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NSSF celebrates Shs3 Trillion milestone with new corporate identity

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National Social Security Fund (NSSF) yesterday took on a new corporate identity as it also announced that it had amassed Shs 3 trillion in assets.
 
Last financial year, NSSF had Shs 2.7 trillion in assets while in the 2010/11 financial year; it had Shs 2.1 trillion in assets.
 
In the new corporate identity, NSSF has rebranded to a blue and green logo with slanting letter fonts and also adopted a new tagline- ‘A Better Future’.
 
“We are not only changing our look, but rather, the change of our visual identity symbolizes my commitment, your commitment and our commitment to deliver a better future for our growing membership by providing quality products and offering competitive returns in a transparent and efficient environment,” Mr Richard Byarugaba, the managing director of NSSF said.
 
He added:
“Whereas you cannot touch our hearts to feel this renewed commitment, this new logo represents that commitment. What we are promising our stakeholders especially our members is nothing less than quality products.”
 
The robust growth follows 24 months of good performance. During the time, NSSF members’ compliance improved from63 per cent to 73 per cent, monthly contributions went up by 71 per cent from Shs 24.5billion to Shs 42.0 billion, while member balances went up by 70 per cent from Shs 1.7trillion to Shs 2.9trillion. The overall, the Fund is currently growing by Shs 50 billion each month
 
NSSF has over 450,000 savers all working in the private sector.

Ugandan wins Google App Developer Challenge

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A former graduate student in Bachelors of Computer Science at Makerere University, has won the Google Apps Developer Challenge for the Social / Personal Productivity / Games / Fun category in Sub-Saharan Africa.
 
24 year old, Caesar Mukama won the award for an app he created called Dextop,a web application that mimics a normal computer. A user simply logs into Dextop on the internet and it creates a perception of a computer but in fact, everything that he/she does is stored on his/her Google account on the internet.
 
Developers across the world participated in the Google App Developer Challenge where participants developed apps by using Google tools such as Google app engine and various API’s.
 
The entries were divided into six categories. They included Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, India, SouthEast Asia, Latin America, United States, Europe and rest of world.
 
“ Winning this award has built me in ways I can’t describe, while other teams in the competition had five or six members, I designed, developed and publicized Dextop alone. I now feel that I can take on any challenge and complete it according to plan and on time” Caesar said.
 
Caesar also won 20,000 US Dollar cash prize from Google,the freelance software designer says that he is currently working on the next version of Dextop  and is planning on releasing a marketplace application by Christmas.
 
About Google Inc.
Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google’s mission in Africa is to make the internet an integral part of everyday life in Africa, by increasing its relevance and usefulness, eliminating access barriers for potential users, and developing products that are meaningful for the countries in the region. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/africa, see our Africa Blog, http://google-africa.blogspot.com/ or follow us on Twitter twitter.com/googleafrica

HiPipo.com Telecom Survey for Uganda, 2012; Data Services;

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In this day and age, data customers are searching for an enriched experience from the telecom providers. HiPipo.com as a leader in delivering Uganda content would love to see our visitors and fans having very good internet access in order to access all our services. The Uganda telecom operators such as Orange, Warid, Airtel, MTN and UTL are largely advertising enhanced data networks with some stating that they are offering 3.75G. Essentially we would expect users of these services to have very fast data services, browsing & searching & reading email will happen in very few seconds, streaming of video would be top notch fast.

Despite the recent trends of the said improved networks, Quality of Service (QoS) that influences the degree of satisfaction of a user of the service is still seen to derail Uganda operators. Using this year’s survey, HiPipo Consulting, Research and Advisory arm intends to measure customer’s satisfaction of the telecom data services and customers views on quality of data services. We invite you to complete the survey below to express your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the data services you are currently using.

Participating in this survey enters you in a draw to win an android phone or android tablet!

 

Facebook Posters Urge Employees to Throw Away iPhone for Android

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Facebook urged its employees in August to switch from iOS devices to Android so that flaws in the company’s mobile app could be addressed more rapidly.

Now, photos have emerged of posters hung around the Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters of Facebook, which further urge employees to make the switch that they’re calling ‘Droidfooding — as in testing your own product.

