Author: BigEyeUg1

By Our Reporter Brand Africa, in conjunction with Publics Africa Communications and the Uganda Investments Authority (UIA), is set to announce Uganda’s most admired brands. The announcement will be made alongside the “2021 Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands” ranking, which highlights the top 100 brands on the continent. According to a statement released on Wednesday, they will also announce brands that have been helpful during the Covid-19 pandemic and also show how African brands and businesses are repositioning themselves post the pandemic. The rankings announcement will be hosted by Brand Africa founder and Chairman, Thebe Ikalafeng on 25 May…

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By Our Reporter Uganda Breweries has announced a partnership with Vivo Energy Uganda together with National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and Stanbic Bank to promote sustainable environmental protection in a new educative campaign dubbed ‘Taasa Obutonde,’ which means ‘Let us save the environment.’ The campaign, which was launched at Namboole Stadium, is also in line with the year’s World Environment Day theme – ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ – a call on world leaders and the populations to pay special focus on creating a good relationship with nature and to focus on preventing and reversing the loss of degraded natural ecosystems to fight…

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By Our Reporter dfcu Bank has extended support to the Uganda Cancer Institute with the construction of a 100-seater shelter to provide the outpatients with a secure and decent waiting area as they access health services at the Mulago institute. The shelter valued at close to UGX 80million is expected to be ready for use in four weeks. The Uganda Cancer Institute was established in 1967 and its mission is to provide state-of-the-art cancer care services while advancing knowledge through research and training of healthcare professionals in cancer care. One of the major challenges faced by UCI is the high…

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By Our Reporter Airtel Uganda has also launched internet bundles that do not expire. Dubbed Chillax Bundles, the new bundles are designed to give customers more flexibility and comfort as they browse the internet. “The Chillax Bundles do not expire once subscribed to unless exhausted,” the Chief Commercial officer Airtel Uganda, Amit Kapur, said during the launch. “The launch of these bundles is offering our customers more options to enjoy our fast and interrupted data services that are accessible in every corner of the country.” Through continuous investment and innovation, Airtel Uganda has revolutionalized the telecom industry in Uganda to…

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By Our Reporter Airtel Uganda has been recognized and awarded for its continuous innovation under the Airtel Money services that has accelerated financial inclusion in Uganda. The telco scooped the 2021 FinTech Innovation Award at the 18th annual East Africa Com Virtual Awards ceremony held last week in Nairobi – Kenya together with Comviva, a global leader in mobile solutions offering digital VAS, mobile finance and customer management solutions for telecom operators. According to East Africa Com, the awards organizer, The Fintech Innovation Award honours top companies and products leading in Financial Technology (FinTech) innovations in East Africa. Airtel Money…

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By Our Reporter The much-anticipated climax to Season Four of the Budo League came to an exhilarating end at Legend’s Grounds in Lugogo on Sunday. The finale was a display of soccer prowess that saw crowd favourites Thazoballo take on Peaky Blinders in the first round of the semi-finals, with the Peaky Blinders coming out victors with a 3-1 win to book a date in the finals. The other main cup semi-final saw Centurions going head-to-head with the Accumulators, and the Accumulators winning the game 1-0 and bagging themselves in a spot in the final. The second tier semi-finals saw…

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By Our Reporter Judas Rapknowledge Da Akbar, real name Kilara Daniel, carried the day as the MTN UG HipHop award winners were announced on Sunday. The Northern Uganda based artiste scooped two awards including Northern Uganda Artist of the Year and the Male Artist of the Year, in which he bested famed rappers, Fik Fameica and Navio among others. Accepting the award on behalf of the rapper who was absent at the award gala held at Motiv warehouse in Bugolobi, his manager Cheno Billy could not hide his surprise as he fumbled for words to say. “I am speechless. I…

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By Our Reporter To celebrate Africa Day on Tuesday, 25th May, MultiChoice Group is launching M-Net Movies Afro-Cinema, a pop-up movie channel dedicated to showcasing and celebrating contemporary African films. The Afro-Cinema Channel will be available from Friday, 21 May, to Sunday, 30 May 2021, on Channel 198 to DStv customers on Access to Premium packages across the continent. The Afro-Cinema Channel is curated to celebrate Africa’s cultural diversity, aptly reflected and captured in the work that is being produced by filmmakers all over the continent. Through collaboration and turning challenges into possibilities, local film industries across the continent have…

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By Our Reporter  Uganda’s film industry under the umbrella body Pearlwood in different capacities has nothing but praise to sing for leading telecom MTN Uganda after it debuted a solution to the industry’s challenge of marketing. Pearlwood is the umbrella body for a consortium of players in the film industry including video jockeys and film producers, actors and actresses For some actresses, words could not do justice to the picture of enormous happiness they were feeling. This was witnessed during the recently concluded launch of Kibanda Xpress, a video streaming channel for local content with the ability to showcase 150…

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By Our Reporter  The much-anticipated climax to Season Four of the Budo League will be happening this Sunday, May 16 at Legends Rugby Grounds, Lugogo. The 10-aside Guinness sponsored league is set to hold an actioned-packed day with crowd favorites Thazoballo taking on the Peaky Blinders in the first round of the semi-finals and Centurions going head-to-head with the Accumulators in the other main semi-cup finals with the four fighting for a place in the finals that will also be taking place that same day at 4pm. The day will also see second-tier semi-finalists, Takoradi take on Quaballo in the…

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