I was asked to talk about the handling of user requirements, how to link them to implementation within technology projects, by The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG) a digital ehealth service provider. The key principles are being able to respond to change (agile), keep learning, and how to capture business/customer outcomes as well as improving communication […]
Social Expectations Perspective: Jumia – African Company or Not
This is the hottest topic right now with valid arguments on both sides of the equation, so here is my unsolicited opinion. What we can agree on is Jumia calling itself African is to look exotic, different to be able to raise its valuation hence more money to the shareholders. Arguments that this is a […]
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Crowdsourcing Validation Rules for Uganda National ID
I am curious about the ability to validate that the Uganda National Identification Number (NIN) is well formed. However this does not validate that the NIN actually belongs to the person presenting it or that it is correct. The rules that I have been able to gleam are: Must be 14 characters long First character is […]
Harvest Money Expo – What Next for Agribusiness in Uganda?
Over the weekend, I took time to go to the Harvest Money Expo (https://www.newvision.co.ug/tag/harvest-money-expo/) with the aim of getting some ideas to stimulate my mind with agribusiness opportunities. I awas fortunate to also meet with Robert Kabushenga, Dr Kisamba Mugerwa and Hon. Rosemary Sseninde. I did some personal introspection on why agribusiness for a technology […]
Styx Technology Group Launches Poultry Farm Revenue Calculator App
As part of the Styx Technology Group mission to leverage technology to support executives identify, implement & refine strategic technology interventions in their business & target market segments, we are proud to partner with Kkungu Poultry Farm Enterprises Ltd to help bring relevant, useable cutting edge technology to Uganda agriculture executives. Leveraging the experiences shared […]
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Syzygy – Release 2 – Uganda Mobile Money Cost Estimator
Syzygy is a Uganda focused utility calculator (launched by this post http://ssmusoke.com/2015/08/11/launching-syzygy-uganda-focused-utility-calculator/), this new release adds a tool not available anywhere else allowing you to estimate the costs of a mobile money transaction. Are you sending to a registered number, unregistered or trying to withdraw from an agent or ATM? Hope this app saves you the […]
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Alternate Approach to Voice Price Wars in Telecom Industry in Uganda
My colleagues at Styx Technology Group are looking at alternate approaches to telecos in Uganda to increase their ARPU (Average Revenue Per Unit) a metric for revenue from each customer, instead of the current price war tagged to 3/= per second (US$ 0.1 per minute). Accept that voice is now commodity, being pushed further out […]
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Launching Syzygy – Uganda Focused Utility Calculator
Just as Google has rebranded into Alphabet, on behalf of Styx Technology Group I would like to officially announce the launching of Syzygy which is a platform for a comprehensive utility calculator for Uganda based on PAYE Calculator (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.databud.payecalculator) which was released by myself in 2012. There are many calculators and utility apps out there, […]
Uganda Youth – Radical Change Needed
This cold February morning signaled the start of the rain season in Kampala, which after the blistering heat is a welcome change before the populace starts complaining about the floods, mud and wanton debris associated with rain storms. That being said the morning was punctuated by an insightful article by Simon Kaheru titled “it’s no […]
Mara Foundation Business Hackathon Pre-Launch – Startup Reality Check
This was the theme of my presentation at the January 25 pre-launch event for the Business Hackathon event organized by the Mara Foundation (http://www.mara-foundation.org/) and Mara Launch Pad (http://www.mara-foundation.org/entrepreneurship/mara-launchpad.html). This would be my second hackathon-style event after the Startup Weekend that I had participated in April 2012 (http://wp.me/pXn3W-5v) where I pitched an idea that had […]