SAP SE has announced that the Women At Risk International Foundation (WARIF), a nonprofit that combats sexual violence, rape and human trafficking of girls and women across Nigeria, has gone live with the SAP® People Connect 365 mobile service from the SAP Digital Interconnect group. Using automated keywords, templates and workflows along with channels such as SMS and […]
Huawei has today boosted the 2018 MTN Kampala Marathon with UGX250 million towards maternal health in Uganda. The confirmation and Cheque handover took place at Huawei Uganda Offices at the Cube Building, Kisementi in Kampala. The 2018 MTN Kampala Marathon is set to take place on Sunday 25th November at the Kololo Independence grounds, with […]
Leon Kiptum, formerly Head of Digital &Transaction Banking in Sidian Bank has joined Betway as the country manager. He replaces Wanja Gikonyo who was instrumental since the early stages of setting up Betway in Kenya. Gikonyo has been reassigned to other senior duties within the organization. Kiptum has a diploma in Management Information Systems and […]
American rapper Kanye West, who was recently in Uganda on a private visit, is set to return to Uganda in January 2019. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West will immediately be crowned Uganda’s Tourism Ambassador on a visit, which will now be official. According to Uganda’s State Tourism Minister Godfrey Kiwanda Suubi, the […]
Development experts have noted that Uganda may not achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals unless government implements programmes and policies that support minority groups to overcome poverty. The experts argue that without supporting the women, youths and Persons With Disabilities to improve their social welfare, the country’s development will be slow. The remarks were […]
Stanbic Blue Weekends has partnered with two major social events for the September edition of the promotion. This month, attendees of the Kampala Fashion Week, slated for September 27th to 29th will get a chance to buy tickets using their Visa Cards at discounted prices. In addition, revelers at Oktoberfest, a beer and food festival […]
The search for the winner of Discovery Channel’s second consecutive ‘Don’t Stop Wondering’ award category at the seventh annual Jozi Film Festival has begun! A Jury of Discovery Channel and Jozi Film Festival panelists have filtered through all the amazing entries received across Africa and have chosen the final top 10 films for 2018. From […]
BY SAMUEL NABWIISO KAMPALA, UGANDA- Although President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has defended the imposition of a Ush200 per day tax on social media arguing that it’s a luxury, people living with disabilities are crying foul. They reason that such a tax on social Media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook is complicating their communication especially for […]
BY EABW REPORTER KAMPALA, UGANDA- With Uganda having already slapped a 1% tax on Mobile Money transactions, a tax that will likely discourage the frequency of Mobile Money transfers, dealers in Mobile Money business and remittances transfers from across the continent are set to meet in Lagos Nigeria to see how they can deepen the […]
BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- Smile Telecom has announced that it will pay the OTT tax popularly reffered to as ‘Social Media Tax’ for its customers to keep them connected for the next three months. A statement from the company that was sent to East African Business Week said, “Following the introduction of OTT tax, […]
BY EABW REPORTER LOS ANGELES, United States, The executive team and selection committee of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), has unveiled the 3rd category (Media & Culture) of the MIPAD global 100 for Class of 2018. And, in-line with the 1st pillar of the decade; RECOGNITION, MIPAD set out to recognize 200 […]
BY EABW REPORTER KAMPALA, UGANDA – Centenary Bank, Uganda’s leading commercial microfinance Bank, has announced its Ushs. 10m sponsorship of the Kampala City Festival 2018. This will be the 7th edition of the festival that takes places every year in October since 2012. This year’s festival is slated to take place from 05th to 07th […]
BY SAMUEL NABWIISO KAMPALA, UGANDA- Members of Parliament under the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Social Protection (UPFSP) are dissatisfied that the government poorly releases funds to the elderly people, which act is impacting on the overall Implementation of the Social Assistance Grants Empowerment (SAGE) programme. “As MPs, we are concerned about the poor release of […]