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DIGITAL TRENDS: Importation of smartphones in Uganda exceeds other devices propelled by growth in live streaming, heavy Internet usage

by Alphred Rhyman Agaba
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Uganda has of late seen rapid growth in the number of smartphone shipments into the country which have overtaken basic phones, due to a rising levels of internet usage in the nation. A quarterly report compiled by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), illustrates that in the final quarter of last year, 2020, basic phones shrunk by 500,000 units in comparison to smartphones which grew by over

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Rhyman Alphred Agaba is a journalist, editor and radio/TV producer and entrepreneur based in Kampala.