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…
Philip Besimire is the CEO, Vodacom Tanzania, a role he has held since October 2022. In his own words, he is committed to “Meeting the needs of my employees, customers,…
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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…
In the Ugandan business world, a few people epitomize Warren Buffett’s timeless advice like Charles Mbire, a quietly dominant billionaire, cofounder and Board Chairman of MTN Uganda. In 2024 alone,…
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…
It’s been 30 years since the first mobile phone was launched in Uganda. The launch, in 1995, of Celtel as the first mobile telecommunications company rewrote Uganda’s telecom story in…
MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria, while ensuring compliance with local regulatory and statutory requirements. In a joint statement published…
Tell us about yourself and your career summary- especially the Bugembe that we don’t already know. The normal Andrew, not the MTN Andrew is a happily married man with two…
MTN Uganda has remained resilient in the first nine months of 2022, navigating the prevailing tough macroeconomic conditions, to deliver double-digit service revenue growth in line with our medium-term guidance….
MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s largest phone company, is working with advisers at JPMorgan Chase & Co. on the planned separation of its financial technology business, people with knowledge of the matter said. The carrier said last…
