Uganda Securities Exchange’s (USE) Securities Central Depository (SCD) and MTN Mobile Money have today unveiled a digital SCD account opening platform to further efforts towards financially including all Ugandans. A Securities Central Depository commonly referred to as an SCD account…
Born in 1963, Zena Khalila and her family fell victim to the Amin war, forcing them to flee their home in Uganda in search of refuge in South Sudan. Stuck in a foreign country, without education or a business, Khalila’s…
National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC), the government body responsible for the development of educational curricula for primary, secondary and some tertiary institutions in Uganda has lauded MTN for its initiative to encourage learning from home by zero rating learning institution…
MTN Uganda, in line with its vision of delivering a bold new digital world to its customers is set to transform Uganda’s homes into smart homes with MTN WakaNet MAX, a home Internet solution that offers affordable and reliable 4G…
MTN Uganda yesterday handed over sh15m to its 15 millionth customer, Jamirah Nalukwago, a resident of Kyanuuna village in Busunju County in Wakiso district. The cash prize to the 15 millionth customer is MTN Uganda’s way of celebrating the big…
Transformation of Uganda into a modern, prosperous society as laid out by the National Development Plan III will largely depend on how fast Uganda can harness, protect and utilize intellectual property, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Registrar General Mercy Kainobwisho…
The economy in general and the real estate sector specifically, remained subdued over the past one and a half years due to the lockdown restrictions that affected different sectors of the economy. In the previous property market report (H2-2020), the…
Stella Alibateese is the new the National Director of the Personal Data Protection Office at The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA–U), the agency has announced. Personal Data Protection Office is an independent office under NITA Uganda for protection of personal data…
The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is on move to prioritize channeling its investment support to local scientists and innovators that are active in the pathogenic economy. Uganda stands to benefit from investments in this nascent sector. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored…
Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze has appointed an 11-member committee on issues of quality and the regulatory frameworks of agro chemicals and agro-inputs. The team was unveiled during a press conference at Uganda Media Centre on July 19th 2021. According to him, much…
In the FY 2020/21, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected net revenue of sh19.26Trillion and posted a growth in revenue of 14.99 percent in comparison to the FY 2019/20 and an estimated tax to GDP ratio of 12.99 percent, according to…
Prudential Assurance Uganda Limited (Prudential Uganda) has successfully transferred the policy holders, staff and agents of International Air Ambulance Healthcare (IAA Healthcare) to its business. This follows a comprehensive transfer process that was presided by the insurance industry’s supervisory body,…
Cabinet that sat on Monday July 12th 2021 approved 11 committee members to the Diary Development Authority (DDA), the Minister for ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has said. The appointed committee has been tasked with boosting mobilization for milk production…
It’s a total lockdown countrywide, a number of business centers such as malls, arcades are closed and there is a ban on both private and public means of transport. As a result, people are not working and a number of…
Multi-award winning journalist Solomon Serwanjja has quit the Naguru based NBS Television. Serwanjja announced his decision via his Twitter handle. “On 31st July, I will be leaving @nbstv. It has been such an honour to serve for the last 6…