New Mobile Operator Joins Market
The telecom industry in Uganda and other countries in East Africa has been bolstered by the announcement a new mobile...
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Kabale Traders Besiege Umeme Offices
Hell broke loss when traders in Kabale Municipality on Thursday protested infront of Umeme offices over constant loadshedding which they...
Sharia Police Smash 240,000 Bottles Of Beer
Police enforcing Islamic law in Nigeria's city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer on Wednesday, the latest...
Kenya Calls For Single EA Currency
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is rooting for the creation of a single currency for East Africa as a way of...
Limpopo Univ, UTAMU Strike Deal
South Africa’s University of Limpopo and Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa have joined Mbarara University of Science and...
Madhvani Honours Best Student
Four students have been recognized by Madhvani Foundation for excellent performance this year as over 100 students under its scholarship...
Karuma Power Project To Create New 10,000 Jobs
The construction of the proposed Karuma Hydropower Project on River Nile is expected to create more than 10,000 new jobs...
Tullow Investments in Uganda Rise To Shs7 trillion
Tullow Oil has invested $2.8 billion (Shs7 trillion) in exploration for oil and the acquisition of Heritage Oil’s interests in...
Uganda’s Thakkar Joins Dell Global Advisory Board
DELL Inc has appointed African businessman and Mara Group founder Ugandan born Ashish J. Thakkar to its Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence Advisory...
Umeme Report Outdated – MD
Uganda’s sole power distributor Umeme Ltd insists the report before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc committee recommending that the government terminate...
Google Lays Fibre Network In Kampala
Google has launched Project Link, a fibre network access project for developing countries that has already begun in Uganda's capital...
UNICEF Most Followed International Org. On Twitter
If you were wondering what was the most followed world organization besides showbiz business, Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations...
Emirates Announces Largest-Ever Aircraft Order
Emirates airline has again rewritten all records in civil aviation with an order for 150 Boeing 777X, comprising 35 Boeing...
Uganda Poverty Levels Reduce
The number of Ugandans striving for new opportunities to improve their lives has increased driven by a drop in poverty...
Census To Cost Shs158b
The ever-dragging National Population and Housing Census, pushed from 2012 to 2013 and then August 2014, will cost Shs157.8 billion...
Ugandan Banks EA’s Best Debt-Payers
Ugandan commercial banks are better debt-payers according financial sector stability report published by Bank of Uganda with the country’s non-performing...
Energy PS Defends Multiple Companies in Electricity Sector
All companies involved in the electricity sector are vital, Fredrick Kabagambe Kaliisa, the permanent secretary ministry of energy has said....
Betting Companies Slapped With Shs 200m Tax
The recent heroics of a Iganga Arsenal supporter who lost a residential house after placing a personal bet with a...
Uchumi Trades More Shares On Kampala Bourse
Multi-billion Kenyan supermarket chain, Uchumi Supermarket Limited that traded 9, 158 shares on its debut on the Uganda Securities Exchange...
KQ Searching For New CEO
Regional market leaders Kenya Airways have moved fast to find a replacement for retiring Chief Executive Officer Titus Naikuni whose...