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Auditor General Edward Akol (right) reveals a cocktail of failures, including delayed or non-payment of enumerators, which could have been one of the earlier signs of a messy census conducted by Ubos under the leadership of Chris Mukiza.
Auditor General Edward Akol (left) reveals a cocktail of failures, including non-payment or delayed payment of enumerators, which could have been one of the earlier signs of a messy census conducted by Ubos under the leadership of Chris Mukiza.

The Census that Cannibalized the System: Auditor General Digs Inside Uganda’s UGX396 billion Data Gamble

“Counting people should never cost a country its ability to make people count.” These words, first voiced during a 2015 keynote address by South African statistician Pali Lehohla at a UN Data
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
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.

 

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