Several Twitter accounts of high-profile people and companies were hacked on Wednesday 15th July 2020, throwing Twitter in the unwanted spotlight. This was a high-level coordinated attack aimed at scheming people through cryptocurrency who have already been battered financially by the coronavirus pandemic. According to Twitter, the attack was possible though “a coordinated social engineering hack, by cybercriminals who successfully targeted Twitter staff with access to the internal systems and tools”, an official statement from Twitter read. The attack involved gaining access to the target high-profile victims, namely Barack Obama, Apple, Elon Musk and Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian West, Jeff…
The Best of WhatsApp: It is not easy to position yourself!
I attended A Wedding ceremony With a gathering of About 30 people. I sat in the front seat. A Lady started distributing food. She started from The back and unfortunately, It didn’t get to us who were sitting at the front. Another Lady started Sharing the Drinks, She started from The front. But unfortunately I had Already moved To sit At The Back. Again The drink Didn’t get to me. I was So furious that I stood up To take my leave. But then I saw Three ladies Each with A Big Bowl. This time, I tried to Be Smart.…
COVID-19 case death rate per capita increasing in the US and SA…
Coronavirus pandemic continues to top global news. As of today, total confirmed cases globally stand at 13.3million, out of which 577,954 have died. Uganda is still fortunate with a zero-case mortality rate. To know how lucky Uganda is, study carefully the Table 1, Table 2, and Graph 1. The COVID-19 case death rate in the USA was at 0.039% as of 27th June 2020. The death rate increased to 0.042% as of 15th July 2020. This means as a cumulative number of cases increases, the higher the case mortality. This is not a good trend. The trend more than…
Monthly fraud risk & integrity assurance as a service
As the reality of the economic impact of coronavirus sinks in, you need to explore cost-cutting alternatives. As part of the #coronavirus recovery strategy, leaders of businesses have been conducting a business assessment to identify possible revenue leakages in terms of process redundancy and inefficiency, time, and resource wastages in unnecessary procedures and control weaknesses leading to theft and or fraud losses. One of the silent areas that lead to revenue leakage is unproductive staff on the payroll. We call them the ‘corporate fat.’ This is where the payroll is bloated by staff who do not put in their best…
Living with and near #Covid-19, the new world order
Jokes aside, and with no offense intended to our Chinese brothers and sisters, we need a scientific explanation of the current state of the coronavirus cases. Uganda has a 0% case mortality rate compared to the global case mortality rate of the virus is 4.4%, which is a welcome development as it shows a decline from an all-time high at 7.1% in May 2020.
Uganda renews MTN’s SNO license at a fee of US $100m
After long negotiations, MTN Uganda paid the US $100m, appropriately Ugx. 371 billion, in full to Uganda Government for license renewal. Download: MTN to list Experts push for innovation fund MTN is Uganda’s Second National Operator (SNO), and the license took effect on July 1st, 2020. For some time over the years, MTN experienced some run-ins with the government which culminated in the infamous raid of the MTN’s data center in Mutundwe by Uganda’s Internal Security Organisation on July 2nd, 2018, exactly two years ago, on allegations of a tax dispute. The license renewal is a vote of confidence by…
