A look at MTN, Airtel, Africell ahead of August SIM registration deadline Kampala, Uganda |ISAAC KHISA and JULIUS BUSINGE| MTN Uganda has recorded a surge in revenues for the six months ending June 30, signaling a possible rebound in the country’s telecom industry. According to the latest half year performance …
Read More »MTN to reward Mobile Money customers
Kampala,Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has unveiled Mobile Money Month aimed at creating a platform to gather feedback from customers, resolve customer issues, carryout product education and reward customers across various touch points. The MTN Mobile Money service has been in operation for the last eight years and now …
Read More »MTN gives yellow boys KCCA FC Sh1.2 billion boost
Kampala, Uganda | KCCA FC MEDIA | Kampala Capital City Football Club (KCCA) and telecommunication giants MTN on Friday July 28th, 2017 entered a Sh1.290 billion partnership for the next three years. The treble winners from the 2016/2017 season KCCA FC and MTN unveiled a Sh430 million annual package to support the club’s football …
Read More »BUSINESS: New MTN data offers
UCC agrees to meet company officials over concerns raised by customers Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On July 4, Uganda’s largest telecommunication firm; MTN, announced changes in price and volumes for some of its internet (data) packages resulting in concerns by customers and the regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission. …
Read More »Lack of IDs cut sim card sales -Airtel MD
Anwar Soussa is the managing director for Airtel Uganda. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about Airtel business and Uganda’s telecom sector. You have been here for a year now as the Airtel MD. What is your general assessment of the telecommunication business in Uganda? Telecommunication business in Uganda …
Read More »MTN agrees to pay US$8.5m Rwanda fine
MTN has reportedly agreed to settle a fine of US$8.5m (about R114m) with the Rwandan government after negotiations over the fine broke down. The fine was imposed on the Rwandan subsidiary of the Johannesburg-headquartered and JSE-listed mobile telecommunications group after it allegedly failed to comply with a regulatory directive precluding …
Read More »UCC gives MTN up to 5pm July 12 to explain ‘new tariffs’
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has written to the country’s largest telecom firm MTN, seeking clarification on the manner in which it set new tariffs for its over 10 million customers, without its approval. In the letter, dated July 7, 2017, the UCC …
Read More »Micro credit: Good or bad for Uganda’s poor population?
Experts say the interest rates are very high Kampala, Uganda |Isaac Khisa| Micro-credit is fast becoming a darling to millions of Uganda’s population following the rollout of new credit windows between financial institutions and telecom firms. But financial experts are worried that the new products may not create as much …
Read More »TBWA takes over marketing and communication at MTN Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| MTN Uganda has announced that its integrated marketing and communication function will be taken over by TBWA Uganda with effect from July 1, 2017. MTN said the decision was made public “following successful completion of a transition process from its former agency Metropolitan Republic. In …
Read More »JOBS: Senior Manager – Internal Audit MTN
JOBS: Senior Manager – Internal Audit MTN Company: MTN Position: Senior Manager – Internal Audit Closing date Monday, July 3, 2017. POSITION The positions report to the GM-Business Risk Management & Internal Audit MTN-Uganda is the leading telecommunications Company in Uganda, providing mobile, fixed/wireless data, internet and mobile financial services. …
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