Standard Bank Group Ltd. appointed Sim Tshabalala as sole chief executive officer, ending a dual role he shared with Ben Kruger, and making him the first black person to lead Africa’s largest lender independently, reports Bloomberg. Kruger, 58, will step down as joint-CEO immediately and continue as an executive director,
Read More
MTN Uganda and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on Tuesday announced a partnership that enables payment of social security contributions using Mobile Money. The partnership enables NSSF members on the NSSF Voluntary Membership Plan as well as small and medium sized entities to conveniently make payments using MTN Mobile
Read More
Uganda has been ranked 3rd in a survey on financial and digital inclusion by a US-based public institution, helped by the wide adoption of mobile money in the local economy. Brookings Institution’s Centre for Technology Innovation, a non-profit organisation based in Washington DC, in its latest report put Uganda 3rd
Read More
Equity Bank Uganda will be hosting a dinner forum on Friday the 15th of September 2017 at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel 45 Prescot St, London E1 8GP, UK from 6:00 pm. During the dinner, the bank's Managing Director, Samuel Kirubi will be speaking on Investment Opportunities in Uganda and other East African countries. According
Read More
Uganda’s richest man Sudhir Ruparelia has exposed Bank of Uganda (BoU) lawyers, MMAKS Advocates and AF Mpanga in new evidence adduced before Uganda’s High Court, Commercial Division. Last Wednesday Sudhir told Court that he wanted the lawyers in question out of the case in which the Central Bank sued him
Read More
The opposition on Monday re-ignited an unresolved controversial topic when its presidential candidate Raila Odinga claimed that the government administered tetanus vaccine secretly laced with a hormone said to cause infertility in women. The Daily Nation reports that Odinga claimed that the government deliberately sterilised thousands of women and girls
Read More
Makerere University Rugby Grounds played host to the 5th Leg of the 2017 Guinness National Rugby Sevens series over the weekend. With the Kobs seeking to seal their title defence, it was to turn out to be a weekend for the Entebbe Mongers. [caption id="attachment_4311" align="aligncenter" width="602"] Action during Heathens
Read More
President Yoweri Museveni has said that land tribunals will shorten the time of appeal for discontented landowners when the Land Law is amended. The President, who was accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, State Minister for Lands, Persis Namuganza, Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa
Read More
Government has said it is committed to eliminating fake religious institutions and individuals exploiting believers. Simon Lokodo, the State Minister for Ethics and Integrity, says Government has noted with concern the growing number of the different churches and efforts are being made to regulate them. Lokodo says that Government is
Read More
Makerere University has been ranked the 5th best in Africa, according to The Times Higher Education World University rankings released last week. The best University in Eastern Africa lost two positions given the fact that in the previous ranking it was 3rd best in Africa. The University of Cape Town
Read More
