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Telecom sponsors Ugandan football club
Uganda Telecom has announced its official sponsorship of Sports Club Villa for the 2008/9 Super League Season. 30 Apr 2008 11:24

Ugandan, Kenyan organisations win in global competition
[David Muwanga] Kenya's Centre for Training and Integrated Research for Development (CETRAD) and NETWAS Uganda are among the four winners in the inaugural nGomobile competition. The winning projects were selected from a pool of over 70 entries that came from Kenya, Uganda, Mexico and Azerbaijan. 14 Apr 2008 06:27

Safaricom taps Equity Bank for staff share loans
[Walter Wafula] Safaricom, one of Kenya's leading mobile telephone service providers, has made a deal with Equity Bank to allow its staff to access loans for the acquisition of its IPO shares through the bank at a subsidised interest rate of 10%. 11 Apr 2008 06:17

Uganda Telecom, 3G network takes off
[Walter Wafula] Uganda Telecom launched its multi-million euro wireless network based on 3G technology. The network was launched at the company's headquarters in Kampala in March, raising the bar in the delivery of telecommunication voice and data services. 11 Apr 2008 06:16

Malawi hosts international telecommunications workshop
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi has hosted a telecommunication services workshop at its lakeshore district in Mangochi with calls to various rival telecommunications operators to share services so that consumers can access them at affordable charges. 7 Apr 2008 08:47

Computer Aid International seeks partnerships in Uganda
[Edris Kisambira] British charity Computer Aid International (CAI) is looking for new distribution partners in Uganda. The hunt for new partners is driven by the charity's ambition to build technical capacity in efforts aimed at strengthening ICT for development by helping bridge the digital divide. CAI supplies professionally refurbished computers to developing countries at a small fee. 2 Apr 2008 13:20

Uganda to host COMESA telecom regulators
[David Muwanga] The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) is organising a one-day symposium to be attended by telecommunications regulators from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member states. This is going to be one of the activities of the commission that would be marking its tenth anniversary on 22 May 2008. Other activities would include launching of a new corporate identity and the logo. 31 Mar 2008 12:40

Uganda's telecom operators throw the money around
[Walter Wafula] From serious business to showbiz and generosity, Uganda's telecom companies are walking a similar path. Celtel Uganda started it all with the Say Yes! and Win a House campaign in 2007 where it gave away seven houses in excess of one billion shillings. 25 Mar 2008 10:36

UCC approves Celtel Uganda's licence renewal
[David Muwanga] A report released by the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has recommended that the licence for Celtel Uganda that expires in September this year should be renewed. 17 Mar 2008 12:50

Old man gets what he deserves
[Walter Wafula] “The young have had their time and now is the elders' turn” seemed to be the contrast between the winner of the 2007 Image Business Journalist (IBJ) Awards and the 2006 winner. 10 Mar 2008 11:34

Mandela Rhodes Scholarship students announced
[Gabi Khumalo] For the past 18 years, Chipateni Nyirenda from Lusaka, Zambia, wanted to meet her role model former President Nelson Mandela. Her dream was realised on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, as she, along with 23 students from across the continent, sat next to him to receive her Nelson Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. 6 Mar 2008 12:56

Uganda Telecom to give away seventh car to customers
[Walter Wafula] Thousands of university students in Uganda have the opportunity to own a new Nissan Tida, the seventh the company has given away. The offer has been made by Uganda Telecom (UT) is its latest promotion dubbed Jazz My Life. 3 Mar 2008 10:55

Airlines sweeten travel in Ugandan skies
[Walter Wafula] First, Fly540 a new Kenyan airline, started low-cost daily flights from Entebbe to Nairobi, then South African Airways launched daily flights to Johannesburg, and just before the week could close, Air Uganda added a third and comfortable airplane to its fleet. 3 Mar 2008 10:26