By Our Reporter MultiChoice Uganda has reduced the price of the DStv decoder by 20%, from Ushs 99,000 to Ushs 79,000 for new customers. The offer, which comes with one-month free subscription of DStv Access, will run for three months until the end of December 2021. Jonah Wegoye, the Head of Sales at MultiChoice Uganda said,”MultiChoice Uganda is delighted to launch this offer where our customers can purchase a bundle package of DStv hardware and bouquet at a special price from 1 October 2021 to December 2021 only.” “This is new price is applicable only for first time customers, and…
Author: BigEyeUg1
Read More
By Our Reporter The last two years have presented serious business, health and personal challenges across the world, worsened by a breakdown in the global supply chains due to COVID-19 related disruptions. It has been a period that has tested both business resilience as well as threatening to overwhelm healthcare systems in a number of countries, including Uganda. However, notwithstanding the challenges, during the period between April 2020 and March 2021, CiplaQCIL noted highlights including revenue growth, additional employee safety and insurance measures, increased production capacity at the plant (from 892 to 1008 million tablets), the launch of new product…
By Our Reporter After a two-year hiatus, the National Rugby 7s Series have returned. The series kick off this Saturday at Legends Rugby Grounds, Lugogo. The series were last held in 2019 and was skipped last year, owing to the Covid-19 lockdown. This year, Guinness has injected Shs250m in the series. “As Uganda Rugby Union, we are glad to welcome back the Nationals 7s series that are now dubbed the Guinness 7s. We are especially happy to welcome our valued partner, Guinness who continue to commit and grow the 7s game,” Uganda Rugby Union Chief Executive Officer, Ramsey Olinga, said…
By Our Reporter NBS Television and Housing Finance Bank, in partnership with Habitat For Humanity have launched the 3rd edition of the NBS Housing Baraza. Speaking at the launch, Joseph Kigozi, Chief Strategy Officer at Next Media Services remarked that, “Uganda has had several people and entities who have for long done tremendous work in improving our real estate business – one that is a long-term project for all involved, one that is ever-increasing in value.” “We want to celebrate these people and provide a platform to share their knowledge and continue the journey towards affordable housing for all Ugandans,”…
By Our Reporter Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have been urged to acquire more skills and increase their competence if they are to become more competitive in the job market. This was during the virtual Share 101 conference held on Wednesday. Held under the theme, “Disability inclusion and work: Addressing youth unemployment”, it brought together different young people with disabilities, stakeholders, and civil society actors to share and discuss the numerous challenges, ideas, and information related to inclusion and work for young people, with a focus on people with disabilities. Speaking during a panel discussion, Martin Lubwama, the Business Development and…
By Our Reporter The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has declared an interest rate of 12.15% for the financial year 2020/2021. This was announced by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija, during the Fund’s 9th Annual Members Meeting held at Kampala Serena Hotel on Wednesday. The rate declared translates into a total of UGX1.52 trillion that will be credited to the members’ accounts, higher than the UGX1.14 trillion that was paid to members in the previous financial year. “As provided for in the NSSF Act, this new rate will be calculated and credited on the balance…
By Our Reporter Multichoice Uganda, in partnership with Rubis Energy Uganda, has rewarded winners in its exciting cook-off competition dubbed Lockdown Chefs. The public was tasked with watching the reality TV show, House of Chefs and thereafter recreate any one of the dishes from the show each week and share their cooking process and results on their social media pages. With enthusiasm, Ugandans took to their kitchens to get creative and cooking and submit their entries for their followers to like and vote for them. Commenting on the performance of the competition, Joan Semanda Kizza, the PR and Communications Manager…
By Our Reporter Vivo Energy Uganda has entered into a partnership with MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited to provide cashless payment services at Shell service stations across the country via MTN MoMoPay. Under the partnership, the MTN services now available at Shell stations include MoMoPay, airtime and data purchase, cash withdrawal and cash deposits. “With this partnership, we are expanding the range of mobile financial services and cashless payment options available at Shell service stations to enable our customers make secure and contactless payments for goods and services. This allows us to provide greater convenience to our customers by making…
By Our Reporter MTN Uganda’s Youth platform, MTN Pulse has announced a partnership with FUZU, an online Job and career portal in East Africa. In this partnership, MTN Pulse will work with FUZU to support the MTN Pulsers with career guidance, job searching insights and the relevant training as a way of supporting them to identify and nurture successful careers. MTN Pulsers will also get access to a customized Fuzu platform with 400 FUZU points which will enable them to get discounts on the array of premium services offered by FUZU such as personalized career coaching sessions. The MTN Pulsers…
By Our Reporter Goldmine Finance, a financial institution providing short term loans, is giving back to the community to mark their 10th anniversary. According to Allan Tayebwa, the Goldmine Finance founder and Managing Director, the company started operations in August 2011 with a capital base of Ugx 2,000,000. “I started with a loan of Ugx 2 million from my sister,” Allan Tayebwa said. “But I had initially been doing something like this at university. I would lend out money to people and they would give it back to me with interest.” In the 10 years since inception, the company which mainly…