Pan-African Bank-Ecobank won the Best Digital Strategy Award at the Retail Banker International’s prestigious awards ceremony held at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London last week. Ecobank’s digital strategy leverages digitalisation for scale and ubiquity and is the key plank in its ambition to be the top consumer financial services
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Uganda’s leading power distributor, Umeme has revealed that it isn’t panicking over the uncertainty surrounding its contract renewal. The remarks were made by Patrick Bitature, the Umeme Board Chairman while addressing the press at Sheraton Hotel on Thursday after the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). “We are not in panic
Read MoreToday starting at 10am Kimaanya vs. St Julian Agape vs. Welden Buddo vs. Kigezi Lira TC vs. Jinja SS With only four places available in Friday’s semifinals of the Copa Coca-Cola, action returns today with all games at Kakyeka stadium. Yesterday’s elimination of home side Ryakasinga ended in police
Read Moredfcu bank Chief of Business & Executive Director, William Sekabembe has revealed that banks that will not invest in technology are set to become obsolete. “Our commitment is to invest in technology. If banks don’t invest in technology, they will become irrelevant,” Sekabembe said, adding: “We are enhancing our technology
Read MoreBank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende has made steps to block a forensic audit by the Auditor General into the operations of the Central Bank and its role in the closure of four commercial banks. Kasekende wrote to the Attorney General on April 19, 2018, protesting an
Read MoreThe Kenyan Government has revealed that another dam-Masinga Dam will start overflowing anytime between now and Friday, the Standard reports. This will exacerbate the situation in Tana River County, which has suffered the effects of flooding. Several people have been killed and thousands displaced. The flooding has also caused a
Read MoreOPINION: There’s Need For Candid Discussion On Mobile Money Charges, Taxes
By Kiconco Katabaazi Patrick /Advocate-Public Policy Specialist It is at this time of the year that the press and public domain gets busy with buzz about the budget and tax proposals. According to section 13 (11a) of the Public Finance Management Act,2015 the Minister of Finance is mandated to present
Read MoreA pathologist suspected of stealing body organs from corpses was yesterday charged in a Nairobi court, the Standard reports. Dr Moses Njue, who was once the chief Government pathologist, was accused of secretly taking away a man’s heart while carrying out a postmortem on his body. The bizarre theft
Read MoreBy Aloysious Kasoma Uganda is still one of the least countries in Africa to embrace the E-Commerce platform in its economic transformation journey. In Africa, the best countries are Morocco, South Africa and Kenya but only rated between 5-6 per cent of transactions in electronic commerce. Uganda is rated at
Read MoreThe Uganda Revenue Authority Headquarters twenty two (22) floor building is set to be completed by end of August this year, the tax body officials have revealed. The state-of-the-art building is divided into four podiums and eighteen tower floors totaling to 26,021 square metres. The project also provide for a
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