Nala, Virtual Identity and Wallet.ng dazzle have emerged the top three winners of Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018. All 11 finalists were officially inducted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship programme to explore commercial partnerships with the pan-African banking giant. Winners of the 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge were announced at a ceremony
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Two Ugandan young entrepreneurs have been named among the top five African entrepreneurs to watch by Forbes. All the five remarkable entrepreneurs are aged 45 and under and have built 8 and 9-figure fortunes. Ali-shah Jivraj, Ugandan Jivraj (in featured photo), a 32-year-old third generation Asian-Ugandan entrepreneur, is the founder
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Ugandan multi-millionaire tycoon and philanthropist, Mohammed Hamid (in featured photo), has hired U.S-based international hotel and resort chain Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to manage his $300 million (UShs1.1 trillion) 5-star Pearl of Africa Hotel which is situated at the heart of Kampala in Uganda, East Africa, Forbes reports. The luxurious
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Total E&P Uganda, the lead company on the Tilenga and EACOP Projects Thursday unveiled the first batch of welding students to be trained as part of the welders training programme launched earlier this year. The welders form the 1st batch of 25 out of the 200 students targeted for this
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State Minister for East African Affairs, Julius Maganda Wandera has argued that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's warning that he can abolish Parliament should not cause public outrage, URN reports. Wandera says there are laws through which the president can pull the trigger and lock down parliament. And if such laws
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Bankers have rejected a proposal to have the National Information Technology Authority manage private data of their clients, according to Parliament website. Officials from Bank of Uganda and the Uganda Bankers Association, who appeared before the Parliament Committee on Information and Communication Technology, instead want the regulatory responsibility of managing
Read MoreAuthors : Raj Kulasingam, Senior Counsel & Co-Author:Tiago Almedia RMB Infrastructure Finance Transactor JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Angola has seen changes in the last 2 years. This began with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos stepping down after 38 years. President João Lourenço (aka “JLo”) who
Read MoreThe Co-Chairperson of the committee, Mr Lewis Nzimande had much praise for all presenters as their contributions will take the process forward CAPE TOWN, South Africa, September 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Joint Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) today continued listening to oral presentations in Parliament on whether an amendment
Read MoreThe Co-Chairperson of the committee, Mr Lewis Nzimande had much praise for all presenters as their contributions will take the process forward CAPE TOWN, South Africa, September 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Joint Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) today continued listening to oral presentations in Parliament on whether an amendment
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The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy has announced the four regional winners for their 2018 global economic prize, the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) in Africa. The winning organizations were selected from 9 IIC finalists and from 10 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion finalists at a summit
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