Facebook has expanded its Coronavirus Information Center to 24 more countries in Africa including Uganda as part of its ongoing commitment to empowering people around the world with timely and accurate news from trusted health authorities.
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Center is appears at the top of News Feed and provides a central place for people to keep informed about the Coronavirus. It includes real-time updates from national official sources, regional and global organizations such as the Africa Center for Disease Control, local Ministries of Health and the World Health Organization as well as helpful resources – articles, videos and posts – and tips about social distancing and preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Facebook users can opt-in to the Center to get notifications and see updates in their News Feed from official government, regional or global health authorities.
Facebook’s Director of Public Policy, Africa, Kojo Boakye, said: “Facebook is supporting the public health community’s work across the world to keep all communities informed during the coronavirus pandemic. We are happy to provide nearly every country in Sub-Saharan Africa with its own Information Center so people across the continent have a central place to find authoritative information around COVID-19.”
The new countries where Facebook is launching the Coronavirus Information Center are:
Botswana
Burundi
Central African Republic
Comoros
Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
The Coronavirus Information Center is already in place in the following sub-Sahara African countries:
Before the lockdown, many of us would be gearing up for some great weekend fun. At the strike of 5pm, we would close our laptop lids as we make those phone calls, send messages, drop pins so our buddies can join us, party hard, and later flood our social media timelines with ‘the weekend that was” photos of us having the time of our lives, letting off some steam after a long week on the grind.
However,
that is not the case today as we have all taken a step back into our homes to
wait for the world to heal. But who says we can’t have fun at home? We can do
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Editor’s Note: This a press release from MTN Uganda
Today,
learning about past football matches is no problem. On the Internet, there are
hundreds of different websites with a detailed description of the final minutes
of a particular match, but among them Azscore stands out.
Azscore is the platform where
you can monitor results of matches of various teams from around the world. At
the same time, here you will be able to find ordinary and amateur matches, as
well as world-famous fights for the cups of a certain country. The site is
designed in nice colours and provides users with the following advantages:
Ability to watch live scores today football matches. Usually, you are
able to find almost every match taking place in the world.
Past and upcoming
events. The lists contain already finished matches, as well as scheduled games.
Football database.
This tab has all existing leagues and more. This function is very useful,
because thanks to it you can study all the existing teams.
“My games”
section. In case you are interested in a particular match, you can start
tracking it. After that, it will be added to the “My Games” tab, and you, in
turn, will be notified about the start of the game.
Using
all the features of the website, you can easily find today live football scores, as well as other information on certain
games. Among them are matches that took place a year or even more ago.
Azscore mobile
app and sensational match Real va Ajax
You can install the
application on smartphones with various operating systems, because it is
available both in PlayMarket and the App Store. With azscore.com help, it is recommended to analyze the match of FC Real
Madrid against Ajax held in 2019, which gave fans a lot of positive emotions.
The Dutch team was just
beginning to take off to the top and met with Real after three victories. In
the first match, guests from Madrid scored a goal into the opponent’s goal,
which decided the outcome of the match and, as a result, gave them victory. In
the next game, Ajax played more actively and scored a goal at the beginning of
the match (7th minute). After the next 11 minutes, another goal was scored to Courtois goal by Neres.
Real was getting closer to
relegation, and after the 62nd minute all hopes for victory disappeared,
because Tadic brought another goal. In the 70th minute, Real managed to play
back one point, but this did not help the team. The game ended in a rout for the
club, and it flew out of the tournament at the 1/8 stage. The team failed their
fans for the first time in three years and did not manage to bring the trophy
to Madrid.
COVID-19 has brought many
businesses to a standstill and even movements have been limited across the
country. However, for your health needs, GOGP+ the telemedicine app is here to
save you the hustle of walking to a hospital.
Technology is an enabler, it makes
life easier, efficient and convenient. One of those enablers in the medical
world is telemedicine. Telemedicine
involves the use of electronic communications and software to provide clinical
services to patients remotely without making a physical visit to the hospital.
GOGP+ is one of them.
“GOGP+ is a Telemedicine
application which enables video to video chat remotely connecting those in need
of medical assistance with qualified doctors, in a trusted, reliable and secure
environment,” said Paul Mwebesa, Chief Operations Officer.
