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The GSMA has conferred a rare Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, recognising his role in reshaping the global telecommunications landscape and expanding connectivity across operators, governments, businesses, and billions of consumers worldwide.

Sunil Bharti Mittal Conferred GSMA Lifetime Achievement Award for Transforming Global Telecommunications

The GSMA has conferred a rare Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, recognising his role in reshaping the global telecommunications landscape and expanding connectivity across
March 3, 2026
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AI-generated image depicting telecom towers across Uganda’s landscape — illustrating the high-stakes battle set to unfold as Indus Towers enters the market, challenging established players and reshaping Africa’s passive infrastructure industry.

How Bharti Airtel’s Indus Towers Decision to Enter Africa is Likely to Shape the Ugandan Market and Beyond

Bharti Airtel’s tower infrastructure arm, Indus Towers, is stepping into Africa for the first time — and it is beginning with Uganda, Nigeria, and Zambia. The move, disclosed in recent stock exchange
September 5, 2025
MTN's Sylvia Mulinge (left) and Airtel's Soumendra Sahu. Telecoms are investing heavily in data-enabled infrastructure. For instance, in 2024, MTN and Airtel invested a combined UGX893.7 billion in infrastructure projects with a focus on 4G and 5G sites.
MTN's Sylvia Mulinge (left) and Airtel's Soumendra Sahu. Telecoms are investing heavily in data-enabled infrastructure. For instance, in 2024, MTN and Airtel invested a combined UGX893.7 billion in infrastructure projects with a focus on 4G and 5G sites.

Mobile Phone @30: Data is the New Airtime; Telecoms Shift to Digital-First Investment Models

Until 2007, mobile phone subscribers had largely known voice and short message texting needs. In fact, for a long time, the mobile phone had no major use apart from making and receiving
June 14, 2025
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A photo collage of Charles Mbire, Wasswa Birigwa, Aimable Mpore, Noel Meier, Hans Paulsen, Susan Nsibirwa, Yesse Oenga, Phillip Besiimire, Cesear Mloka, Sheila Kangwagye, Justina Ntabgoba, Rita Okuthe, Erik van Veen, Isaac Nsereko, and Aggrey Kagonyera. These were the men and women who stood on the frontline to set the ball rolling to build the shape of the telecom sector today.
A photo collage of Charles Mbire, Wasswa Birigwa, Aimable Mpore, Noel Meier, Hans Paulsen, Susan Nsibirwa, Yesse Oenga, Phillip Besiimire, Cesear Mloka, Sheila Kangwagye, Justina Ntabgoba, Rita Okuthe, Erik van Veen, Isaac Nsereko, and Aggrey Kagonyera. These were the men and women who stood on the frontline to set the ball rolling to build the shape of the telecom sector today.

Mobile phone @30: The Telecom Legends That Shaped What is Today Uganda’s Most Profitable Sector

By 2005, Uganda’s telecom sector had firmly matured. With a compound annual growth rate of above 15%, it had set the stage rolling to overtake banking as one of the fastest-growing sectors.
June 12, 2025
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Uganda's financial landscape has undergone a revolutionary transformation, with mobile money evolving from a novel concept to a colossal economic engine.

The Mobile Phone @30: The Mobile Money Economy; UGX Trillions in Motion

In May 2021, Bank of Uganda issued two licenses to Airtel Mobile Commerce and MTN Mobile Money to conduct various money transfer and payment services. The licenses were partly intended to implement
June 4, 2025
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