A new report by Jumia Uganda has indicated that more Ugandans are embracing E-commerce or online shopping. The firm said that this is reflected on the number of online orders that are increasing especially during their annual Black Friday sales. Jumia Uganda Chief Executive officer Ron Kawamala told reporters while announcing the upcoming Jumia Black […]
Entebbe High Court Justice Jane Abodo has this morning sentenced Godfrey Wamala alias Troy to 14 years in prison for killing Singer Moses Sekibogo who was known by his stage name as Mowzey Radio. Justice Abodo on Monday this week found Wamala guilty of manslaughter and not murder which he had been charged with, which […]
A panel of judges from Arsenal and its official online money transfer partner, WorldRemit have selected eight coaches as finalists for their Future Stars coaching programme. The eight finalists will now compete in a public vote on www.FutureStars.WorldRemit.com for the chance to attend a personalised training programme with Arsenal Football Development coaches in London – […]
Huawei has boosted the 2019 edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon with 250,000,000 shillings towards maternal health care in Uganda. The 2019 edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon will be held on Sunday 24th November starting at the Kololo independence grounds with runners participating in either of 4 categories including; the full marathon (42Km), half […]
Crown Beverages Limited, the makers of Pepsi, Mirinda, Sting, Nivana and Mountain Dew has launched yet another promotion campaign dubbed ‘Nyongeza Aya Bass with Mirinda’ to give back to their customers. Nyongeza is a multi-ethnic Ugandan word that means, “give more” while Aya Bass is a popular slang that means, “let’s go” that was popularized […]
Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with Challenges Uganda has launched a 6-month youth employability programme under its Futuremakers initiative valued at Ugx 300,000,000. The “Youth-to-Work” initiative which has been unveiled at Kampala Serena Hotel to over 100 guests will benefit 40 young and enthusiastic out of university youths with an opportunity to work with Small […]
Born on 2 August 1976 in Valence, France, Sébastien Serge Louis Desabre, who was the Head Coach of the Uganda National Football Team, the Cranes, was on Monday unveiled as the new Head Coach/ Manager of Egyptian Premier League Club Pyramids FC. Desabre, who was recruited on 28 December 2017 had spent barely two years […]
With the Africa Cup of Nations tournament underway in Egypt, Bongo Flava star Diamond Platinumz is scoring off the field and has completed a hat-trick of babies around East Africa. The star is staying true to the East African Community spirit by making sure he bears children from women around the region. Platnumz and his Kenyan […]
Ever since the 2019 African Cup of Nations kicked off on 21 June in Cairo, many businesses have seen a huge rise in sales hence huge profits. According to a survey that was conducted by East African Business Week around Kampala City, Bar owners, Pay TV Decoder sellers and retailers and selling Television sets especially […]
The worst-kept secret in African football was confirmed by no less than the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad. With journalists from around the world gathered in Cairo for the Africa Cup of Nations, Ahmad revealed that CAF’s executive committee had requested FIFA’s intervention in its administrative processes. Consequently, FIFA Secretary […]
In another attempt to control the news regarding African football affairs, the journalist Nazim Bessol, working for Algerian newspaper Botola, has seen his accreditation for the African Cup of Nations revoked. Initially, Bessol received a confirmation approval letter with accreditation number 1206. However yesterday Bessol received an email from CAF explaining, without justification, that his […]
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals will kick off this Friday at Cairo International Stadium with hosts Egypt taking on Zimbabwe. Twenty-Four teams including four from the East African region, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi are taking part. Below are the full fixtures, time, dates and venues where the 24 teams will be playing. […]
Foremost philanthropist and richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote has been rated 11th of the 50 World’ Greatest leaders for 2019. The rating carried out by the Fortune Magazine, an American multinational business magazine was released recently and focused mainly on the businesses run by the men and how they have used it to impact […]