MTN Pro Tee Sept 8-11 MTN Monthly Tee Sept 12 Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Up to 40 professional golfers will be in action today as MTN Pro Tee leg 2 returns to the par 71 lakeside Entebbe Club. After an absorbing 4 days of action last week in …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda may have built digital infrastructure across much of the country, but a wide gap between connectivity and the ability to use the internet productively is increasingly shifting attention from access to skills. That challenge was at the centre of the graduation of 503 young …
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Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiyunga Health Centre IV in Luuka District is receiving infrastructure, digital and community health support as MTN Uganda seeks to strengthen maternal and newborn healthcare under its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign. The intervention, implemented under this year’s theme, “Expand Equitable Health for …
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The telecoms giant is cutting emissions while betting that a more connected Uganda will be good for business – and the planet Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Telecom companies have a slightly awkward relationship with sustainability. Their products may be digital, but their networks are physical, energy-hungry machines. …
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Telecoms giant reports Ush367.5bn profit despite higher costs, regulatory changes and network disruptions Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda’s profits rose by almost 38% in the first half of 2026, as growing demand for mobile data and digital financial services helped the technology company withstand a …
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Public private partnerships accelerate maternal healthcare access across Uganda’s underserved communities Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | MTN Uganda has launched the 2026 edition of its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign, committing employee volunteers, digital technology and strategic partnerships to improve maternal and newborn healthcare in …
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Gulu, Uganda | URN | MTN Uganda has extended its Y’ello Storm campaign to Northern Uganda, combining customer engagement with support to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital as the telecommunications company seeks to deepen its presence beyond connectivity services. The company handed over mattresses, protective covers and mosquito nets to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | “We are sorry to our customers who were affected by the service disruption that happened on Sunday.” That apology dominated a media briefing addressed by top MTN Uganda officials at the company’s headquarters in Kampala on July 7, as management sought to explain …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The disruption began around midday and became more widespread from about 1 p.m., with subscribers reporting that they could neither make nor receive calls, access mobile data, nor complete Mobile Money transactions. After several hours of disruption, MTN Uganda acknowledged the outage, attributing it to …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | MTN Uganda Limited has been ordered to pay more than 2.3 billion shillings to its former Senior Manager, Richard Mwami, after finding that the telecommunications company maliciously instigated his prosecution in the MTN Mobile Money fraud case. Mwami, who served as Senior Manager for MTN …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
