Kampala introduces cyclist lanes
September 25,2018 – Kampala Capital City Authority KCCA, has began marking cyclist lanes on city roads. So far, the lanes that are supposed to separate two wheel tr...
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MTN MoMo customers can now shop outside Uganda
September 25, 2018— MTN MoMo customers in Uganda will soon be able use a virtual card to shop or make payments at the vast network of global outlets accepting Maste...
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Upcoming Stanbic Blue Weekend offers double bonus
September 25, 2018—The upcoming Stanbic Bank Blue Weekend edition comes with added bonuses for those who will use their Visa card and Mastercard. Sonia Karamagi the...
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Uganda mobile economy heads towards $12.5 billion
September 24, 2018—The mobile economy in Uganda was valued at $12.26 billion as of March 2017 as such companies as Jumia and other new entrants have turned the serv...
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MTN Uganda top digital awards with Stanbic Bank
September 24, 2018— MTN Uganda and Stanbic Bank Uganda scooped up several plaques at the 5th Digital Impact Awards Africa held in Kampala recently. The Annual Digit...
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Banks fight over deal to finance Uganda aircraft acquisitions
September 22, 2018 -The Uganda Airlines project team is spoilt for choice as lenders inundate it with proposals to finance the comeback carrier’s aircraft acquisit...
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Nairobi based DAC Aviation receives first Airbus tactical transport
September 21, 2018 – Nairobi, based humanitarian airlift specialist DAC Aviation International has taken delivery of its first Airbus C295 to support humanitarian mission...
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Government still committed to lower interest rates
September 21, 2018—The government is still committed to recapitalizing Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) and Housing Finance Bank (HFB) to help ease peoples’ a...
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Huawei registers nearly 1000 for global competition
September 21, 2018—Huawei, a leading technology company based in China, has registered over 800 IT students from various universities across Uganda to take part in...
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Stanbic Bank recognized for being top tax payer
September 21, 2018—Stanbic Bank has been named among the top tax payers in the country by the Uganda Revenue Authority and handed a plaque to mark this achievement....
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$2m set aside for women in regional logistics sector
September 19, 2018—Two million US dollars is to be disbursed by TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), a trade consultancy based in Nairobi, to support women in the logistic...
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Delegates in Kampala to standardize medical diagnostic imaging
September 19, 2018—Uganda has emerged as a pioneer across the continent to implement standardization of the latest technology used in biomedical imaging for diagnos...
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Vivo Energy completes Engen buy-out
September 19, 2018—Vivo Energy plc, marketers and distributors of Shell products in Africa, have through its subsidiary, Vivo Energy Investments B.V, taken over the...
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Tempers flare as $100m in Liberian currency goes missing
September 19, 2018—A heated row is developing in Liberia between President George Weah’s administration and that of his predecessor, led by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, o...
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Accountants pass rate improves slightly to 39 pc
September 19, 2018—The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has released the results for August 2018 examinations indicating a slight improve...
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MTN secures Uganda licence renewal
September 18, 2018- The Cabinet has nodded to a ten-year extension of MTN Uganda’s telecom operators’ licence, nearly a year to the day the telco applied for its renewal....
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dfcu Bank markets bancassurance advantages
September 18, 2018—Insurance has been called the ‘ugly duckling” of the financial services industry writes Martha Aheebwa. Nobody seems to understand what it...
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Shimizu-Konoike given $43m for Lot1 in Kampala flyover project
September 18, 2018— Japanese firm, Shimizu-Konoike, has been awarded the first lot of works at $43 million for the proposed Kampala Flyover Construction and Road Up...
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Gaming industry can grow despite regulatory pressure
September 18, 2018—Amne Suedi, the Principal at Shikana Law Group, a law firm operating in East Africa with offices in Kenya and Tanzania, recently spoke on the bur...
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Government wants more public-private partnerships in logistics
September 18, 2018—Works and transport minister, Monica Azuba Ntege, has said the government is going to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the transport...
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