The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and the American Chamber of Commerce Uganda (AmCham) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote and facilitate American investment in Uganda. The agreement aims at creating a favorable climate for economic activity…
MTN Uganda alongside senior broker representatives from SBG Securities and Crested capital have today kickstarted a nationwide MTN IPO awareness tour aimed at creating awareness and providing vital information about the MTN offer of shares and the stock market to…
Ecobank Uganda, a member of the leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group, is celebrating the ninth annual Ecobank Day, its flagship corporate and social responsibility annual event that ‘gives back’ to the local communities across Africa. Ecobank Day is…
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has urged Government to provide additional funding to a tune of Shs3.3bn to promote Uganda’s tourism at the ongoing Dubai Expo despite questions raised on the partial expenditure of Shs360M the Board received in the first…
The committee on trade, tourism, and industry has tasked the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to account for the 360 million shillings spent during the Dubai 2020 Expo. UTB led by its Executive Director Lilly Ajarova today appeared before the committee…
Airtel Uganda has partnered with Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union(ACPCU) to provide the convenient Airtel Money payments platform services to enhance payments of ACPCU’s member farmers in a simple and secure way across the Ankole region. This partnership will simplify…
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) as part of their All- digital, All-online strategy has today, 26th October 2021, launched an Intellectual Property (IP) Online Filing (Front Office) System that is designed to enable the public file for IP protection…
Stanbic Bank and traders under the umbrella body, Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), recently signed what they described as a ground-breaking trade and tax partnership pact that will ease the clearing of their imports. Stanbic Bank and KACITA say their…
Uganda has secured a new market for its milk in Zambia following a long unresolved impasse with Kenya which was the largest market for Uganda’s exports. Since December 2019 when Kenya authorities ceased at least 3000 bags of powdered milk…
In a highly anticipated event, MTN Uganda’s youth platform, MTN Pulse yesterday on the 24th October 2021 unveiled a partnership with seasoned fashion mogul, Santa Anzo through her establishment ARAPAPA by Santa ANZO to mentor and equip the youth with…
It is as fresh as an oven-baked cake that MTN Uganda has offered over 4.5 billion shares to the public for acquisition. The offer signifies that the public can now become shareholders of MTN meaning they will own part of the…
MTN Uganda in partnership with SIMFY, the developers of Ayoba, has launched a campaign dubbed ‘Life inside Ayoba’ that will see Ayoba users sending MTN MoMo for free to fellow Ayoba users. Introduced to the Ugandan market last year, Ayoba,…
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has missed its target for the first quarter of the financial year 2021/22 by Shs 499.49 billion. Out of the Shs 4.959 trillion target set by government, the tax body managed to collect Shs 4.459 trillion. However,…
ACCA Uganda and Deloitte have officially unveiled the 5th (2021) edition of the Chief Financial Officer Awards to be held on December 09th, 2021 under the theme, “Finance leaders as drivers of sustainability.” The launch of the awards strategically coincides…
When MTN announced that it would be selling shares to the public last week, it emphasized that Ugandans would take priority. The telecom even revealed some incentives that Ugandans would enjoy in form of bonus shares in addition to taking…