The result was this report titled: Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, mobile phones and digital trends in Africa.

The report notes that Africa will become predominantly urban within 20 years, according to a United Nations report, with cities tripling in size and megacities developing throughout the continent. This suggests significant changes for Africans’ consumption of media in general and digital media in particular, with implications for Africa’s cities, politics, and civil society.

The convergence of African urbanization and technological change, including the rise of digital media, is driving major change. Perhaps most dramatic, use of cellphones and other mobile devices, already widespread, are becoming a nearly universal platform, not only for telephony but also for audio and video information and entertainment.

The research and analysis was carried out by Adam Clayton Powell II, a senior fellow at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership and Policy and a university fellow at USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy, coordinating USC projects and forums in Washington, DC, on subjects ranging from public diplomacy and public service media to future business models for cultural institutions and arts journalism.

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Over-texting of SMS messages on your mobile phones and playing computer games or surfing the internet, typing documents etc is fun, but it may come with a number of negative effects.

Latest discoveries in science world indicate that over using computer and mobile phone key boards comes with their downsides.

The dangers of using computer and mobile phones may strain your fingers and could result in arthritis (inflammation of the joints).

When your thumbs begin to ache, it might be assign that you should give texting a break for sometime and the same applies to computer keyboards. Over using mobile phones and computer key boards without rest may result into wrist pain.

Walakira Nyanzi

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Scientists in American universities have discovered that most mobile phones emit harmful radiations due to transmission of signals around 900MHz.

They say that the radiations may damage your brain, and it may cause you headache and muscle pains. The scientists further say that phone radiations may cause you blood cancer, tumours etc.

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Where technology is taking the world few people seems to understand. Now when someone is in USA and wants to listen to radio stations in Uganda can only pick a phone and start listening for free of charge.

Radio Simba FM (Uganda) has pioneered a new technology that enables people (Ugandans in US) to listen to Radio Simba FM using their mobile phones by dialing 712-432-2360.

Sections of Ugandans in USA who have dialed this number testify that it works and it’s clear. The service is for free day and night and it doesn’t require data connection.

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The center will encourage ICT innovations in Uganda, Software development for agriculture and mobile phones technology.

Launched by the ICT minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, the center will also provide ICT innovations to support the small and medium Enterprises among others.

Rugunda has further attributed the fairing economic activity to the recent technological innovations like the mobile phone technologies which he should be supported more.

Ultimate Media

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