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    MTN Uganda

    A graphic representation of how MTN and Airtel's balance sheets look.

    MTN vs Airtel: Balance Sheet Strength Meets Earnings Momentum in the Race to Win the Telecom Market

    Jeff WintersThe Big StoryMarch 14, 2026March 14, 2026

    Uganda’s telecom sector is increasingly defined by a two-horse race between MTN and Airtel. Both companies are growing strongly, benefiting from rising smartphone adoption, data usage, and mobile money transactions….

    Under Sylvia Mulinge’s leadership, MTN has strengthened its financial position, accelerated growth in data and fintech, and expanded network investment, positioning the telecom to capture Uganda’s fast-growing digital economy.

    Five Years of Ambition: MTN Caps Strategy Cycle With Strong Growth

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 13, 2026March 13, 2026

    MTN Uganda has closed the final year of its Ambition 2025 strategy with strong financial and operational performance, underscoring the success of the telecom giant’s five-year push to transform from…

    MTN Uganda’s rally on the USE continues to create massive wealth for top local investors. NSSF’s stake has surged past Shs1.23 trillion, while chairman Charles Mbire’s 4% holding is now worth about Shs420 billion ($118M) as the share price climbed from Shs312 in November to Shs470.

    NSSF Stake in MTN Uganda Shoots to Shs1.23 Trillion in Less Than a Month

    CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryMarch 4, 2026March 4, 2026

    MTN’s strong rally on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) continues to create significant wealth for its large local shareholders, with the telecom’s share price climbing steadily from Shs312 in November…

    Standard Bank’s Sim Tshabalala, Absa Group’s Kenny Fihla, MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita, SanlamAllianz’s Heinie Werth, Nedbank Group’s Jason Quinn, and Old Mutual’s Jurie Strydom represent more than individual corporate leaders. Collectively, they sit at the helm of institutions controlling hundreds of billions of dollars in assets, deposits, premiums, and market capitalisation across Africa. Their strategic decisions influence capital flows, credit creation, insurance penetration, and digital finance ecosystems across multiple markets. As they pivot attention toward East Africa, they are not merely expanding footprints; they are reshaping regional banking, telecom, insurance, and investment architecture for the next phase of continental growth.

    South Africa’s capital is moving north-east, and East Africa is increasingly the preferred landing strip

    The CEO Magazine TeamThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 27, 2026

    South African capital, long dominant in Southern Africa and deeply embedded across the continent, is now moving decisively north-east. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda are no longer peripheral growth outposts….

    Charles Mbire (left) and NSSF Managing Director Patrick Ayota (right) pictured with the MTN Uganda logo as MTN shares rally and NSSF’s stake surpasses UGX 1 trillion.

    NSSF stake in MTN Uganda hits UGX1 trillion

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionairesTechnology & InnovationFebruary 9, 2026February 9, 2026

    MTN Uganda shares have staged a strong rally on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), delivering massive gains to its largest local investors in just eight weeks as the stock surged…

    What It Takes to Transform Organisations: Some of Uganda’s Transformational CEOs Speak Out

    Kisakye ImaniLeadership & GovernanceThe Big StoryFebruary 6, 2026February 6, 2026

    In November 2025, Daily Monitor published a special report titled “CEOs with a Midas Touch”, a rare, wide-angle look into the minds of leaders who have not merely managed institutions…

    What It Really Takes to Lead: Inside the Minds of Uganda’s Most Influential CEOs

    Kisakye ImaniThe Big StoryDecember 18, 2025December 17, 2025

    Have you ever wondered what truly distinguishes a successful CEO from the rest? Beyond titles, corner offices, and headline results, what habits sustain leaders at the very top? That is…

    Letters to My Younger Self: Charity Winnie Kamusiime-Asiimwe—”Fix the Leak, Then Buy the Billboard”

    Kisakye ImaniThe Big StoryDecember 16, 2025December 15, 2025

    dfcu Bank’s Head of Marketing on discipline, boundaries, courageous ambition, and leading with service in Uganda’s high-pressure corporate world Charity Winnie Kamusiime-Asiimwe is a marketing leader whose career spans telecommunications,…

    MTN Group CEO — Africa’s Fintech Market Has Room for Banks and Telcos to Play and Collaborate

    Paul MurungiGlobal NewsThe Big StoryNovember 26, 2025November 26, 2025

    How do you rate Uganda’s performance with MTN’s continental portfolio, both in digital adoption but also returns, compared to other African markets?  Yes, as MTN, we are operating in 16…

    MTN Uganda is our second-largest fintech market in Africa, says MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita

    Paul MurungiGlobal NewsThe Big StoryNovember 25, 2025November 27, 2025

    MTN Group chief executive Ralph Mupita has hailed Uganda as the company’s “model operation” and confirmed that it is now MTN’s second-biggest fintech market in Africa, second only to Ghana,…

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    • A graphic representation of how MTN and Airtel's balance sheets look.
      MTN vs Airtel: Balance Sheet Strength Meets Earnings Momentum in the Race to Win the Telecom Market
      by Jeff Winters
      March 14, 2026
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      by CEO East Africa Magazine
      March 14, 2026
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    • Under Sylvia Mulinge’s leadership, MTN has strengthened its financial position, accelerated growth in data and fintech, and expanded network investment, positioning the telecom to capture Uganda’s fast-growing digital economy.
      Five Years of Ambition: MTN Caps Strategy Cycle With Strong Growth
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    • Saviour Chibiya, Regional Chief Executive, Absa Group, addresses staff during a town hall meeting with Absa Bank Uganda employees at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel this week. During his visit to Uganda, Chibiya emphasised Absa’s ambition to become the “bank of choice for economic development” across the markets where it operates.
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