Author: BigEyeUg1

By Our Reporter Airtel Uganda, together with long-term technology partner Comviva has won three awards at this year’s virtual Emerging Payments Awards Ceremony, streamed online for the global payments’ community and general public to witness. Airtel Uganda and Comviva emerged winners for Airtel Money in the “Best Financial Inclusion Payments Initiative” and “Most Innovative Mobile or Financial Service Payments Solution” categories and for Airtel Money Pay in the “Most Innovative Merchant Services Solution’ category. The Emerging Payments Awards are the virtual gathering place for the payments community to celebrate progress, applaud achievements, and network. Specifically, they celebrate innovation and collaboration…

By Our Reporter MTV Africa Music Awards Kampala 2021 (MAMA) has released the nominees list featuring top African musicians from Burna Boy, Busiswa, Davido, Diamond Platnumz, Innoss’B, Kabza De Small, John Blaq, Master KG, Suspect 95, Sheebah, Soraia Ramos, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade and WizKid – who were each nominated for two awards. São Tomé and Príncipe’s Calema leads the pack with three nominations for Artist of the Year, Best Group and Best Lusophone Act. Fifty-two nominees from 15 countries were revealed in the initial 10 music categories by MTV Base on Wednesday evening, in partnership with Uganda during a 45-minute…

By Our Reporter MTN Uganda, through the MTN Foundation, has launched a youth skilling program that is set to benefit at least 100 youths in preparation for the evolving digital world. Launched under the foundation’s arm of youth empowerment, the program will be implemented in partnership with Ubunifu systems, a software development firm based in Uganda. Ubunifu systems has cut its niche in professional mobile and web development with a focus on innovative, personalized, and fully functional solutions that deliver value and satisfaction. The MTN Foundation Youth skilling Program will focus on skills that will drive co-creation of innovative digital…

By Our Reporter The Fashion Revolution Expo, returning for its second edition, treated fashion lovers to an evening of glitz and glamour on Sunday. This year’s presentations were mostly African-inspired collections while other designs gravitated towards youth and female empowerment. Some of the designers who showcased included; Zoe-Girl Couture, JK Plus Size Fashions, Ethereal, Morayiah, Duh Tah Fashion, and Tesi Fashions among others. The event was graced by some of the acclaimed personalities like Joram Muzira, Creative Director and CEO of Joram Model Management, media personality Solomon Sserwanja who was accompanied by his wife, Cedric Singleton, ‎Black Market Records President,…

By Our Reporter Uganda Breweries Limited will on 10th – 12th December 2020 hold a 3-day competitive challenge bringing together young innovators and creative thinkers to collaborate to develop unique e-commerce solutions for a fast-paced business industry dubbed the Creative hackathon. The hackathon will be held in partnership with House of DJ’s and will seek to address the need for e-commerce solutions accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The young innovators and creative thinkers will be mentored by Elvis Sekyanzi Wavamuno. Elvis is a qualified Electronic engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur in Uganda. He is known for inventing one of the greatest…

By Our Reporter Catherine Twesigye, the Premium Beers Brand Manager at Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), has bid farewell to the brewery to take on another challenging assignment. Twesigye began her UBL journey in Key Accounts and after a year of excellent work in trend leading outlets, she was entrusted with the biggest contract distributor in Kampala, a task that saw the distributors revenue almost double. She was then promoted into a Commercial Planning and Activations Manager, where she was instrumental in transforming UBL brands trade presence at scale. A little under 2 years, she was trusted with transforming the largest…

By Our Reporter Kenyan afro-pop band, Sauti Sol, were the surprise act at the just-concluded 2020 Nyege Nyege virtual experience, which was held from 3rd – 6th December. The festival featured several performances from artists and DJs alike who performed throughout the weekend live on several online and social media platforms and NBS TV. The festival reached its peak on Saturday when the organisers, Talent Africa and Bell Lager, revealed a special brunch at the Ninety9 restaurant at Naguru Skyz Hotel that featured a surprise performance from Sauti Sol. The group revealed that this was the first time they had…

By Our Reporter The ministry of Health through officials at Mulago hospital have expressed their discontent with recent media reports in which it was claimed that two patients died at Mulago as a result of faulty Oxygen machines. Mulago hospital in a statement has come out and stated that the two cases mentioned of a 70 year-old referral from Rubaga Hospital ICU and a 27 year-old case from Hoima regional referral Hospital all died of severe COVID-19 with multi-organ dysfunction. “It is not true that the patients died due to lack of Oxygen. During this period, the Mulago Hospital ICU…

By Our Reporter The festive season is here and Uganda Breweries has announced special gifting offers on the Johnnie Walker range, to spread the holiday cheer. “Johnnie Walker has been the gift to give since 1820. Our festive offer is the perfect opportunity for people to reward their loved ones and show appreciation to them,” Paul Rwandekeye, the Johnnie Walker Brand Manager said. From the best of collectables to personalised gifts, Johnnie Walker has a blend for that special person that suits their individual character and taste, enabling family and friends to foster deeper connections during the season of giving.…

By Our Reporter Human Resource managers and practitioners have been urged to create a conducive and more accommodating environment for persons with disabilities (PWDs). The call was made during the Employment Summit held at Golden Tulip Hotel on Thursday, which also coincided with the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. Organized by the Uganda Business and Disability Network (UBDN) in partnership with Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE), The Make 12.4% Work Initiative, and the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), it was an all-inclusive summit focused on creating more awareness on disability inclusive recruitment and also growing the…