Lira and Mbarara Cities have embraced officials of MTN along with their senior broker representatives during town hall visits aimed at promoting awareness of the MTN Initial Public offering (IPO) with the goal of encouraging the participation of Ugandans in…
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…
Upon finalization of the share acquisition transaction, Kenyan I&M Group announced plans to rebrand its newly acquired business in Uganda, Orient Bank Ltd to I&M Bank (Uganda) Limited. I&M PLC’s acquisition of 90% shareholding in Uganda’s Orient Bank Ltd (OBL)…
Yesterday, 14th October 2021, One of Uganda’s most prominent businessmen, Patrick Bitature, was appointed Board Chairman of Bolloré Transport and Logistics company, a subsidiary of Bolloré International which operates across 109 countries globally. “It is with my country’s need in mind…
On Monday 11th October 2021, MTN Uganda opened its Initial Public Offer that will run until 22nd November 2021 at 4 pm. The MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Wim Vanhelleputte, sheds more light on the MTN IPO, responding to…
“Mr. Kanyagoga was irregularly recruited as he didn’t meet the criteria in the advert and lacks the requisite integrity to run such a highly specialized agency with regulatory powers,” said a Whistleblower. A whistleblower only identified as Jabbe Pascal Osinde…
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…
Several Christians and followers of Prophet Elvis Mbonye, of Zoe International Ministries, who survived the 2010 Al- Shabaab terrorist attacks in Uganda that occurred at Kyadondo Rugby Grounds and Ethiopian Village, Restaurant in Kabalagala, respectively, have given touching testimonies of…
Seasoned accountant Andrew Bugembe is flying high after he was appointed the new MTN Uganda Chief Financial Officer, replacing Mike Blackburn,who retired early this year after serving as the Telecom's CFO since 2011.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced during his 14th National Address on COVID-19 that the country is gradually easing down on the Coronavirus lockdown and that public transport is set to resume after two weeks.
By Joseph Kanyamunyu Although the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) is currently posing global health and economic threats, agriculture experts contend that the pandemic is poised to cause an even worse world food supply crisis, because of its adverse impacts on agricultural…
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has allowed the China National Offshore Company Uganda Limited (CNOOC)to go ahead with explorations at the Kingfisher oil deposits in the Albertine Graben. This comes after NEMA’s Executive Director Dr. Tom Okurut on Monday…
Despite the fact that mining and trade in Uganda’s gold are being carried out clandestinely in the country, the latest reports indicate that gold exports more than doubled in 2019 compared with the previous year, according to data from the…
By Isaac Tugume Nyabinghi Passion fruits are one of the most highly bought fruits in Uganda and are quite easy to grow. The passion fruit is a perennial fruit and they grow while climbing onto others for support as they…
By Isaac Tugume Nyabinghi Kampala: The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, has warned that the invasion of desert locusts in Uganda threatens Uganda’s food security in the coming years and is likely to cause…