Uganda’s largest power distributor, Umeme Limited has revealed that new connections backlog will be cleared before end of year. This follows Business Focus’ story indicating that Umeme had run out Yaka meters, affecting new customers/connections and consequently business. In an exclusive interview, Stephen Ilungole, the Stakeholder Relations Manager –Media and
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Scan your eyes over Apple's just-published list of the year's most popular iPhone apps, and there's one notable omission: Shazam. In fact, it's been a while since the song-identifying software squeezed its way into the iOS App Store's top 10. So, why has Apple confirmed it is "combining" its business with
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Umeme Limited, Uganda’s largest power distributor has run out Yaka meters, affecting new customers/connections, Business Focus has reliably established. Reports indicate that people who applied and paid for Yaka meters almost three months ago are yet to receive them as the power distributor continues to play ping-pong; a thing that
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By Mariam Abdullahi Although Africa's largest telco operators are generally showing growth in their customer bases, it is public knowledge that revenue growth has somewhat stalled to as little as 1% year on year. This means that despite attracting an increased number of customers, the amount each of these customers
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Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit has raised $40m to drive its next phase of global growth, aiming to serve 10 million customers connected to emerging markets. Half of these customers will be in Africa. As part of the expansion, WorldRemit will enable customers in Africa to transfer money to
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MTN Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Blood Transfusion has launched a ten-day blood donation drive to enable the availability of blood. The drive started on Friday at the MTN Nyonyi Gardens with staff members turning up to donate blood. The aim of the drive is to help with efforts
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Liquid Telecom Uganda, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has announced a partnership with The Innovation Village, a hub and co-working space in Kampala, to support Ugandan start-ups with high-speed internet and cloud-based services. Liquid Telecom Uganda, formerly known as Infocom, will work alongside The Innovation
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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, one of the leading providers of cyber security solutions globally, recently announced results from the first ever study on the impact of mobile attacks in enterprise environments. Findings from the research are based on data collected from more than 850 organisations spread across four continents.
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The MTN Foundation has Monday donated 100 beds to nine health centers under the jurisdiction of the Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA). The beds and amenities including mattresses, bed sheets, blankets and mosquito nets were handed over to Jennifer Musisi, the Executive Director, KCCA by Anthony Katamba, the General Manager,
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Kenya based Jambojet is set to start flights to Uganda and Tanzania by February next year, kicking off its regional expansion plan designed to see the low-cost carrier fly to 16 new routes. The Daily Nation reports that Kenya’s Transport ministry said it had applied for permission for the budget
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