With this application, Patients
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documents and photos. The GoGP+ App also enables Doctors review historic
consultations, prescriptions and lab tests to maintain consistency of the
patient’s diagnosis and treatment.
GoGP+’s mission is to provide
Healthcare for the Masses, by providing accessible and affordable health
service in the hands of every person with a mobile phone.
The app is available in play store and app store, download the app Now from https://bit.ly/2K9UZT2
GoGP+ bridges the geographic gap
by linking patients to doctors at the comfort of the homes, without having to
move distances to access a doctor.
In light of the Presidential
Directive on a partial lockdown due to Coronavirus, this comes as a perfect way
to reach your doctor.
The service can be accessed from
home, refugee camps and other remote locations 24 hours a day.
The GoGP+ App will play a vital
role in providing remote health care and combating the coronavirus. Patients
who present with the COVID- 19 symptoms can access a doctor by video
consultation wherein they will be advised on what to do. In addition, patients
with other ailments will have fast video access to a doctor while avoiding the
need to visit the hospital. They will therefore avoid the risk of interacting
with people who are possibly infected as well as decongesting the hospitals to
allow for the critical to be taken care of.
KAMPALA – According to Ministry of Health, today, Saturday, April 11, 2020, three people who have been completely healed of the Covid-19 disease in Uganda and will be discharged to return home.
We thank God for this first victory in the national response against the Coronavirus pandemic. It’s indeed a great milestone and a welcome Easter present for all Ugandans who have braved the inconveniences that come with fighting this enemy and stayed home in the past two weeks as the country observes guidelines enumerated by President Yoweri Museveni and the Ministry of Health which are highly important and necessary to stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
We also congratulate the country for temporarily flattening the infections curve as all 439 samples tested on Good Friday returned negative — for the second day running! Our cases remain at 53 for Easter, and with continued discipline required of everybody, we should hope for the best.
Although we are yet to hit the epidemiological flat curve, this milestone in Uganda happening at a time when the global case and death rates are still growing on average by 2.68% and 6%-10% respectively, is surely a success worth celebrating!
We, the Online Media Publishers Association of Uganda (OMPA) exceedingly commend all our healthcare workers, the leadership of our Ministry of Health under Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng and colleagues and the technical wing under Dr. Diana Atwiine and colleagues.
Special mention also goes to the staff of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) who have done a commendable job in testing.
We also higly commend the political leadership of the country under President Yoweri Museveni and the national taskforce headed by Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda for being focused on the fight against the pandemic.
This concerted and commendable leadership and effort has given the country ability to identify, isolate and test suspected cases on an average of 11% daily. To date, 4,301 cases have been tested.
We also commend the leadership of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance under Hon. Judith Nabakooba and colleagues and the technical wing headed by Hon. Vincent Waiswa Bagiire for harnessing the media effort towards the national educative responses to the pandemic, which efforts have been key in ensuring that the public gets to grip with the threat that the spread of Coronavirus poses.
We therefore would also like to thank all our media colleagues who, daily dedicate time, resources and valuable media space to keep the masses educated.
And, to all the individuals and organisations that have contributed materially and financially to both controlling the disease and easing the pain of the knock-on effects of the disease, Uganda is eternally grateful!
We salute all the people of Uganda- for heeding to the government’s advice to #StayHome and #StaySafe.
We ask you to continue heeding the guidelines of government as informed by the Ministry of Health, until the country overpowers the threat caused by the Coronavirus.
We at OMPA, pledge to continue dedicating time and resources to educate the Ugandan masses — over 50% of whom rely on the internet for timely and updated news, by creating timely, accurate and truthful news and functional information.
Stay Home and #Stay Safe!
Happy Easter to you all
The Online Media Publishers Association- Uganda (OMPA-U) brings together owners and journalists working in Uganda for 24 of Uganda’s leading online media houses.
Suubula.com, the new marketplace which provides space for listing of products and also delivers orders to homes and offices anywhere in Kampala within a period of 45 minutes, has been listed by Government of Uganda as one of the main electronic solutions to help in mitigating the impact of Coronavirus.
