By Patrick Kagenda MultiChoice, Uganda’s leading pay television service provider is back with a new promotion dubbed the DStv Rewards campaign. The two month campaign which began January 21, 2014, will run side by side with the older Campaign dubbed DStv Christmas campaign which ends on January 25, 2014. The new campaign is aimed at thanking and rewarding subscribers for their sustained loyalty and support. Under the new campaign, the company will give out free annual subscriptions to customers who remain connected uninterrupted between January 21, and March 31, 2014. In a statement, the MultiChoice Uganda Public Relations Manager ,Tina…
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By Patrick Kagenda As Uganda builds hope that one of the country’s students will emerge winner of the Continental Dstv Eutelsat Star Awards 2013, yet again for the third year running, another round of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards 2014 competitions is in the offing and will be launched in May. Uganda has over the years been the proud winner of this competition from 2011 when the competition was introduced into the country. The competition which is organized by MultiChoice Africa is aimed at inspiring and impacting on the people, through stimulating science, technology and inspire innovative thinking among secondary…
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By Patrick Kagenda While quite a number of companies have had a tough 2013 falling short of their business projections and failing to realize any tangible profit, at MultiChoice Africa the year 2013 has been a great one. During the year, the company saw a number of new channels launched on both its broadcasting platforms, great consumer campaigns and the introduction of innovative new technology aimed at enhancing the overall television experience especially in Uganda when the Digital migration from analogue to Digital transmission that was due for December 2012 was extended up till December 2015. DStv subscribers got a…
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By Silvia Nyambura MATATU, a popular local game translated into a mobile application by Kola Studios is increasingly penetrating into the market, with over 20,000 downloads globally since its inception in June, 2012. Terry Karungi, the production lead at Kola Studios says MATATU is a replica of the local popular card game that has been played by Ugandans for years that has now been made digital. “It is something a lot of Ugandans relate to and to package it in the digital platform is a form of cultural preservation. We are not only looking at Uganda, we are looking at Africa…
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By Mark Muhumuza In June 2012, Uganda’s largest telecom company, MTN Uganda, brought in a new CEO, Mazen Mroue. At the time, the company was going through a series of reputational challenges mainly a mobile money scam from within and for Mroue it was “diving in at the deep end
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By Patrick Kagenda Ugandan nationals are for the first time in the country`s history getting National Identification Cards. Although the exercise has begun in the capital Kampala, it will soon cover the entire country. The National ID`s come at a time when Uganda is teeming with a near exploding population come 2020 when the population is bound to reach 50 million people. Population explosion aside, Uganda has been hosting too many refuges some of who were born and raised in Uganda. In this interview, The CEO`s Patrick Kagenda talks to the Project Manager Mr. Marcellino Bwesigye. Who is the true Ugandan citizen who qualifies for the National…
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