Uganda is paying heavily to keep cash alive. Every year, trillions of shillings are absorbed into an economy still built around physical currency through the systems that print, transport, secure,...
Airtel Africa is setting its sights firmly on Uganda as a key investment destination, with Group CEO Sunil Taldar signalling deeper capital deployment and continued technology rollouts in what he...
A growing wave of impersonation accounts mimicking Ugandan business magnate Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has triggered fresh warnings from cybersecurity experts, authorities, and the public, highlighting the increasing sophistication of online...
The Uganda Digital Society (UDS) is today hosting the 1st Inaugural Digital Marketers Roundtable, a high-level industry conversation that brings together marketing professionals, industry leaders, and innovators to examine the...
Uganda has spent years talking about digital transformation. It has built strategies around it, launched platforms around it, and anchored part of its long-term economic future on it. But for...
V.G Somasekhar, Airtel Uganda’s Managing Director has resigned his position as Managing Director, CEO East Africa Magazine has exclusively learnt. Raghunath Venkateswarlu Mandava the Airtel Africa CEO, broke the news…
Silver Bullet, a leading agency that brings together multi-sectoral partners who support the expansion of engineering capacity, together with Unicaf, has today announced that it will reward fifteen Science, Technology,…
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?
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…
Airtel Uganda on 11th February 2020 launched a Live TV and Video on Demand (VOD) service, offering a portfolio of local and international content sourced from some of the largest…
Raymond Qatahar Mujuni, popularly known as Qatahar Raymond, the award-winning Next Media Services (NBS Television) investigative reporter, news Anchor and columnist has been snapped up by regional multimedia giants, Nation…
Digitalisation and the rise of digitally connected youthful travelers, coupled with a growing middle class in Asia and Africa are some of the major trends that are poised to disrupt…
First of all, let us start with a review of 2019. How would you summarise it in terms of the industry and for Airtel Uganda in particular? I think 2019…
The High Court, on Thursday, 19th December 2019 temporality stopped Capital Markets Authority (CMA) from cancelling the license of ALTX East Africa Limited until the main suit, challenging the legality of the closure itself if heard and disposed of. In this earlier interview with CEO East Africa Magazine, CMA chief, Keith Kalyegira explains why ALTX East Africa was being shown the exit and dismisses claims that they were never given time to defend themselves.
Raxio Data Centre is leading digital transformation in Uganda, by providing a world-class IT infrastructure environment that enables organisations to grow, compete and achieve their full potential.
James Byaruhanga, the company’s General Manager, in an interview with CEO East Africa Magazine, says that their tier III data centre is being built to the highest standards, ensuring that their customers can run their operations, ensure business continuity and disaster recovery in a safe and reliable environment.
He says that by eliminating the high cost of building and maintaining ready-to-use state-of-the-art technology infrastructure, Raxio Data Centre’s facility will facilitate new ways for organisations, both big and small, to build and drive new efficiencies, enrich customer experiences, enhance productivity and profitability. This will open up new opportunities for growth, stability and achieving of their full potential.
