PC Tech Magazine
PC Tech Magazine is an online technology news website providing technology, reviews, interviews and ICT research coverage.[1][2][3][4][5] It was founded by Albert Mucunguzi in 2010.[6]
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Type of site | Digital media, news |
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| Founded | 6 February 2010 |
| Headquarters | Kampala |
| Founder(s) | Albert Mucunguzi |
| Editor | Olupot Nathan Ernest |
| Website | pctechmag |
| Current status | Active |
History[edit]
PC Tech Magazine was founded by Albert Mucunguzi in June 2010 while still at campus at Makerere University.[7] It is among one of the leading online news website providing technology coverage across Africa.[8]
Early days[edit]
In its early days, PC Tech Magazine published daily articles online and issued monthly magazines.[9][10] The first magazine was published in February 2010 but it was until the end of 2013 that they stop issuing magazine and to-date have only focused on publishing daily articles online. The articles in the magazines were extracted from PC Tech Online's [1] daily news updates.
The magazines were circulated in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda.
Awards and recognition[edit]
In 2011 PC Tech Magazine won the Young Achievers Award,[11] in 2016 was named in the Top 10 websites in Uganda by Alexa.com. In 2016 and 2017 they were recongized by Huawei Technologies Uganda as the best online technology news website in Uganda at the same time awarding their journalist Olupot Nathan Ernest in both years.[12] In 2021 got a recognition from The International Trade Council's GO Global Awards as a Top Placer in media.
Other initiatives[edit]
PC Tech Educate, CTBus (The Academuc Journal on PC Tech), Digital Learning Africa (Online Resource Platform), PC Tech Directory, and PC Tech Jobs.
References[edit]
- ↑ "PC Tech Magazine interviewed TRAC FM founder and director Wouter Dijkstra". Trac FM. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "PC Tech Magazine Media Partner". Innovation Africa. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ↑ "List of the top 5 technology websites in Uganda". UG Tech Magazine.
- ↑ "Tech blogs and News Sites in Uganda". Investment Guide Africa.
- ↑ "Top 8 Most Influential Tech Blogs (Websites) In Uganda". ICT GUY. 8 December 2022.
- ↑ "Albert Mucunguzi". Stockholm Internet Forum.
- ↑ "Uganda's tech industry needs less of the same, says expert". How we made it in Africa. 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "PC Tech Magazine". WSA.
- ↑ "Domestic technology magazines hit Uganda shelves". Biz Community. 24 March 2010.
- ↑ "PC Tech Magazine". A2T.
- ↑ "List of Young Achievers Award winners". Wikipedia.
- ↑ "PC Tech Journalist, Nathan Olupot Wins 2021 E-Government ICT Award". Tech Point Magazine. 11 February 2018.
External links[edit]
- PC Tech Magazine on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official website
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