In November last year, President Yoweri Museveni launched Uganda's first ICT Manufacturing & Assembling factory.  It is the same factory, today, that is ready to export its first batch of phones Uganda has started the exportation of the locally made SIMI mobile phones with Morocco being the first external market. "It's a great morning. We are excited.

The Employment and Labour Relations Court has stopped two universities from reducing staff salaries by 40 per cent. Justice Byram Ongaya on Friday barred Egerton and Kisii universities from paying staff reduced salaries pending hearing and determination of a case filed by the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu).

President Uhuru Kenyatta in his 7th presidential address to the nation on Saturday 23rd May 2020, announced KSh 53.7 billion economic stimulus programme that will be injected in the Kenyan economy to address challenges caused by COVID-19.

President Kenyatta announced the 8 point economic stimulus programme as follows:

1. KSh 6.58billion allocated to the Ministry of Education to hire teachers and ICT interns to support digital learning programmes.                           

2. KSh 10 billion to fast-track payment of pending bills.