Fort Portal, Uganda. – MTN Uganda, in continued
partnership with Tooro Kingdom, proudly announces the launch of the highly anticipated
3rd edition of the Tooro Kingdom MTN Amasaza Cup. Building upon the success of
previous years, this tournament aims to promote healthy living, sports development, and
raise awareness about HIV/AIDS within the Tooro region.
The Masaza Football and Bicycle Racing Tournament, organized by Tooro Kingdom,
stands as a testament to the power of unity and community engagement. With MTN
Uganda's commitment to empowering communities and fostering positive change, this
collaboration reflects a shared vision of building a healthier and more vibrant society.
Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Steven Kiyingi, speaking on behalf of Tooro Kingdom,
expressed gratitude towards MTN Uganda for its unwavering support. "We extend our
heartfelt appreciation to MTN Uganda for their continued partnership in promoting
healthy living and sports development within our kingdom. This tournament serves as a
platform to mobilize subjects for HIV sensitization and testing and MTN's theme,

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'Together we are unstoppable,' perfectly encapsulates the spirit of unity and resilience
that defines our collaboration.
Aggrey Byaruhanga, MTN Uganda's Regional Marketing Coordinator, reiterated the
company's commitment to supporting cultural institutions like Tooro Kingdom. "At MTN
Uganda, we recognize the importance of cultural heritage and the pivotal role it plays in
shaping our society. Our partnership with Tooro Kingdom for the MTN Amasaza Cup
exemplifies our dedication to fostering meaningful connections and celebrating our
shared values. As we embark on this journey together, we reaffirm our commitment to
empowering cultural institutions and nurturing the rich tapestry of traditions that define
us."
The theme of this year's tournament, "Mobilising subjects to know their HIV status;
Living no one behind," underscores the urgent need to address public health challenges
and promote widespread awareness about HIV/AIDS. Through sports and community
engagement, the Tooro Kingdom MTN Amasaza Cup serves as a platform for
education, empowerment, and solidarity.
The official media launch of the 3rd edition of the Tooro Kingdom MTN Amasaza Cup is
scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024, at 10:00 am. Hosted at the Tooro Kingdom
offices in the Mucwa complex, this event marks the beginning of an exciting journey
towards healthier communities and stronger partnerships.
MTN Uganda extends a warm invitation to all stakeholders, community leaders, and
sports enthusiasts to join us in celebrating the spirit of unity, resilience, and progress
embodied by the Tooro Kingdom MTN Amasaza Cup.
As excitement mounts for the tournament's kickoff, we invite you to witness the
electrifying first match between the defending champions, Mwenge South, and the
formidable contenders, Burahya. Don't miss this thrilling showdown, scheduled for
Sunday, May 26th, 2024, at 3:00 pm at the Katoosa Playground. Together, we are
unstoppable.

At the 21 st Huawei Analyst Summit, Huawei's rotating chairman, Eric Xu, urged developers to collaborate
on the development of native apps for the company's mobile operating system HarmonyOS. "We call on
all app developers and owners in China to join our HarmonyOS-native app ecosystem as soon as
possible, and work together to deliver a better experience to consumers," said Xu.
HarmonyOS is the company's next-generation operating system that can run on a wide range of smart
devices, e.g. smartphones, wearables, tablet computers and smart TVs. By the end of 2023, HarmonyOS
had been deployed on more than 800 million devices.
According to Counterpoint Research, Harmony OS reached 4% of the global market share and exceeded
16% market share in China in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Huawei has made substantial progress in developing the HarmonyOS ecosystem, with more than 4,000
of the targeted 5,000 apps already in the process of being ported to the new operating system. The
company aims to eventually have as many as a million apps configured for its ecosystem, Xu introduced.
Xu introduced that HarmonyOS has a novel architecture. From the start, this IoT-inspired OS was
designed to support all types of devices, from IoT devices and mobile devices to home devices, laptops,
and desktop computers. One system for all devices.
“In the past, our focus was mostly on adapting HarmonyOS for all sorts of devices. But for apps, they
were still working within the Android ecosystem,“ Xu explained. “In the China market, Huawei
smartphone users spend 99% of their time on about 5,000 apps. So we decided to spend 2024 porting
these apps over to HarmonyOS first in our drive to truly unify the OS and the app ecosystem,” said Xu.
“In 2024, one of our key objectives is to build up the HarmonyOS-native app ecosystem,” he
emphasized. “This is a massive undertaking, but we have broad support in the industry and from many
app developers. Once we have these first 5,000 Android apps – and thousands of other apps – up and
running on HarmonyOS, we will have a real HarmonyOS: a third mobile operating system for the world,
in addition to Apple iOS and Google Android.”
While Huawei's initial focus is on the Chinese market, Xu said that the company will gradually expand
HarmonyOS to other countries using a country-by-country approach.
Huawei has already invested heavily in cultivating talent for the HarmonyOS ecosystem. More than
380,000 developers have obtained HarmonyOS certification, and the number of industry-university
partnership programs on HarmonyOS exceeds 150. In 2023, more than 135 universities in China had
classes teaching HarmonyOS, says the company’s Annual Report of year 2023 made public end of
March.
In August 2023, Huawei's HongMeng (Harmony) Kernel was awarded the industry's first Evaluation
Assurance Level 6 Augmented (EAL6+) certificate as part of Common Criteria for Information Technology
Security Evaluation (CC), the highest security level available in the field of general-purpose operating

system (OS) kernels, being world's first smart device manufacturer to receive the certification in this
particular domain.
Xu admits that building out the HarmonyOS ecosystem is a very challenging task indeed. “As you may
know, developing HarmonyOS was not previously part of our strategy,” he said, “Regardless, now that
we have taken on this task, we will strive to do it well.”