Uganda telecom market Archives

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

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 5, 2025September 9, 2025

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Outcompeted and debt-strapped, Africell to exit Ugandan market, just like its predecessor, Orange telecom

CEO ReporterThe Big StorySeptember 3, 2021September 3, 2021

Employees of telecommunication operator Africell are in a state of panic as the telecom is said to be winding business in Uganda, leading to hundreds of job losses. “The employees…

With UGX1.5 tn in accumulated losses, UGX258.3bn in debts amidst declining sales, how long can Africell hold its ground?

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 13, 2019September 13, 2019

Over the last month, the market was awash with talk that Eaton Towers and ATC Uganda, the two biggest operators of cell towers in Uganda, had switched off telecom operator,…