MTN Uganda CEO Sylvia Mulinge leads key partners in launching the MTN AWE accelerator programme in Kampala As we continue to observe the Women’s month, MTN Uganda is delighted to announce the unveiling of 118 exceptional women entrepreneurs who have…
Yusuf Omari, Chief Finance Officer, Absa Bank Kenya Absa Bank Kenya Plc has announced a 12% increase in net profit to KSh 16.4 billion for the financial year ended 31st December 2023. These financial results come at a time when the…
NCBA Group, a Leader in the Kenyan financial services sector, has today signed a USD 50 million facility with Proparco a subsidiary of the AFD Group focused on private sector development. The funding will go towards delivering NCBA`s “Change the…
Kenyans are moving to cheaper brands and cheaper rented property as a way of managing expenses resulting from high inflation in the country recently, an Old Mutual Financial Services survey shows. “To cope with financial pressures, females in Kenya have…
UWEAL Chairperson, Sarah Kitakule, said the challenges facing them is the inability to access adequate long-term patient capital to go into big businesses because of the unfavourable terms and conditions. Women entrepreneurs have accused financial institutions of creating products that…
CPA Dr. James Okello Onyoin, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, HLB Jim Roberts HLB Jim Roberts is an auditing and consulting firm constituting a partnership of four qualified Chartered and Certified Public Accountants. It is one of the leading firms providing…
ICTAU CEO, Gideon Nkurunungi KAMPALA – The Information Communication Technology Association of Uganda (ICTAU) will release the sought-after sector Trends Shaping Organizational Strategy and Innovation. Sector players will meet at the Protea Skyz Hotel on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, for the…
The European backed network investment by TowerCo of Africa Uganda, formerly Ubuntu Towers Uganda, will overcome a key barrier holding back telecom access in rural Africa. TowerCo of Africa Uganda, a subsidiary of pan-African telecommunications service provider Axian Telecom, has…
Thursday 14th March 2024. Wakiso, Uganda – MTN Uganda’’s corporate social responsibility arm, MTN Foundation, has announced a substantial contribution of technical equipment and educational materials worth UGX 16 million to the Rotaract Club of Masaka. This support will help…
Patrick Pouyanné The Board of Directors of TotalEnergies SE this week decided to call an ordinary meeting which will among other matters retain Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. There had been speculation that Patrick Pouyanné was about to…
PHOTO: John Rujoki Musinguzi, Commissioner General, URA John R. Musinguzi, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, has been reappointed for a second 4-year term. He was first appointed in March 2022 to take over Uganda’s tax authority from Doris…
PHOTO: Fred Muwema, Chairman of the Anti Counterfeit Network Africa Kampala Uganda; March 14, 2024; The Parliament of Uganda through the Mover of the Private Member’s Anti Counterfeit Goods Bill (ACGB) 2023, Hon. Asuman Basalirwa (MP Bugiri) and Hon. Ebwalu…
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has today held a stakeholder engagement forum with commercial banks in preparation to the launch of the proposed hybrid bond market that will combine both onscreen and Over-the-Counter trading of fixed income securities. The forum enabled…
PHOTO: The Auditor General of Uganda, John Muwanga The government has witnessed an increase of nearly 80 percent in local revenue collection from local governments following the transition to online and mobile payment platforms. In 2017, the government started to…
Centenary Bank plans to use at least 50% of the financing to support women-run or women-owned businesses, in line with the EIB’s 2x Challenge criteria and SheInvest initiative. Uganda’s Centenary Rural Development Bank and Housing Finance Bank have secured a…