Category Entrepreneurship

Get Now, Pay Later: Sage Buyers Partners with Lipa Later to Advance Apple Products to Customers

Ugandan Apple Products’ dealers Sagebuyers have announced a partnership with Lipa Later, Kenyan tech-led consumer credit platform to enable their clients receive iPhones and other Apple products available at the Sage Buyers store on credit. The new arrangement that targets…

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UIA, American Chamber of Commerce partner to increase American investment in Uganda

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…

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Airtel Uganda Partners with Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union to provide a convenient payment platform

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…

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Carrefour supermarket takes over Shoprite stores in Uganda. How strong can they stand?

On Wednesday, 13th October 2021, United Arab Emirates-based investor, Majid Al Futtaim, announced that through his supermarket brand Carrefour will be taking over all Ugandan retail stores operated by Shoprite Checkers Uganda Ltd, as they exit the country. Majid al…

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Pegasus Technologies becomes the first local fintech to get BoU license for mobile payments

Pegasus Technologies Limited, a locally founded Ugandan company, is now the fifth company to receive a license from the Bank of Uganda (BOU) to operate as a Payment Service Operator (PSO), having fulfilled the rigorous requirements of the National Payments…

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Forbes Africa 30 under 30(Class of 2022) Call for nominations – Which Ugandans will make the list?

For 10 years now, Forbes has published an annual definitive compilation/list of young people changing the world by building brands, creating jobs, and transforming lives in their respective fields. Today, 08th October 2021, a call for nominations for the class…

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