By Our Reporter Singer Aida Vee has teamed up with ArthurTainment to release a new love song titled “True Love”. Written by Boris Kintu, the new track depicts two lovers expressing their undying love for one another. The song kicks off with Aida Vee expressing how their love is unbreakable. Thereafter, ArthurTainment chips in assuring her how their romance is as sweet as sugar. He goes on to stress that they don’t care about those who criticize them, noting that nothing can separate them, come rain or sunshine. The video to the song is a collection of some of Boston’s…
Author: BigEyeUg1
Read More
By Our Reporter MTN Uganda is embracing renewable energy with the connection of all its network sites to the hydroelectric grid. The company has partnered with Ubuntu Towers Uganda and American Tower Company (ATC) to connect 250 network sites countrywide to the hydroelectric grid this year in a bid to minimize the use of fossil fuel in its operations and help achieve net zero emissions by 2040. This is in line with its environmental, social, and governance principles premised on the belief that the company’s growth and success should not come at the expense of the planet. MTN Uganda has…
By Our Reporter Uganda Waragi has announced title sponsorship of the annual Nyege Nyege Festival, East Africa’s biggest international music festival for the next three years. “We are pleased to assume title sponsorship for this festival. Uganda Waragi is the spirit of Uganda making it a natural fit for this event that gives us an opportunity to showcase the best of the Pearl of Africa to both domestic and foreign tourists in attendance providing the opportunity to experience our rich heritage, music, culture, food, fashion and all things uniquely Ugandan. Uganda Waragi will sponsor the event alongside Bell Lager and…
By Our Reporter The Homes Expo is set to be opened by Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa this Saturday, 20th August at the Sheraton Hotel Gardens. The Minister, who received a courtesy visit from Edwin Musiime, the brains behind the expo, reiterated the need to support smart cities and green buildings as climate change initiatives as we plan real estate developments. The Homes and Gardeners Expo is expected to attract over 30 leading players in the real estate industry and will run under the theme: “Innovative solutions in the housing sector”. It will be open from 9:00am-7:00pm on Saturday and Sunday. “This…
By Our Reporter MTN Uganda has announced its support for several Ugandan artistes’ music concerts starting this month until early next year. At a press conference held at the MTN Headquarters in Kampala on Tuesday, the company hosted the six artistes who are set to benefit from MTN’s sponsorship package. The artistes are; Spice Diana, Sheebah Karungi, Fik Fameica, Gravity, Ray G, and Levixone. This season of concerts is set to excite Ugandan music fans, following the reopening of the entertainment scene after a two-year lockdown. MTN Uganda, which has over the past years supported Ugandan music and it’s our…
By Our Reporter The Kamwenge district Woman MP, Sylvia Bahairera has described the ongoing MTN- sponsored Tooro Kingdom bicycle race competitions as a big achievement for the people of Kamwenge and Tooro Kingdom at large. She said this during the Kamwenge bicycle race that was held on Sunday, attracting hundreds of people who poured onto the streets of Kamwenge town to witness the exciting bicycle racing. By 8am hundreds of cyclists had assembled at Rugonjo trading center in Kibale county ready to participate in the 20KM race that ended in Kamwenge town. While presiding over the event, Bahairera said that:…
By Jackson Oboth Makerere University Business School (MUBS) has appointed Businessman and renowned Economist, Charles Mbire to its Board of Economic Forum Advisory Research Panel whose mandate is to represent public sector policy and development; private sector development and support; business operations and management; academia, policy, advocacy/civil society, knowledge of finance and fundraising. In a letter dated 4th August 2022 and signed by MUBS Principal Prof. Waswa Balunywa, Mbire was added to a high level panel whose mandate will run for three years and is renewable once. The Panel established in 2011 was part of MUBS strategy to enhance the…
By Our Reporter Not even the afternoon down pour and evening drizzles could stop “reggae” at the Gulu edition of the Walkers Tour that took place on Saturday night at the Acholi Inn in Gulu. Acholi Inn was packed to the brim by 7:30pm. Gulu’s very own Mc Lucky and DJ Joel kicked off the party, warming up the crowd for the ever zealous DJ Frisco who fired up revelers with his crazy music mixes. Frisco then invited Kitgum’s Eddy Wizzy whose performance of “Weg Lobo” and “Wa Rwate” sent the crowd into a frenzy in support of their own.…
By Our Reporter Thrones Bar, Restaurant and Lounge celebrated its third-year anniversary on Friday night. Sponsored by Johnnie Walker, the night saw Sauti Sol’s Bien, Sol Generation’s Nviiri The Storyteller and Bensoul take to the stage to serenade revelers. The gentlemen staged a soulful performance that got revelers at the Bugolobi based bar singing in unison. However it was Bien’s performance of “Short and Sweet” and “Suzana” that drove the crowd wild. Speaking at the event, Thrones Manager Nicholas Nuwagaba was ecstatic about the milestone that the bar has reached since its inception. “I cannot tell you all how proud…
By Our Reporter BIC, a world leader in stationery, lighters, and shavers, in partnership with Uganda’s leading distributor of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and BIC’s exclusive distributor, African Queen, held a customer trade dinner at the Serena Hotel, Victoria Mall – in a bid to offer a platform for the traders to interact, engage and support them in a season that BIC knows that their trade partners “need all the support they can get”. The event, which has been a tradition since 2016, aims to recognize and appreciate customers who have continued to support the BIC brand through partnership, ambassadorship, and…