The National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U) said in a statement this week that the list of e-service providers was in line with the “Presidential advice on social interactions and public transport to reduce transmission on Corona Virus. “
NITA-Uganda said the electronic channels would reduce the impact of COVID 19.
They include online shopping apps, online food and commodity delivery channels, e-learning applications, utility payment platforms and many more. Other listed platforms include Jumia Food.
Suubula.com gives space to people from all walks of life to buy and sell goods.
Traders, entrepreneurs, farmers, wholesalers, retailers, brokers and businessmen can now list goods (garments, shoes, agriculture produce, farm inputs, wines, art pieces, livestock, poultry and cosmetics etc) on Suubula.com.
For example, people who are stranded at home because of Coronavirus but can grow flowers for sale, bake cakes or pastries, prepare fruit juice or yoghurt or ghee or draw art pieces for home design etc, can also list their products on Suubula.com to attract potential buyers.
Businesses encouraged to tap into Suubula.com’s potential include salons, bakeries, bars, restaurants, hotels, event houses, recreational facilities, gyms, real estate, etc.
Suubula.com Chief Executive Officer, Camble Hope says “everyone has a skill that can be monetized when linked to the mass market, hence positively impacting small businesses and the general economy.”
Nita-U publicist Steven Kirenga said “Ugandans are therefore encouraged to make use of these available electronic means to reduce human interactions and any subsequent spread of the COVID19 pandemic.”
He added: “Ugandans can still access over 90 e-services on the e-citizen portal www.ecitizen.go.ug Mobile Applications and E-Solutions to take you through the COVID Crisis with no social interactions.”
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Pixan Inc, a Ugandan high-end technology, content production & distribution company, and Bold Cashers Limited, the developers of Cash Chat, a Ugandan digital and social network mobile application, have today launched the COVID-19 Quarantine Time Mobile App Innovations Challenge.
The two tech companies are using the Challenge to facilitate technologically innovative Ugandans during this time when they are self-quarantining to come up with digital solutions that will help Ugandans recover from the economic distraught this Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has put them into.
Ugandans and non-Ugandan tech innovators and developers residing in Uganda and under the age of 30 years are encouraged to submit their written proposals and concept papers for consideration. Submission of these ideascommences on 1st April and closes 10th May, 2020. The Challenge is looking at finding digital solutions that will ease the lives of Ugandans during and after this pandemic.
Mr. Edgar Ofoyuru, the Managing Director of Pixan Inc. revealed that the Challenge is looking at finding solutions in four categories – Agriculture, Healthcare, Education and Finance.
The winners will bag a total sum of $2, 000 ($500 for each category winner) and have their winning mobile applications pre-installed in some of Pixan Inc. manufactured mobile phones. Some of the participating apps that will not emerge winners but are potentially good will also be considered for pre-installation in the Pixan mobile phones.
“The coronavirus disease has presented us with challenges that we must address with the resources and technology available. This is why we are calling on young minds who are now observing self-quarantine to use their time and ICT skills to come up with digital solutions to life’s challenges during and after COVID-19,” Mr. Ofoyuru said.
“In the next forty (40) days, we will be looking for young individuals and or groups that can develop mobile apps that provide solutions in the field of agriculture, education, finance and healthcare. These ideas must be new and developed in the next 40 days. Participation is free so long as your idea is tenable. We will help and guide selected people with their projects development,” he added.
Pixan Inc. through its Pixan Developers Circle, a community of technology innovators, and Pixan Mobile for Inclusive Development (PM4ID) project strives to find ways of usingtheir mobile platform to solve or respond to local problems and challenges.
Pixan Inc. regularly works with young developers on some of its Research and Development projects and products development projects. Pixan Inc. designs and manufacturesmobile phones, earphones, phone chargers and power banksamong other innovations in the tech sector like software development.
On his part, Mr. Asher Namanya, the Chief Executive Officer of Bold Cashers Limited and developer of Cash Chat Mobile App, said that the COVID-19 Quarantine Time Mobile App Innovations Challenge presents them with an opportunity to join Ugandans in the fight against coronavirus and to offer solutions that are sustainable and make life easy to live.
“As a financial technology business, we understand the catastrophic magnitude this pandemic is having on humanity and Ugandans in particular. This also means that we understand the need for us to participate in providing solutions that guarantee that life continues as scientists work on finding a vaccine,” Mr. Namanya noted.
