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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Ugandan Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi on Wednesday urged local innovators and experts to develop the country\u2019s own social media applications.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a fund on innovation as a ministry, and we support innovators to come up with different applications,\u201d Baryomunsi told reporters in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. \u201cThose who have ICT skills should be able to come up with these kinds of applications instead of glorifying those which are developed by people from outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January 2021, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni banned Facebook for being \u201carrogant\u201d after the social media platform closed some of the accounts of his ruling National Resistance Movement party\u2019s supporters ahead of the presidential elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cFacebook was closed because it engaged in partisan politics in Uganda. UCC (Uganda Communications Commission) has been engaging with Facebook. They haven\u2019t yet finally agreed on dos and don\u2019ts,\u201d said Baryomunsi.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Ugandan Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi on Wednesday urged local innovators and experts to develop the country\u2019s own social media applications. \u201cWe have a fund on innovation as a ministry, and we support innovators to come up with different applications,\u201d Baryomunsi told reporters in Kampala, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,258],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-58948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nUgandan minister urges innovators to develop country\u2019s own social media platforms - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ugandan Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi on Wednesd ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ugandan minister urges innovators to develop country\u2019s own social media platforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ugandan Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi on Wednesd ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-01T15:47:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/sm_1698839866.172003.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ugandan minister urges innovators to develop country\u2019s own social media platforms\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-01T15:47:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/sm_1698839866.172003.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandan-minister-urges-innovators-to-develop-countrys-own-social-media-platforms\",\"name\":\"Ugandan minister urges innovators to develop country\u2019s own social media platforms - 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