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- 29 Nov 2013
MTN Uganda, Interswitch Launch Mobile Money ATM Cash Out Service
MTN Uganda, the leading Mobile Money network, has partnered with Interswitch Uganda to further increase their ATM Cash out footprint by allowing customers to cash out at all Interswitch’s ATMs across…
- 22 Jan 2018
Rivals Gang Up against MTN in Uganda
MTN Uganda is in a dispute with its rivals to secure the renewal of its licence which expires this year, says The Independent. Yoweri MuseveniMTN Uganda currently holds a 55% share of the…
- 23 Jan 2023
AFEX Expands Operations to Uganda, Appoints Group CEO Others
AFEX, Africa’s leading commodities exchange and commodities market player, has announced its expansion into Uganda, seven months after it first entered the East African continent. Similar to Kenya…
- 14 Jan 2026
Paradigm Initiative Condemns the Internet Shutdown and Media Restrictions in Uganda Ahead of the 2026 General Election
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) strongly condemns the internet shutdown implemented in Uganda ahead of Thursday’s general election, as well as the restrictions placed on media coverage of protests and…
- 24 Apr 2013
Airtel to Acquire Warid Uganda
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), has entered into a definitive agreement with the Warid Group (“Warid”) to fully acquire Warid Telecom Uganda. With this, Airtel will further consolidate its position as the…
- 20 Aug 2018
MTN Under Pressure to ‘List’ in Nigeria, Uganda, Others
MTN Group Limited is facing pressure to list its unit in Uganda as Africa’s largest mobile-phone company seeks to renew a licence in the country. While selling shares on the local bourse isn’t…
- 15 Jun 2015
Emirates Deploying Larger Boeing to Uganda
Emirates, a global connector of people and places is set to upgrade its services to Uganda with the deployment of larger Boeing 777-200LR on the daily Dubai to Entebbe route from 1 October 2015. The…
- 11 Jan 2021
Uganda, Ghana and Botswana have Highest Percentage of Women Businesses owners in the world
The 2020 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has once again ranked Uganda (39.6%), Botswana (38.5%) and Ghana (36.5%) as the world’s three leading economies having the most women business…
- 2 Jan 2020
MTN Exits Towers Businesses in Ghana, Uganda
MTN Group has agreed to sell its towers businesses in Ghana and Uganda as Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator refocuses on high-growth markets on the continent and in the Middle East. Clashes with…
- 17 Oct 2013
Uganda to Host First ITU Expert Group on Software-Defined Networking
The first meeting of ITU-T’s Joint Coordination Activity on Software-defined Networking (JCA-SDN) is set to take place on 11 November 2013 in Kampala, Uganda. The meeting will be organise in…
- 25 Jul 2016
Uganda Authority Curbs Tax Evasion with EMC's Agile VCE Solution
According to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), tax evasion in the country has been put under check thanks to the Vblock 340 platform with a VCE Vision™ software dashboard allowing the URA no longer…
- 27 Sept 2017
NCC Receives Bank of Uganda Delegates
By Ugo Onwuaso Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has played host to delegates from Bank of Uganda who are on a five days working visit to Nigeria. The Ugandan delegates were in Nigeria to…
- 26 Mar 2025
MTN Group, Airtel Africa Agree to Network Sharing in Uganda and Nigeria
Driven to extend digital and financial inclusion across Africa, MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria, while ensuring…
- 29 Jun 2015
MOBOfree Unveils First eCommerce ID Verification System in Nigeria, Uganda
MOBOfree, the leading African social marketplace, on Monday announced the unveiling of the first-of-a-kind ID verification program in Nigeria and Uganda, further strengthening its position as…
- 6 Dec 2016
SimbaPay Takes Mobile Money Transfer Service to Ghana, Uganda
SimbaPay, a London based digital money transfer provider – today announced the launch of its money transfer service to Ghana and Uganda. Using the SimbaPay app or website, Ghanaians and Ugandans…
- 19 Jun 2023
Interswitch Partners Equity Bank Uganda to Provide Affordable Services
Interswitch, Africa’s integrated payments and digital commerce company, has partnered with Equity Bank, one of the top Banking Groups in East Africa, to provide the Bank’s customers with faster and…
- 18 Feb 2014
Airtel Names Nigerian Directors in Tanzania, Uganda
BhartiAirtel, a global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced senior level organizational changes within its Africa operations. The…
- 1 Apr 2014
ICSFS Begins Operations in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
ICS Financial Systems Limited (ICSFS), the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions, win new territories through expanding its operations in Kenya, Rwanda and…
- 4 Sept 2012
MSD, Launch Cervical Cancer Vaccination Programme
The Republic of Uganda through the Ministry of Health (MoH), supported by MSD known as Merck in the United States and Canada, this morning announced the launch of a national vaccination programme…
- 15 Oct 2016
Commonwealth Candidate Masambu Emerges Director-General of ITSO
Patrick Masambu, a Uganda citizen and former chairman of the Council of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has been elected director-general of the US-based International…
- 10 Jan 2022
Dictators in Africa Using Social Media to Cling to Power
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is suspected of using fake social media accounts to consolidate his power. He wouldn't be the only one in Africa. Is social media becoming a threat to democracy on…
- 1 Feb 2016
WorldRemit, MTN Ink Agreement on Mobile Money Service
WorldRemit and MTN Group has announced that its customers can now send money instantly to MTN Mobile Money wallets in Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. The launch follows the signing of a global partnership…
- 22 Sept 2008
African Parliamentary Staff Learn Science Communication Skills
Representatives of parliaments from 13 countries across Africa will attend a workshop in Kampala, Uganda this week to develop the skills needed to inform Parliamentarians about the scientific aspects…
- 2 Jun 2016
Uber Launches in Kampala, Targets $3.5Bn Saudi Funds
Thursday, Uganda joined Uber’s growing African network. With the launch of Uber, the innovative technology platform, Kampala joins the list of smart transportation hubs in Africa. Following the…
- 31 May 2018
Ugandans to Pay Facebook, Other Social Media Taxes
Uganda’s parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms. It imposes a 200 shilling daily levy on people using internet messaging platforms…
- 19 Jan 2024
Access Bank to Acquire 80 Percent Stake in Finance Trust Bank
Access Holdings Plc said its subsidiary, Access Bank has agreed to acquire a majority stake of 80 per cent in Finance Trust Bank Limited (FTB) in Uganda. The deal will also see Access Bank…
- 29 Aug 2012
Flytxt Wins Twin Deals in Africa
Flytxt, the provider of global real-time closed loop mobile marketing solutions, said that it has won twin deals in Africa, with Warid Uganda and Warid Congo B, to provide its campaign management…
- 8 Mar 2017
Africa Leads in Creating Resilient Women Entrepreneurs – Mastercard Index
Following the release of the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) on Tuesday, it was revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in Uganda are owned by women, making it one of the top…
- 12 Jun 2025
MTN Mulls Establishment of Fintech Firm in Nigeria, Others
MTN Uganda is seeking input from stakeholders on a plan to structurally separate its mobile money service, MoMo, from its core telecoms business. According to the company, the proposed change will be…
- 24 Sept 2015
Samsung to Host 40 African Ministers at 5th Innovation Africa
Samsung Electronics Africa has announced it will be taking part in the fifth Innovation Africa Summit taking place at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda from 30 September to 2 October 2015.…