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Kampala, Uganda | KCCA FC MEDIA | Kampala Capital City Football Club (KCCA) and telecommunication giants MTN on Friday July 28th, 2017 entered a Sh1.290 billion partnership for the next three years. The treble winners from the 2016/2017 season KCCA FC and MTN unveiled a Sh430 million annual package to support the club’s football …

UCC agrees to meet company officials over concerns raised by customers Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On July 4, Uganda’s largest telecommunication firm; MTN, announced changes in price and volumes for some of its internet (data) packages resulting in concerns by customers and the regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission. …

Anwar Soussa is the managing director for Airtel Uganda. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about Airtel business and Uganda’s telecom sector. You have been here for a year now as the Airtel MD. What is your general assessment of the telecommunication business in Uganda? Telecommunication business in Uganda …

MTN has reportedly agreed to settle a fine of US$8.5m (about R114m) with the Rwandan government after negotiations over the fine broke down. The fine was imposed on the Rwandan subsidiary of the Johannesburg-headquartered and JSE-listed mobile telecommunications group after it allegedly failed to comply with a regulatory directive precluding …

  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |  The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has written to the country’s largest telecom firm MTN, seeking clarification on the manner in which it set new tariffs for its over 10 million customers, without its approval. In the letter, dated July 7, 2017, the UCC …

Experts say the interest rates are very high Kampala, Uganda |Isaac Khisa| Micro-credit is fast becoming a darling to millions of Uganda’s population following the rollout of new credit windows between financial institutions and telecom firms. But financial experts are worried that the new products may not create as much …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| MTN Uganda has announced that its integrated marketing and communication function will be taken over by TBWA Uganda with effect from July 1, 2017. MTN said the decision was made public “following successful completion of a transition process from its former agency Metropolitan Republic. In …

JOBS: Senior Manager – Internal Audit MTN Company: MTN Position: Senior  Manager – Internal Audit Closing date Monday, July 3, 2017. POSITION The positions report to the GM-Business Risk Management & Internal Audit MTN-Uganda is the leading telecommunications Company in Uganda, providing mobile, fixed/wireless data, internet and mobile financial services. …

What next in IT relocation to Uganda dispute? Rwanda’s telecom industry regulator has fined MTN Rwanda Rwf7 billion (Approx. $8.5 million) for running its IT services outside the country in breach of its licence. The Rwanda Utilities Regulator Authority (RURA) announced the decision on May 17. It said in a …

The High Court in Kampala has declined to restrain the Uganda Communications’ Communication (UCC) from deactivating all unregistered SIM-cards tomorrow May 19 2017. Justice Steven Musota  on Thursday dismissed an application for a temporary injunction filed by the Jobless Brotherhood that sought to block UCC from switching off unregistered mobile phone users …