Uganda’s advertising landscape is undergoing a quiet but meaningful shift—and one of the boldest signals of that transformation is TROI Media, a new-age agency that has quickly proven its ability...
The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) has recognized organizations and individuals who champion innovations and brilliance at the 9th PRAU Excellence Awards, held at Protea Hotel in Kampala on...
By Dr. Florian Wessendorf Africa, blessed with some of the world’s highest solar irradiation levels, is experiencing an unprecedented surge in solar market momentum. From the vast deserts of the...
In every industry, recognition plays a vital role in inspiring excellence, fueling innovation, and setting benchmarks for success. For the field of Public Relations (PR) and Communication, a profession built...
For generations, Kagogwa mango trees have carpeted homesteads and hillsides across West Nile, dropping fruit in golden heaps that often ended up as animal feed or rotting on the ground....
South Africa’s MultiChoice Group, the parent company of DStv, has registered its worst financial performance in its history revealing a loss of ZAR 4.1 billion (USD 222 million) for the financial year that ended March 2024, after a loss of ZAR 2.9 billion (USD 157 million) in the previous financial year in March, 2023. The Group suffered a 9% decline in…
The International Monetary Fund has pointed to an ongoing gradual decline in the dollar’s share of allocated foreign reserves of central banks and governments across the globe. However, strikingly, the IMF shows the reduced role of the US dollar over the last two decades has not been matched by increases in the shares of the other “big four” currencies—the Euro,…
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has opposed the idea of government giving preferential treatment Uganda Telecom in securing government business over other telecoms, warning that it could present a number of challenges to the industry from a regulatory perspective. Telecoms currently mint cash from government largely through voice services, which supplements heavily to their bottom line and financial health. UCC’s warning arises…
Forbes Africa released its annual list of Africa’s billionaires with its 2024 class of 20 billionaires now worth $82.4bn. Collectively, these billionaires would be the 18th richest person in the…
To guide and accelerate the standardised adoption of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) best practices, the Uganda banking industry, under the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA), has launched and committed to jointly…
For quite a long time, the sprawling and magnificent Metroplex Shopping Mall, in the upscale Naalya suburb along the Kampala Northern By-Pass highway on the outskirts of Kampala city, has raised a lot of questions about its viability as a major real estate investment. A recent online debate on the X social media platform placed the shopping mall into a critical…
Rwanda is set to commence the construction of its ambitious Kigali Innovation City (KIC) in September 2024 after key details regarding the project’s financing were agreed upon on the sidelines…
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Rwanda has welcomed seasoned Botswana financial markets guru, Thapelo Tsheole, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) replacing Eric Bundugu who has been acting…
The new ultra-modern Speke Resort Convention Centre (SRCC) has been rated as one of the major success drivers of the recently concluded and hugely outstanding 8th edition of the Pearl…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group has announced a distribution partner agreement (DPA) with Eutelsat Group that seeks to make the enterprise-grade Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services available in Africa. The French Eutelsat Group is the world’s first satellite operator with an integrated Geostationary Equatorial Orbit and Low Earth Orbit infrastructure. On a continent where satellite technology is…
