Mobile money agents are the engine of Uganda’s everyday economy, and this is most visible on weekends. From Friday evening through Sunday, transaction volumes surge as customers trade, pay, and...
Asahi Group Holdings, the Japanese brewing and beverages giant, has picked Absa Bank Kenya PLC, ENS Africa, A&O Shearman and Nomura Holdings to advise on its USD 2.3 billion acquisition...
Airtel Africa on Tuesday announced an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity across all its 14 markets that serve 174 million customers. Through this partnership, Airtel Africa...
Stanbic Bank’s Head of Personal Banking, Israel Arinaitwe, often returns to a lesson Adam Smith captured in The Wealth of Nations: economic progress depends on a society’s stock of capital....
Centenary Bank has donated 10 computers to Our Lady of Consolata-Kisubi Hospital in a move aimed at strengthening digital health systems, improving patient record management and enhancing the overall quality...
“While Uganda will become an oil producer in the years ahead, we see only a gradual return to the pre-COVID growth trend of c.6%. We now forecast growth of 5.1%…
The Top Employers Institute has named BAT Uganda as a Top Employer in Uganda and Africa for the second time in a row, during a virtual award ceremony held on…
Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited, the provider of affordable and secure Airtel money platform, has partnered with Housing Finance Bank Uganda and digital lending platform provider YABX to enable Airtel Money customers, to…
While international oil companies gradually divest from African hydrocarbon assets, and capital expenditure is redirected towards alternative energy sources, Africa is seeing production declines across key assets. In an exclusive…
Ruth Asasira has been appointed as Manager Women in Business and Special Programs at dfcu Bank. Ruth has 12 years of experience in the financial services sector, and is a…
MATCH Hospitality has confirmed that leading sports management and marketing agency, Integral, has been appointed as its Sales Agent in Nigeria for the sale of the Official Hospitality Programme of…
Jyotsna Ruparelia Jyotsna is a director of Ruparelia Group of Companies and also a co-founder of the Ruparelia Foundation and she heads the grants division. She is an active board member of several…
dfcu Bank launched its Small Business Recovery Fund that aims to offer a financial uplift to small businesses that have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The dfcu recovery…
Maxima Nsimenta, CEO/Managing partner of Livara lotions and creams has revealed that they are in final stages of exporting their beauty products around the world. Showing off their packaged products…
Business conditions improved in the Ugandan private sector in January, buoyed by the reopening of schools following an extended period of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the…
