Insights

Writing worth your time, or we don't publish it.

No thought-leadership filler. Everything here comes from questions clients actually ask us — written to be useful whether or not you ever hire us.

Cybersecurity8 min read

A plain cybersecurity checklist for Ugandan SMEs

You do not need an enterprise budget to be hard to breach. Here is the order we actually work through with small businesses — from mobile-money fraud to laptop theft.

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Cloud9 min read

Cloud or on-premise? A decision guide for NGOs in East Africa

Donor rules, unreliable power, data-residency questions, and per-user pricing all pull in different directions. A framework for deciding without regret.

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Strategy7 min read

Why digital transformation projects fail — and the boring things that prevent it

The technology is rarely the reason a rollout stalls. Six failure patterns we see across schools, agencies, and SMEs, with the counter-move for each.

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Engineering8 min read

Designing web and mobile products for low-bandwidth Africa

A product that feels quick on office fibre can be unusable on a 3G connection upcountry. Concrete budgets and techniques we hold ourselves to.

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Compliance10 min read

Uganda's Data Protection and Privacy Act: what it means for your systems

Registration with the PDPO, lawful basis, breach handling, and cross-border transfers — translated from legal language into decisions your team can act on.

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Strategy7 min read

How to choose a software partner (and questions that expose weak ones)

Procurement for custom software is hard when you are not technical. The questions we would ask if we were sitting on your side of the table.

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