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The MTN Foundation has Wednesday, following its donation of Shs50m towards the relief efforts of the landslide affected people in Bududa, delivered some relief items to the community. MTN contributed to the Uganda Red Cross drive to raise Shs1.2bn to help the people of Bukalasi Subcounty, Bududa District that were

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — Female lawyers in South Sudan are urging the government to shut down an online auction for marriage rights to a 16-year-old girl. Monica Adhiue, acting executive director for South Sudan's National Alliance for Women Lawyers, calls the auction shocking and sad. "The practice is a gross

IPP Group, a conglomerate owned by Tanzanian multi-millionaire tycoon Reginald Mengi, is partnering with Touchmate, a computer products manufacturing company based in Dubai, to establish a smartphone manufacturing plant in Tanzania, Forbes reports. According to a report by IPP Media, the plant will initially manufacture 1,200 smartphones and will employ 2,000 Tanzanians,

Government and telecom companies have revealed that effective November 1, 2018, the validity of daily Over-the-Top  (OTT)  tax of Shs200 has changed from midnight to 24 hours. Ian Rumanyika (in featured photo), the Manager Public & Corporate Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), says that the decision follows engagements with

Kenya based telecom firm, Telkom Kenya has issued a 30-day notice to relevant authorities and company stakeholders on its plan to lay off 500 employees, the Standard reports. Since 2016, Telkom has rebranded, invested Sh14 billion into its business to expand its network coverage, launched 4G services and its MFS

The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has blamed the National Information and Technology Authority - Uganda (NITA-U) on slow implementation of the Prosecution Case Management Information System (PROCAMIS). The revelation was made by Amos Ngolobe, the Deputy DPP while appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)  to respond to queries

Airtel Africa Ltd, a UK incorporated subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Ltd., today announced that six leading global investors comprising Warburg Pincus, Temasek, Singtel, SoftBank Group International and others have agreed to invest USD 1.25 billion (UShs4.7bn) through a primary equity issuance in the company at a post money equity value

By Aloysious Kasoma   Airtel Uganda has launched a new smartphone with a free 4G Simcard.   The phone which was launched early this week at Airtel headquarters in Kampala is expected to cost Shs200,000 with a value back to customer of 15 GB of data worth Shs90,000.   According