Born in 2018, Chipper Cash celebrates four years of enabling more and more people to move money freely across borders. Chipper Cash, like many other companies, has a story. It was founded in 2018 by Maijid Moujaled, of Ghanaian descent, and Uganda’s very own Ham Serunjogi, to enable African consumers to send money to each […]
The lessons from the court ruling in Kenya should inform Ugandan ISPs on waters to stir clear of, such as sports pirating. Court in Kenya recently ordered internet service providers to block access to sports pirate websites infringing on copyright-protected material in Kenya. MultiChoice Kenya, with support from UEFA, obtained a ruling from the Kenya […]
Standard Bank has developed a small business tool kit, designed to help small businesses punch above their weight by narrowing the capability gap between smaller and larger businesses and corporates. “Leveraging technology and our relationship networks to narrow the distance, ability and reach between small and peripheral township enterprises and the existing formal economy is […]
1st July 2022, Kampala– ROKE Telkom, a Ugandan home-grown public service provider for voice and data communications services in a bid to reduce the cost burden on streaming Netflix has introduced free streaming for the app on its Roke plus product “Chill on Chill.” Roke Plus is one of the Roke Telkom products that offers […]
Lagos – 30 June 2022 – British International Investment (“BII”), the UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), formerly known as CDC Group, introduced its new name and announced a US $20 million, 4-year structured credit investment in Moove – a mobility fintech democratising access to vehicle ownership in Africa. The investment reflects BII’s focus on mobilising […]
Kampala – Uganda, June 29, 2022: Stanbic Bank Uganda has become the country’s first commercial lender to receive the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI), in recognition of its Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) compliance to global standards. Attained after a rigorous independent assessment of people, processes and information technology systems […]
Cape Town / Munich, May 04, 2022. Sanlam, the largest non-banking financial services company in Africa, and Allianz, one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with a century of history in Africa, have agreed to combine their current and future operations across Africa to create the largest Pan-African non-banking financial services entity on […]
By Dr. Joseph Kobusheshe, Following the announcement of the Final Investment Decision for Uganda’s flagship oil and gas projects, which are expected to deliver first oil in 2025, sections of the media have been awash with environmental and social concerns relating to the planned developments. Some have suggested that by the time Uganda starts production, […]
Kampala – Uganda April 26, 2022: Fitch, the international credit rating agency, has affirmed Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited’s (SBU) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B+’, with ‘AAA’ being the highest possible rating while ‘D’ is the lowest. SBU is Uganda’s largest bank accounting for 22% of banking sector assets as of the end of […]
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards’ (UNBS’) accreditation to provide International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Management Systems Certification has been renewed for another three years by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS). SANAS is a signatory to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) which gives it worldwide recognition as a competent body for carrying out […]
Kampala–April 05, 2022: The business community in Kampala has today welcomed a new product innovation by Stanbic Bank Uganda which allows schools to get full insurance cover against calamities such as fire and other natural disasters. The Stanbic School Comprehensive Insurance (SCI) is an insurance policy that protects school administrations from a range of risks […]
Barcelona – March 4, 2022, Airtel Uganda, The Smartphone Network with the widest 4G network, has been awarded as Uganda’s fastest mobile network at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The speed tests were carried out in Uganda in the months of October – December 2021. The performance improves Uganda’s global ranking by 5 […]
Uganda, 15 December 2021 – Experian Uganda (previously Compuscan CRB) is honoured to receive a Visionaries Award from the Government of the Republic of Uganda for the fourth time. The Visionaries of Uganda Awards are aimed at recognising the top achievers in different sectors of the economy in both Government and Private Sectors, highlighting their […]