Media & Communication

GOtv, Voice of Africa Kick off Ramadan Special Giveaways

CEO ReporterMedia & CommunicationMay 4, 2021May 4, 2021

Digital terrestrial Pay-Tv service, GOtv, in partnership with Voice of Africa (VoA), has kicked off its annual Ramadan giveaways that will include Iftar for several mosques, food items, prayer mats,…

Advertising agencies re-elect MAAD McCann’s Stella Mpora Khan as Association Chair for 2020-2022; who else is on her team?

CEO ReporterMedia & CommunicationThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2020August 27, 2020

The Uganda Advertising Association has re-elected Stella Mpora Khan, Managing Director Maad McCann, as the association chair, alongside her 2018/2019 executive committee counterparts comprising of Frank Muthusi- General Manager Fireworks…

fireworks Advertising marks 12 years with big client wins

CEO ReporterCompany NewsMedia & CommunicationThe Big StoryAugust 18, 2020August 27, 2020

The global advertising industry just like many non-medical industries and sectors is reeling from the painful negative effects of COVID-19 and the situation is not any different for Uganda’s. For…

Kabushenga registers 45% growth in half-year Vision Group profits

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsMedia & CommunicationTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryFebruary 27, 2020February 28, 2020

Despite a general decline in advertising spend on traditional media, Vision Group’s Kabushenga has managed to grow advertising revenue by 11.28%. How much more can he sustain this growth as more and more readers and advertisers alike shift to digital platforms?

Numbers do not lie: NTV thinly holds on to market leadership, against an aggressively resurgent NBSTV

Muhereza KyamuteteraMedia & CommunicationTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryFebruary 23, 2020February 27, 2020

NTV Uganda, in the year ended December 2018 bagged UGX18.9 billion in gross revenue and made a net profit of UGX600 million, according to figures, this reporter has had exclusive…

TBWA’s Peter Magona to today’s Ad(wo)men: Innovate and disrupt or the digital adkids will eat our bread

Muhereza KyamuteteraMedia & CommunicationThe Big StoryThought LeadershipFebruary 20, 2020February 20, 2020

Big data, agility and a standard dose of disruption- is what every advertising agency of the future needs to survive the digital tsunami.

Who are Uganda’s most dominant music artists on social media?

Pearl KitimboLifestyleMedia & CommunicationNovember 6, 2019November 9, 2019

Traditional media- especially newspapers are fighting for their life, in the face of the internet. But not just newspapers alone, even radio and television have heard to reinvent themselves to…

TREATING SMALL BUSINESSES: Dr. Innocent Nahabwe’s practical guide on how to handle partnerships, money, people and competition for entrepreneurs

Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite LeadershipCEO PerspectivesCompany NewsMedia & CommunicationThe Big StoryThe Uganda 300 IndexThought LeadershipJuly 6, 2019April 8, 2020

  Dr. Innocent Nahabwe is best described as a jack of many trades, and perhaps, master of many of them. He is an all-round entrepreneur, marketing pundit, writer, veterinary doctor…

Geopoll’s Q1, 2019 Media Measurement Report: Uganda’s most popular TV and Radio Programmes

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsMedia & CommunicationTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryJuly 5, 2019July 5, 2019

NTV Tonight, the main English news bulletin for NTV Uganda that airs at 09:00pm is Uganda’s leading English news programme, according to GeoPoll’s Uganda Media Ratings Report for Q1 2019,…

Ugandan newspapers continue copy sales loss streak

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsManufacturing & IndustryMedia & CommunicationTechnology & InnovationJune 8, 2019June 10, 2019

The two Uganda mainstream English newspapers, The New Vision and Daily Monitor, combined, sold 5% less newspapers in Q1, 2019 compared to a year ago, in Q1, 2018. According the…