By Our Reporter MultiChoice Uganda has unveiled a new channel, Pearl Magic Prime, an addition to the Pearl Magic stable. Channel Director Timothy Okwaro says, “Our mandate as a channel is to provide our viewers with thought-provoking and entertaining content which captures Ugandan cultural nuances, we cannot wait for audiences to experience this new addition to our stable. We will continue to work with the established and upcoming local producers to deliver on world-class content whilst fulfilling our commitment in developing the entertainment industry and economy of the region.” Since the inception of Pearl Magic two years ago, the channel…
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By Our Reporter Airtel Uganda, in partnership with Mastercard, Samsung and Asante Financial Services Group, has launched a Pay-on-Demand mobile platform to enable access to smartphone devices for under-served consumers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The service dubbed Kwata Essimu, will offer Airtel Uganda customers a chance to own selected Samsung 4G smartphones to include; Samsung A01, A3 Core and A11 through provision of effective hand-set loans for consumers. To request the smartphone loan, customers will have to dial *284# to opt in and view available offers. They will then have to complete registration before visiting a service…
By Our Reporter Sweden based Ugandan artiste Rashid Kibirige aka Rashy K has landed a mega deal with NBA 2K Sports, an American computer game publisher and a division within 2K Games. The deal will see the singer’s song, “I’m Ready” used as a soundtrack in NBA’s NBA 2021 Next Generation computer game. Rashy K says that he was first noticed by the company Record Union with a scholarship during the Coronavirus pandemic before the request from NBA 2Ksports came. The artiste will be joining other big artists in the world as such as American rappers Pop Smoke, Lil Wayne,…
By Our Reporter Tumbiza Sound hitmaker, Eezzy has teamed up with South Sudanese singer Warchild Beezy for a new project. The two singers have collaborated on a love ballad dubbed “Your love.” The song was recorded at Warchild’s studio, Big Boyz Records which he opened up in 2019. The audio of the song is already out while the video will be released next week. “Your love” is a manifest of one’s love and tells a beautiful love tale. It is expected to be a hit among lovers especially this Valentine’s season. Warchild Bezzy, real name Kuol Awet Alor is a…
By Our Reporter UN Women and Standard Bank Group have partnered to form a Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) programme aimed at empowering more than 50,000 women farmers in Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa to take up modern and environmentally friendly farming technologies to increase yields and incomes across the agriculture value chain. In Uganda over 1,400 women farmers received 276,320 high-quality fish fingerlings of Tilapia species worth UGX2.6 billion and aquaculture farming technologies that has transformed their lives and livelihood. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Africa’s agriculture sector continues to be dominated by women with more than…
By Our Reporter Uganda Breweries Limited has donated over 200 hand washing units to the communities of Luzira and Port Bell and over 800 face masks to Local Council leaders to promote public hygiene in the fight against COVID-19. The donation was handed over by Juliana Kagwa the UBL corporate Relations Director to the Luzira LC 3 Chairman, Willy Turinawe in the presence of various Chairpersons from Port Bell and Luzira. “In view of the current situation created by the Corona Virus pandemic in Uganda and around the world, there is nothing more important than following preventive measures such as…
By Our Reporter Business conditions deteriorated for the Ugandan private sector during January due to a reduction in new orders which caused a fall in employment as the country went through the General Elections period. For the first time during the past seven months, the headline Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dipped below the 50.0, posting a reading of 49.8 from 51.2 in December 2020. The PMI is a composite index, calculated as a weighted average of five individual sub-components: New Orders (30%); Output (25%); Employment (20%); Suppliers’ Delivery Times (15%) and Stocks of Purchases (10%). Readings above 50.0 signal…
By Our Reporter 2020 has been a tough year for businesses and individuals worldwide because of the disruptions occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns and curfew put businesses at a standstill. The situation was even trickier for enterprises that were in start-up phase. Yalelo Uganda is one such enterprise that was in the start-up phase when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Despite this, Yalelo has managed to successfully navigate the tough terrain during their start-up phase and has now been operational for the past 12 months. According to Piers Mudd, the Yalelo Uganda Chief Executive Officer, the impact of Covid-19 has…
By Our Reporter The National Information Technology Authority, Uganda (NITA-U) has released their report findings on SafeBoda’s Privacy Policy and Data Protection Policy. NITA-U commenced an investigation on SafeBoda’s Privacy Policy and Data Protection Policy following allegations that the cab-hailing platform was sharing its users’ personal data to third party apps without their consent. During their investigations, NITA-U evaluated SafeBoda’s 2017 and 2019 Data Protection Policies against the statutory requirement for a data controller to provide certain information to data subjects before collection of their personal data including among others information on recipients with whom their personal data will be…
By Our Reporter MultiChoice Uganda has slashed GOtv decoder prices. The new price, a reduction from Ugx. 89,000 by 23% (Ugx 20,000), is intended to deliver value by making great entertainment more accessible for all Ugandans as the country takes the journey to economic recovery following the unprecedented times that affected purchasing power. “The slow recovery rate of the country’s economy from the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the recently concluded election period (that saw internet shutdown which has affected the flow of many businesses) has compelled us at MultiChoice Uganda to consider a price reduction in a…