Different Stakeholders at the Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit Launch at ONOMO Hotel in Kampala recently In the run-up to the forthcoming Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit 2025, scheduled for December 11, Stanbic Bank has announced a scholarship programme to motivate Uganda’s digital creators. The initiative reflects the bank’s broader
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L-R: Helena Mayanja dfcu, Head Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Dr Aminah Zawedde, the Permanent Secretary at MoICT and Mabel Ndawula, the dfcu Foundation Executive Director sign the MoU at MoICT Innovation Hub in Nakawa The Ministry of ICT & National Guidance and the dfcu Foundation on Tuesday entered into a
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The young innovators that were awarded UGX11m The National I-UPSHIFT Youth Social Innovation Summit 2025 took place in Kampala, culminating in a major award ceremony where over UGX 1.7 billion in seed funding was awarded to outstanding youth-led ventures. The awards supported the most innovative social enterprises developed through the
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Journalists and trainers in a group photo The National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U) in collaboration with Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO), has trained journalists from print, radio, television, and online media houses on cybersecurity, data protection, and privacy. The engagement, held at the National ICT Innovation Hub in
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Left to right: Sylvia Mulinge, Chief Executive Officer – MTN Uganda; Dr. Aminah Zawedde, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT and National Guidance; Hon. Godfrey Baluku Kiime Kabbyanga, Minister of State for ICT and National Guidance; Angela Wamola, Head of Africa – GSMA; George William Nyombi Thembo, Executive Director – Uganda
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Pearl Bank leadership lead by Managing Director Julius Kaketo and Stanbic Bank Delegation led by Chief Executive Mumba Kalifungwa pose for a group photo the lunch in at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala In a landmark partnership that signals collaboration over competition, Pearl Bank Uganda (formerly PostBank Uganda), a leading government-owned
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The soft-spoken gateman-turned engineer Dozing on the job, without any proof of ill-health, would lead any manager to sack the culprit, accusing them of lack of seriousness. For Young Moses Laliza, a teenager by then, it was different, thanks to a positive-thinking supervisor at CWG Uganda, a subsidiary of CWG
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Participants at the SchoolPay Education Financing Symposium in a group photo with Muzora Atuhairwe (Centre), Commissioner at the Ministry of Education and Charity Mutagamba (3rd Left), the CEO at Fincom Bankers and innovators are calling for collaboration in solving Africa’s education challenges and putting in place sustainable education systems that
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Arnold Mangeni, the Director Information Security at NITA-U The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) has launched a nationwide digital cybersecurity, data protection and privacy awareness campaign. Speaking at the launch event held at Serena Hotel, Kampala on 3rd September 2025, Arnold Mangeni, the Director Information Security at NITA-U, said the
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Samsung and Watu representatives hand over a phone to a client as part of a drive to connect Ugandans through affordable smartphones. Uganda has a population of approximately 50 million. Yet, only around 18.2 million smartphones are in use, leaving more than half the country without access to the opportunities
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