The posters boast that by 2016 Android devices will consume the market and outsell iOS devices, a projection from the International Data Corporation. Below the chart is the Facebook helpdesk’s email address, which will help employees “switch today.”

Will Android win this Battle??

Share your views in the comments section below.

Source: Mashable, Techchru

 

PSY – GANGNAM STYLE Most Watched YouTube Video ever

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YouTube, Korean Music

“South Korean rapper PSY’s “Gangnam Style” has become YouTube’s most viewed video of all time.
YouTube says in a posting on its Trends blog that “Gangnam Style” had been viewed 805 million times as of 24th Saturday afternoon, November , 2012, surpassing Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” which has had 803 million views,” Yahoo news reported.
 
Gangnam Style official music video has been on YouTube since Jul 15, 2012. 
PSY has another hot single that preimiered on YouTube on 14th August 2012. It is a Gangnam style remix featuring HYUNA a talented Korean Diva.  This video has at least 160 million videos.
Despite the broken record, Justin Bieber’s YouTube Channel is most popular with at least 3,140,063,910 video views and 2,407,807 subscribers compared to PSY’s official YouTube channel that has at least 1,167,314,743 Total views and 1,756,389 Subscribers.
 

Gangnam Style by Psy tops UK chart

In other developments, Rapper Psy became the first South Korean musician to reach No 1 in the UK. Gangnam Style broke into the top 40 two weeks ago at No 37, a month after its release, and made it to No 3 last week.

The video with the single has had more than 253m views in two months and became the most “liked” video on YouTube.
Psy, an established star in South Korea with six albums, taught Britney Spears his dance moves on the US TV show Ellen month.

Mr Sudhir Ruparelia is Number 18 on Africa’s 40 Richest list – Forbes

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Sudhir Ruparelia

Net Worth

 

$900 M As of November 2012
 

Sudhir Ruparelia runs one of Uganda’s largest privately owned conglomerates, the eponymous Ruparelia Group. It owns hundreds of Ugandan properties, hotels, a country club, a chain of foreign exchange bureaus, a business that grows and exports roses and Crane Bank, the country’s second largest commercial bank. Born in Uganda, Ruparelia moved to the United Kingdom with his parents at age 16 after President Idi Amin expelled all Asians from the East African country in 1972. While in the U.K, Ruparelia worked small jobs. He returned to Uganda in 1985 with $25,000 in savings with which he started a commodities trading business and Uganda’s first foreign exchange bureau, the basis of the much larger business he owns today.

At a Glance
  • Age: 56
  • Source of Wealth: real estate, self-made
  • Residence: Kampala, Uganda
  • Country of Citizenship: Uganda
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Children: 3

 

Forbes Lists

 

Rank Name Net Worth ($ mil) Age
1 Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote

$12,000 55
2 Nicky Oppenheimer & family

Nicky Oppenheimer & family

$6,400 67
3 Johann Rupert & family

Johann Rupert & family

$5,700 62
4 Nassef Sawiris

Nassef Sawiris

$5,500 51
5 Mike Adenuga

Mike Adenuga

$4,600 59
6 Christoffel Wiese

Christoffel Wiese

$3,700 71
7 Othman Benjelloun

Othman Benjelloun

$2,750 80
8 Patrice Motsepe

Patrice Motsepe

$2,650 50
9 Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris

$2,500 58
10 Mohamed Mansour

Mohamed Mansour

$2,200 64
11 Onsi Sawiris

Onsi Sawiris

$2,170 82
12 Miloud Chaabi

Miloud Chaabi

$2,100 83
13 Yasseen Mansour

Yasseen Mansour

$2,000 51
14 Youssef Mansour

Youssef Mansour

$1,950 67
15 Desmond Sacco

Desmond Sacco

$1,400 70
16 Anas Sefrioui

Anas Sefrioui

$1,350 55
17 Stephen Saad

Stephen Saad

$975 48
18 Sudhir Ruparelia

Sudhir Ruparelia

$900 56
19 Jim Ovia

Jim Ovia

$825 58
20 Shafik Gabr

Shafik Gabr

$720 60