Author: BigEyeUg1
By Our Reporter Airtel Uganda continued its country-wide broadband internet solution drive in Lira, Gulu and Arua cities as it expands its affordable and reliable fixed wireless internet solution to all parts of the country. At the unveilings, subscribers were treated to demonstrations of how this fast broadband internet solution works and how to acquire the devices. The Lira Deputy Town Clerk, Rebecca Acen, showed gratitude for Airtel’s continued expansion and innovations that it has brought to the residents of Lira. “Airtel Uganda continues to play a major role in the development and provision of employment opportunities for many people…
By Our Reporter MTN is adding its voice to the global drive to raise awareness about the importance of wearing masks with the launch of the #WearItForMe campaign across its 21 African and Middle Eastern markets. To help drive this much-needed change in behaviour, MTN is committing its September 2020 marketing resources towards encouraging everyone to adopt wearing masks so as to save lives. As Uganda and the world at large try to navigate the “new normal” brought about by COVID-19, wearing masks remains one of the most effective preventative measures to slow the spread of the virus. However, many…
By Our Reporter In a very surprising twist on Sunday’s live eviction show, Big Brother switched up the eviction process, going straight to evictions without giving the housemates a chance to choose who they want to send home from the bottom four as was done in previous weeks. And it was a triple eviction night too. The show’s host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu announced Tolanibaj as the seventh housemate to be evicted from the BBNaija Lockdown House and shortly after that Wathoni’s eviction followed. Just when the housemates and viewers thought Biggie was done for the night, Ebuka came back and announced…
By Our Reporter The Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon Rebecca Kadaga has commended the Rotarians for their efforts in fighting cancer. The parliamentary speaker was speaking during the annual Rotary Cancer Run which was held virtually this year due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. “The Rotary Cancer Run is one of those initiatives that very effectively demonstrate what can be achieved when the Public and the Private sector get together to address the challenges we have in our country,” she said. “Cancer is not selective. Every man, woman and child has a risk factor, a risk we have to manage…
By Our Reporter Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has donated ICT study equipment to Makerere University College of Computing and Information Science. The equipment is to aid in the hands-on study in the Huawei ICT Academy that was launched in 2019 at the college. The event that took place at Makerere University College of Computing and Information Science was attended by the Vice Chancellor of Makerere Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, Executive Director of NITA-Uganda Dr. Mugasa Hatwib, Deputy Vice Chancellor Finance and Admin Professor Hisali Eria ,Huawei Managing director Mr. Gaofei, the and Principal College of computing Professor Tonny…
By Our Reporter Football lovers will soon have so much action to look forward to as the English Premier League returns this weekend. The 2020-21 season’s curtain-raising fixture will see Premier League champions Liverpool take on FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley this Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side who are playing in the fixture as champions for the first time in 30 years will be hoping to overcome the Gunners who secured their place in the fixture after defeating Chelsea to clinch their 14th FA Cup. The FA Community Shield, being held for the 98th time, …
By Our Reporter M-Net is promising to improve the movie offering for viewers on DStv with a planned reshuffle of their channels. The reshuffle is aimed at making it easier for customers to find their favourite international series and movies on the platform. Accused of repeating the same movies too often, M-Net is also going consolidate its movie channels from six to four, and will feature a fewer number of older library movies in the schedule to keep the movie offering new and fresh. In the reshuffle, M-Net Movies Smile content will be available on a rebranded M-Net Movies 1…
By Our Reporter With just days to the 2020 virtual Rotary Cancer Run, Buganda Katikkiro, Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga, has confirmed his participation in the upcoming virtual Rotary Cancer Run that is to be held on the 30th of August 2020. The Cancer run has for the past 9 years attracted over 50,000 thousand participants from Uganda and the diaspora, who have joined effort towards fighting the Cancer scourge through the proceeds from the Rotary Cancer Run marathon and the charity drives. During a press engagement at Bulange in Mengo, the Prime Minister, Buganda Kingdom, Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga, revealed…
By Our Reporter MTN Uganda, under its youth-focused platform, MTN Pulse, held a mega party dubbed the “Pulse Disruption party” last Thursday. Hosted by popular MC, Miss Deedan, the party was used as a platform to reward the winners of the MTN Pulse TikTok challenge. The challenge which ran for two months required Pulsers to share short videos on TikTok dancing to Mun-G’s popular hit Bintwala. Hadija Nababi, going by the handle @bougiejunior emerged the overall winner, scooping the UGX 1,000,000 cash prize while Regan Sekkide going by the handle @Scott0013 was a runner up. He walked away with UGX…