Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda’s fintech arm, MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd has recorded a 23% increase in net profit to Shs 250.2 bn for the year ended 31 December 2024, underscoring the growing centrality of digital payments to Uganda’s economy. Revenue climbed 25.2% to Shs 981.9 bn …
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The public has been warned against interfering with financed digital assets since such acts constitute criminal offenses Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a man to six months in prison after he pleaded guilty in a phone fraud case involving a pay go/credit …
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US President Donald Trump is threatening to impose yet more sanctions on Russia, in order to pressure President Vladimir Putin to accept a ceasefire deal in Ukraine COMMENT | NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA | The US and Russian delegations that just met in Istanbul had made it clear that they were …
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How Shakespeare can help us shift from the accumulation of wealth, power and status to a search for our deeper purpose COMMENT | PAUL YACHNIN & LAURETTE DUBE | From greed for resources and money to technology run amok and a politics of domination, hatred and fear of others, our world …
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Cloud computing infrastructure, analytics hailed for transforming business processes Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | US-based tech powerhouse Oracle has teamed up with Eclectics International, a leading Kenyan IT firm, to provide innovative technological solutions aimed at driving business efficiency and digital transformation across East Africa and beyond. The partnership was …
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If Museveni went to the bush over rigged elections, then restoring a credible elections should have been his main goal COMMENT | MORRIS KOMAKECH | The most deceptive narrative for justifying the 1980-85 Luwero bush war was that then-president Milton Obote’s Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party rigged 1980 general elections. …
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Scientists raise alarm about new variants, urge national disease testing ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Foreign aid cuts could result in a major outbreak of mpox across the African continent and beyond, with virus control measures already disrupted, public health experts warn. Mpox testing and monitoring efforts in hotspot areas like the …
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Study models how going electric could save lives Kampala, Uganda | GABRIEL OKELLO | In Uganda, motorcycles known as boda bodas are a key part of the transport system. The country has over 1.5 million boda bodas on the road, amounting to roughly 70% of all vehicles. Boda bodas are crucial in …
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Makano works with witty artistic imagery in his new body of work to elicit his audience’s attention to the suffering and brutality in his motherland. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Abstract paintings hanging on the white washed walls immediately grip your attention as soon as you make your entry into Umoja …
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These trade facilities are designed to serve as physical and institutional hubs that promote trade facilitation, investment promotion, and capacity building across Africa Abuja, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s multilateral lender, African Export-Import Bank, has unveiled plans to establish seven Afreximbank African Trade Centres (AATCs) across the continent in a …
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