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04.01.2006 The Ugandan Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry (MTTI) and its affiliated institutions met in a roundtable workshop at Jinja from 1 to 3 December 2005. The affiliated institutions are: namely Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Uganda Export Promotion Board (UEPB), Management Training & Advisory Centre (MTAC), Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), Uganda Commodity Exchange (UCE), Uganda Wild Life Education Centre (UWEC) and Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA).

04.01.2006 Broadband access has become increasingly available in Africa over the last four years according to the authors of a new report published by Balancing Act. The report is based on a survey of 100 operators on the continent.

04.01.2006 With an aim to increase the H1B cap and special visa provisions for a multiple one-year entry in US, the Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies) on Tuesday signed an MoU with US India Business Alliance (USIBA) for joint cooperation in the IT sector.

04.01.2006 Tobacco major ITC Ltd plans to invest $1 billion over a period of seven to ten years in its ongoing e-Choupal business.

04.01.2006 Award winning company, ChildNet Electronic Publishing, Ghana's first local educational software developer and producer will be launching its first product, Squirrel's Compututor.

04.01.2006 A wide range of technologies are available to help microfinance providers improve efficiency, track operations more accurately, increase transparency, and reach new customers.

04.01.2006 On December 8, 2005, dot-EDU set up a low-cost, low-energy using lab in rural Uganda that may be just the solution for places where electrical problems (surges, brief cuts, and brownouts) tend to damage ICT equipment.