Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first commercial deployment in Africa. The service enables Airtel customers with compatible smartphones to access connectivity in non-terrestrial areas wherever they can see the sky. Starlink, …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda launched the second season of its Digida Caller Tunez promotion in Luweero on Friday, combining customer rewards with new network sites and community support as part of its Y’ello Storm campaign. Customers who activate their preferred MTN Caller Tunez by dialing *170*12# …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Housing Finance Bank has appointed Robert Kusiima Mugabe as its new Chief Operations Officer (COO), as the bank moves to strengthen operational excellence, innovation, digital transformation and customer-focused growth. Robert brings more than 18 years of banking experience spanning operations, treasury, balance sheet management, enterprise …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | For years, cooking at Buwambo Seed Secondary School depended on a resource increasingly difficult to justify: firewood. The school spent about Shs10 million each term on firewood sourced from surrounding communities, while kitchen staff worked around smoke, soot and the disruptions that come with burning …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Carrefour Uganda is celebrating four years of its MyCLUB loyalty programme with a month-long campaign offering shoppers discounts, shopping vouchers and millions of loyalty points. Carrefour, operated in Uganda by Majid Al Futtaim, is running the anniversary campaign throughout August as a thank-you to customers …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | For many schools, the decision to move away from firewood and charcoal is not necessarily about whether cleaner cooking is desirable. It is about whether they can afford the technology to make the switch. A new financing partnership between Ecobank Uganda and Eco Stove Ltd …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two young Ugandan artists have earned global recognition after their artwork was selected among the best entries in the 19th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. Six-year-old Dariona Gibson Nyehangane and 10-year-old Natasha Mahoro Williams were named Best Finalists in their respective age categories, giving Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Chris Kassami set out to encourage students at Vienna College to take Economics seriously, he wanted the subject to extend beyond the classroom. Nearly a decade after his death, that idea has returned to the school in the form of the Chris Kassami Memorial Economics …

● Spiro’s inaugural Sustainability Report provides the first comprehensive overview of the environmental, social and economic impact of Spiro’s operations. ● The company also unveils ambitious objectives and targets net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040 and up to 0.7 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions avoided from product use …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The lack of public toilets in Ssentamu Zone and Nakawa Small Gate in Nakawa Parish, Nakawa Division, is forcing some residents and workers to dispose of human waste in polythene bags and dump it in drainage channels, residents have said. The concerns were raised during …