The National Information Technology Authority Uganda has launched a cybersecurity awareness campaign under the motto “Be safe online”, funded by the World Bank as part of the Regional Communications Infrastructure Project (RCIP). The agency said cyber threats in Africa and in Uganda have increased over the years in terms of frequency and sophistication. Thanks to...
For a week, access to Internet service has been more expensive in Uganda at the insistence of the government, which wants to increase its income. In competition with four competitors, Smile Telecom has decided to block its data tariffs. The company that seeks to attract new customers has taken the market on the wrong foot. The mobile...
The Ugandan government has enforced a new 12% excise duty on data bundles following the scrapping of the daily UGX 200 OTT tax. Officials said the OTT tax failed to perform to expected levels with many internet users finding ways to bypass the regulation. The 12% excise duty was approved by Parliament in April after...
Airtel Uganda has shifted all its financial transactions to a new company, a move that adheres to the latest regulations in the market, and one that offers more protection to customer funds. In a press statement, Airtel Uganda said it had completed its transfer of Airtel money issues Business to Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited....
Airtel Uganda has announced the separation of Airtel Money from its Telecom Business. Technically, the Airtel Money Business has been transferred to Airtel’s affiliate, Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (“AMC Uganda”). The business separation complies with a new law – the National Payment Systems (NPS) Act, 2020 – passed on 4th September 2020, and the...
Ugandan authorities have directed all mobile phone operators in the country to list on the local burse, the Uganda Stock Exchange (USE) within 12 months from June 2021. According to authorities, listing on USE will encourage local ownership of the telecommunications industry. Chairperson of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Jacqueline Kobusingye said there was no...
MTN Uganda and several members of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have signed an agreement that will advance network automation using TIP’s Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG). Described as a first-of-its-kind network deployment in Africa, MTN will evolve its Transport Network “and turn it into a future-proof asset that will seamlessly enable its network transition...
The government of Uganda has been awarded USD200 million financing by the World Bank to carry out a series of digital inclusion schemes. The new Uganda Digital Acceleration Project-GovNet (UDAP-GovNet) will support the extension of 1,000km of national fibre backbone infrastructure, an additional 500km of fibre-optic network links between towns, mobile broadband connections for 900...
The chairperson of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has said all telecoms are expected to have listed within the next 12 months. While launching the realigned Capital Markets Authority Strategic Development Plan (for the 2021/25), Ms Jacqueline Kobusingye, the CMA chairperson, said there was no turning back now after years of engagement, noting that since...
Raxio has officially launched Uganda’s first state-of-the-art tier III carrier-neutral data centre at its site in the Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP), Uganda. Raxio will work towards supporting industries that are facing increasingly complex and unique IT and regulatory challenges by providing secure colocation space of up to 400 racks ready to house mission-critical...
