Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has met with Telecom Giant, MTN's top most boss on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. The group's twitter account announced the meeting between Museveni and Rob Shuter. "MTN Group CEO @ShuterRob met with His Excellency, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda at the
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Italy’s deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday insisted that France’s policies in Africa have created poverty and caused migration. Maio’s remarks came hours after France summoned the Italian ambassador to Paris to protest the original assertions made over the weekend. Speaking on Saturday in central Italy, Di Maio
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By Mr Laban Musinguzi, Uganda’s prevailing situation in the Finance and Banking sector is going through a lot of criticism, experts, academicians, policy makers and politicians are providing several explanations to pinpoint the underlying reasons. From these explanations, there are possible recommendations emerging for the rejuvenation of the economy. However,
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Telecom giants MTN wrongly gave subscribers free data on Tuesday, it has emerged. Subscribers of the telecom company were on Tuesday shocked when they received free 5oombs in data. However, the company now says the mbs were given in error raising questions of incompetence. "Hello @PatrickOcaido sorry. Please note that
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The family of a Rwandan citizen allegedly abducted by Ugandan security agencies has demanded for his immediate and unconditional release, Rwanda based New Times reports. Rogers Donne Kayibanda (in featured photo) was reportedly abducted in Uganda on January 10, 2019. He has since not been accessed by any of his
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Kenya has set its sights on India and Spain as it seeks to grow tourism numbers to 2.5 million arrivals by 2022. In a statement, the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) said it will be leading local travel agents on marketing missions to the two countries. More than 10 Kenyan travel
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MTN- Uganda's telecom giant has confirmed the deportation of their two staffs by Uganda authorities, URN reports. In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, MTN confirms the deportation of Olivier Prentout (in featured photo), the Chief Marketing Officer MTN Uganda and Annie Bilenge Tabura, the Head of Sales and Distribution
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 22 January 2019 On Saturday, 19 January 2019, the MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer, Olivier Prentout, was arrested by police at Entebbe airport upon arrival from a business trip abroad. On the morning of Monday 21 January 2019, the MTN Uganda Head of Sales and Distribution, Annie Bilenge
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Makerere University, under the authorization of Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, has fired its Public Relations Officer Rita Namisango and appointed Dr Mohammed Kiggundu Musoke as the acting Manager Communications and International Relations. Dr Kiggundu, a senior lecturer in the department of Humanities and Language Education is tasked with providing
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South Sudan has begun to repair and pump oil from wells damaged during the civil war which broke out in 2013, news agency Reuters reports. The country, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, currently produces 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) but estimates say it will rise by an additional
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