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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecommunications giant MTN Uganda has announced a package of internet bundles that have no time limit for expiration a few weeks after a Ugandan sued telecom companies over expiry of data. The offering allows internet users to get 6MB , 80MB and 1GB for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has announced that returns from the first ever West Nile MTN run will be used to improve maternal services in West Nile. The 10km run scheduled for November 10th will attract participants from all the districts of West Nile. The organisers say …
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Top managers are still engaging the government on its licence renewal Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | MTN Uganda has recorded a 30.5% growth in revenue to Shs765.32bn for the first six months ending June.30 owed to the increase in demand for data and fin-tech services, according to its latest …
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THIS WEEK: MTN Uganda wins DIAA Awards MTN Uganda took home five prizes at the Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) 2017 awards held at the Kampala Serena Hotel recently. The awards cemented MTN Uganda’s position as the number one telecommunications company in Uganda. The accolades that MTN Uganda scooped are; …
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By Julius Businge MazenMroue, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Uganda will soon be leaving Uganda to settle in his new position of Chief Operations Officer of MTN Irancell, MTN Group announced on June 25. He will be succeeded in Uganda by Brian Gouldie, the Chief Marketing Officer of MTN …
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By Ronald Musoke In a move geared towards improving energy and telecommunications access for millions of Ugandans who lack reliable electricity, MTN Uganda has teamed up with the US-based Fenix International and developed an ultra-affordable Pay As You Go energy solution designed to bring safe lighting, phone charging to its customers …
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