Business, Companies, Transport, Travel & Tourism

SITA OptiFlight helps Brazil’s Azul slash 5pc off annual fuel burn

October 24

Azul, Brazil’s largest airline in number of flights and destinations served, has entered into a trial […]

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Companies, Infrastructure, Land & Agriculture, Technology & Telecoms, Transport

Uganda flags off vehicle powered by first home-grown engine

October 1

A three-wheeler powered by Uganda’s, and probably East Africa’s, first indigenously designed and manufactured commercially viable […]

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Companies, Technology & Telecoms, Travel & Tourism

IATA lauds India’s Moon mission for minimal disruption to commercial aviation

September 1

International airlines lobby IATA has commended the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO, for its successful landing […]

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Finance, Financial Services, Policy, Technology & Telecoms

Bank of Uganda adopting new technologies to regulate e-payments

August 15

Michael Atingi-Ego, the Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda, has said banking hours are a thing of […]

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Business, Financial Services, Technology & Telecoms

Fintech impact to headline 2023 Annual Bankers Conference

August 11

The global surge of financial technology (fintech) and its disruption of traditional banking services is the […]

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Business, Transport, Travel & Tourism

Ugandan passport improves in global rankings

July 19

The travelling power of the Ugandan passport is less than that of its East African Community […]

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Business, Infrastructure, Investment, Transport

Dar port soon to follow Durban as foreign investors swoop in

July 19

Transnet, the South African state-owned logistics company, has chosen to partner with Philippines’ International Container Terminal […]

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Business, Financial Services, Infrastructure, Policy, Trade & Industry

Uganda ranks sixth in Standard Bank Group trade barometer index

July 4

Uganda’s improving import and export growth prospects together with the relative ease of access to credit […]

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Business, Companies, Financial Services, Technology & Telecoms

Chipper Cash spreads wings to Rwanda

June 23

African fintech Chipper Cash, has spread its geographical footprint further, following the launch of operations in […]

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Infrastructure, Transport

AfDB lays out 4-year strategy for East African infrastructure expansion

June 12

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to supporting East African countries to accelerate structural transformation, […]

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