Category: How-Tos

Kola reverse. How to reverse MTN mobile money sent to the wrong number.

Joseph Otim
A man reversing his transaction

Sometimes, as a mobile money user, you send money to the wrong number, especially when you insert one wrong digit. In the past, whether it was small money or huge money, the only way to get it back from the stranger you sent it to was if that stranger was a good person and could help you reverse the transaction. But in most cases, the possibility of that was narrow. It would most likely be split milk. The truth is, telecom companies haven’t just been sleeping around; they’ve been working…

Could you go swimming with your phone? Here is, why or why not.

Joseph Otim

Yes!! You can go swimming with your phone but the million dollar question here is, Would you have no fears when taking a snap by the pool? or Would you place your phone by the pool and still have no worries? This article clearly gives an in depth answer to the above questions. The water proof feature is becoming a must have feature in most premium smartphones and this article will give you a clear understanding of which phones can withstand immersion in water and which ones are just splash…

How To Check Your Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) Result On Your Phone

Charles Layoo

The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has officially released Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results and you are probably thinking of checking the result of your child, relatives, friends or even your own results. Checking the result can seem to be a bit tricky and an headache but in this article I am going to show you how to check your PLE results in less than 3 minutes. All you need is a phone, index number and airtime of UGX 500 and then follow the steps below Open your Message Menu…

How to Fix Your Android Phone When it Won’t connect to Your Computer/PC

Charles Layoo

So I have been using my Android phone and it could connect to the PC well in case I want to transfer any file from my phone to PC. Few days ago, my computer failed to recognize my phone whenever I connect using the USB data cable. It was until I had to figure out the solution and it worked for me so here I am sharing it with you just in case you might be experiencing the same problem If your Mac or Window computer won’t recognize your phone…

Ministry Of Health procured a Cancer Machine at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI)

Charles Layoo

Good news to Cancer treatment in Uganda. The Government of Uganda has procured a True Beam Linear Accelerator Cancer Machine which according to the Ministry of Health is being installed at Uganda Cancer Institute. “This machine is the 1st of its kind in Africa,” Said Jane Ruth Aceng, Minister of Health. The machine will start operation in December 2020 and will go a long way in improving cancer treatment in Uganda. It is designed to use high precision to treat tumours and lesions in various part of the body such…

How to Save your Data Bundles on Android Phones, iPhones

Charles Layoo

Do you sometimes buy data bundle and in few minutes you would get a pop up notification that “You have used up 90% of your data”? If your answer is yes then you are in a right place because I’m going to show you what exactly to do in order to save your data. I recently got a message from friend complaining about how fast his wife’s phone is consuming data. And he thinks it is because his phone is having a 4GB RAM but that is not the case because…

How to bypass Screen Lock in TECNO Pouvoir 3 Air

Charles Layoo

Do you want to know how to hard reset your TECNO Pouvoir 3 Air? Have you ever been wondering how you can factory reset or wipe all data in your TECNO Pouvoir 3? How to bypass screen lock in TECNO Pouvoir 3 Air? There are several reasons that would make you want to do this and whatever reason it may be, the solution is right here in this website and are about to discover it. If you have been searching or asking the above kind of questions and you never…

How to activate Uganda’s OTT Tax?

Charles Layoo

OTT tax or over-the-top services tax was introduced by the parliament of Uganda and it took effect on the 1st July, 2018. This tax require an excise duty on over-the-top services over the internet. To access the Over The Top Applications while in Uganda, you ought to pay a government tax. Choose from the options provided how you would want to pay the OTT tax through Mobile Money based on your service provider. MTN Uganda Dial *150*3# select the period that you want. This can be Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly…

Uganda’s OTT Tax in Full and How to activate

Charles Layoo

In July 1st, 2018, the Government and the Parliament of Uganda introduced a tax that requires an excise duty on over-the-top services over the internet. This came immediately following a brief tweet by the President of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni that “social media encourages gossip”. The Social media tax or the OTT Tax requires users to pay a tax of UGX 200 per day in order to access over-the-top services or the social networking platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, Google Hangout, Snapchat, among others. However, mail…

5 Tips To Keep Your SmartPhone Battery Longer

Charles Layoo

Did you know that there are a lot of tips and tricks that you can use to keep your Smartphone battery for longer hours? Weak phone battery can be a stress since it will require you to keep on charging everyday. Some phones are even having the built in battery which requires you to even be more careful with it in order to keep the battery life longer. Here are 5 Tips that will help your phone battery live longer regardless of which type of Smartphone you are using. Turn…