Philip Besiimire has been appointed Managing Director (MD) for Vodacom Tanzania, effective 15 October 2022 and will be reporting to Diego Gutierrez, Chief Officer: International Business. Mr Besiimire replaces Hilda Bujiku who…
Uganda’s telecom companies have invested heavily in infrastructure services to boost internet access but the low users have limited their ability to lower internet costs for their customers including the Small and…
While speaking at the Graduation of the second cohort of the Girls for Girls mentorship initiative for Post Bank Uganda, a program whose aim is to equip more women for Leadership roles…
The National Social Security Fund is to pay out 9.65 per cent to each of its savers for the year ended June 2022. This is the first time in 15 years that…
The MTN MoMo Hackathon has come to an end with the top three teams of developers walking away with assorted cash prizes to further invest in their ideas that are set to…
Today, Housing Finance Bank officially launched its Government Securities Portal with a campaign dubbed” Invest On The Go” at Mestil Hotel and Residences, Kampala. The online portal, which is housed on the…
Guy Kimbowa Lutaaya has been appointed Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at Absa Bank Uganda Limited effective 1 October 2022. He is a seasoned finance professional and banker, with over 20 years of…
The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC)’s satellite service provider has given the national broadcaster until September 30 to pay $988,225 (Shs3.7b) arrears or risk being switched off. The move will affect more than…
Vocational education in the Albertine region has received a major boost following the handover of a fully furnished ICT laboratory to Millennium Business School today. The facility jointly established by MTN Uganda…
MTN Group today announced the appointment of Fatima Laher as Group Executive: Group Legal, effective 1 October 2022. Laher re-joins MTN from Samsung Electronics, where she has held the role of Head…
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has issued a public notice ordering the immediate closure of 24 radio stations and 46 courier companies for operating illegally. Notable among the couriers banned include Jumia…
UNAIDS congratulates donors for increasing their contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). Donors pledged US$ 14.25 billion to support efforts to end the three pandemics…
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has vowed that plans to build a cross-border export pipeline to carry crude from Uganda’s Lake Albert basin to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast will not be derailed by…
Edith Tusuubira, Executive Director, Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority Edith possesses over 20 years of experience in the field of financial/investment/risk analysis and project management, 15 years of which are senior management responsibilities.…
KCB Bank Kenya has injected over KShs. 120 billion to support Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) importing fuel as it seeks to consolidate its support to the energy sector. The Bank has been…