Monday last, you know where this is probably heading or coming from, but let me throw a spinner ball first: on Tuesday evening I succumbed to the messages my body was sending me and made my way to the clinic. After the preliminaries, the doctor finally…