Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Capital Markets Authority expects to reap Non Tax Revenue of 1.15 billion Shillings from the listing of telecom giant MTN Uganda on the Uganda Securities Exchange. This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer of the authority Keith Kalyegira while appearing before the Finance …
Read More »MTN partners with IMG to provide telemedicine services
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | MTN Uganda and International Medical Group and International Medical Center have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide digital health services across the country. Telemedicine is a situation where a medical doctor interacts or offers medical services to a patient through internet enabled devices like …
Read More »Entertainment firm sues MTN Uganda over ‘Kwata Esimu’ caller tune
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecommunication giant MTN Uganda is in trouble for the alleged sale of “Kwata Esimu” song which belongs to Winnie Nwagi and Mubarak Adams Mandela alias Free Boy as a caller tune. Viva Entertainment Limited has sued the telecom company in the Civil Division of High …
Read More »Constitutional court dismisses petition against MTN officials on tax evasion charges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition challenging the actions of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to withdraw tax evasion charges against 12 senior executives of MTN Uganda Limited. In a majority decision of four Justices against one written by Justice Ezekiel Muhanguzi, the Justices …
Read More »MTN unveils business solution for enterprise customers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | MTN Uganda under its enterprise arm of MTN Business has launched a first of its kind 3-in-1 offer for businesses in Uganda, it said on Oct.29. The offer is designed to help businesses get more out of their operations with more control …
Read More »Two MTN technicians arrested vandalizing telecom masts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two technicians from telecom giant MTN Uganda are part of the five people who were arrested by Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID over the weekend on allegations of vandalizing the telecom masts in Mbarara and Isingiro districts. They are Richard Lubega and Godfrey Masaba. The …
Read More »UCU secures free internet services for its e-learning platform
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University has secured an offer for free internet services from MTN-Uganda to support its e-learning program. The University plans to officially resume it’s academic semester online this month after close to six months of inactivity as a result of a lockdown that …
Read More »MTN Uganda granted a 12-year operation license extension
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has been granted a 12-year operation license extension effective July 1, 2020, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) announced. At a brief ceremony held at the UCC offices in Bugolobi, UCC director Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo congratulated MTN on this “momentous occasion” while the MTN …
Read More »MTN, Airtel re-instate mobile money sending charges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecom giants MTN Uganda and Airtel have announced they will be re-instating their charges on sending money ending the suspension that was meant to make it easy for users to go through the lockdown. During the last two months of the lockdown, customers were …
Read More »Xeno Technologies secures US$150,000 to boost growth
Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Kampala-based online investment management firm, Xeno Technologies, has secured a US$ $150,000 from a private equity firm, Nordic Impact Funds, to power its rapidly growing goal-based services now available via MTN Uganda. The funds that have been acquired in exchange for undisclosed stake, brings the …
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