“This Challenge should help us and the young developers use their skills and artistry to contribute to humanity by coming up with digital solutions that Ugandans can turn to, to sustain their lives during these hard times and during the recovery period. We want the innovators to come up with solutions that help users of their mobile apps go through an economic recovery effortlessly, Mr. Namanya said.
The deadline for receiving application is 25th April 2020. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and announced on a date that will be announced. Winners in each of the four categories (Agriculture, Finance, Healthcare and Education) will get $500, mentorship and their app installed in the Pixan phones.
You can submit your mobile app project idea for consideration by sending the concept to email covid19qc@pixaninc.comand through the Cash Chat mobile app using number +254745133259 or call +256773867884 for details.
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A new online marketplace, suubula.com has launched its website in Kampala, Uganda to facilitate trade of discounted products and services.
Suubula.com will offer unlimited space to traders, farmers, entreprenuers, ICT developers, manufacturers and real estate dealers to sell a wide range of products in different categories including Agricultural Produce, Livestock, Poultry, Farm Inputs, Fashion and Beauty, Food and Beverages, Apartments, Gadgets, Gifts, Books and Art among others.
The website launch comes against the backdrop of the spread of Coronavirus which has led to closure of education and social facilities, grounding tens of thousands of people at their places of abode.
Suubula.com will allow posting of products on the site to allow entrepreneurs and commercial businesses connect with potential buyers who are at home and workplaces.
“All one needs is to identify a product on the website, put in the cart and pay for it. We’ll then call them to make arrangements for swift delivery,” said Suubula Chief Executive Officer, Camble Hope.
“Those who are stuck with goods in the gardens and stores should also advertise them on Suubula.com so that the site delivers these products to potential buyers,” he added.
In the long run, Suubula.com will provide space for job seekers and employers to create employment opportunities for millions of people who are unable to find appropriate places of work.
Home Jobs
The website will as well create “Home Jobs” especially those who are unable to find work or rent space at a commercial building but can use their skills to bake birthday cakes; produce table mats; prepare rollex, coffee or yoghurt etc from their homes.
“You’ll be able to list your product/skills under “Home Jobs” on Suubula.com at a free cost,’” said Camble Hope.
Camble said it’s high time “we tapped the potential of this market.”
“You no longer need ‘display space’ at a city mall for a gift shop if you can have your products viewed by millions of people on Suubula.com. We are changing the way we do business by facilitating marketing of products and services and reaching out to millions of customers online. Suubula.com exists to support businesses sell products and skills in the local market and elsewhere in the world.”
Almost 4.54 billion people were active internet users as of January 2020.
Bulk trade
Suubula.com will also facilitate trade in bulk commodities, allowing wholesalers obtain heavily discounted goods for local, regional and international markets.
Incorporated at Uganda Registration Bureau Services (URSB) in Kampala, Suubula.com will also allow existing businesses to list their shops, salons, bakeries, bars, restaurants, recreational facilities, gyms, real estate, etc on the website at an affordable fee.
The site, built by Ugandan ICT experts has a user-friendly payment platform and interface, allowing users easy navigation and location of their favourites products.
Suubula.com is using Flutterwave, an internationally recognised and secure payment system for transactions; and the company commits to total security and privacy of customer data. Deliveries will be arranged on order.
In the next 18 months, Suubula.com will embark on an aggressive marketing campaign targeting an audience of 5 million people to enable listed businesses, skills and products are linked to domestic and foreign markets.
“While your chia seeds and fruits go bad in the granary or garden, a businessman in Dubai is struggling to obtain a reliable supplier of the same,” said Camble, emphasising, “Suubula will address this bottleneck by linking producers and potential buyers online.”
While foreign products such as accessories and gadgets will be sold on Suubula.com, the site will give priority to Ugandan products.
“Gone are the days when human survival hinged on the availability of jobs or cash to rent space to run a business. Gone are the days when entrepreneurs, ICT developers, mechanics, plumbers, masons and builders etc would spend weeks without a trace for opportunities. Suubula is here to transform lives by enabling your economic transformation through trade,” said Camble.
You can follow Suubula.com on social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, .
