Opinion: Why Crucify Bitature Yet Sudhir Also Plays Same Games. Several Ugandans are wondering why most people in the country are literally crucifying tycoon Patrick Bitature, for relying on a legal technicality to save his business empire, yet several players…
Jumia Uganda has celebrated a decade of progress and serving Ugandans with the online platform launched in Uganda in 2012 when e-commerce in the country was virgin and today sells about six million products and delivers to every district in…
ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today announced it has won the “Best Mobile Transport Solutions to Connect 5G Services” award with its “5G Transport Network…
The constant high cost of fuel contributed to negative private sector activity in May with the Stanbic Headline Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) dropping to 51.5 from to 53.9 recorded in April—readings above 50.0 mean improvement in business conditions on the…
MTN Uganda Limited has announced the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Certified Public Accountants as the external auditor of the Company for the audit relating to the financial year ending 31 December 2022. The multinational professional services network of firms, which ranks…
Kendi Ntwiga has been appointed as the Global Head of Misrepresentation for Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This follows her departure from Microsoft Kenya, where she served as the Country Leader. Her tenure started in May,…
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. has entered into an agreement to sell its Africa business to Akzo Nobel N.V. (“AkzoNobel”), a global paints and coatings company, said on June 2 in a statement. Kunishi Mori, Kansai Paint’s president said, “We are…
Brand Africa unveiled the 12th annual Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands 2022 rankings of the Top 100 most admired brands in Africa at a live event hosted by Brand Africa, at Eko Hotel & Suites in Nigeria. Against a…
Sanjay Rughani, a banker with over 25 years of banking experience across the African continent, has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Uganda He replaces Albert Saltson, who has retired from Standard Chartered Bank after more…
Leading beer makers Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) have Thursday pledged to maintain the current market prices for all their products, in the face of the surging inflation in the country. The company executives told reporters at their offices in Luzira…
Stanbic Bank has made a contribution of UGX150m to Makerere University as the institution marks 100 years of service to humanity. The UGX 150m cash donation is expected to boost activities lined up by the university ahead of the official…
One of the joint venture partners in Uganda’s oil sector and the developer of Tilenga project, Total Energies, has revealed that the on-going escalating fuel prices have not yet affected their works in Tilenga Development Area. Following the declaration of…
At the end of January 2022, Smile Telecom’s 4G LTE network was switched off and until now, the firm continues to encounter challenges on their network that have impacted the service availability. In short, there have been no internet services…