Telecommunication giants, Airtel Uganda and Buganda Kingdom owned K2 telecom have renewed their partnership.Airtel, K2 telecom Telecommunication giants, Airtel Uganda and Buganda Kingdom owned K2 telecom have renewed their partnership. In 2018, both telecom companies entered into an agreement that would see K2 customers integrated into the Airtel fold and would use the prefixes 708...
The government of Uganda has entered into a MoU with Huawei to provide adequate skills, training and certification courses such as 5G, AI, cloud, security, data communications and others that are required by employers to Uganda Institute of Communication Technology (UICT) students and ICT officers. Uganda’s Minister of ICT and National Guidance Dr Chris Baryomunsi...
Following the enactment of the National Payment Systems (NPS) Act, 2020, MTN Uganda’s telco and fintech business was separated leading to the creation and licensing of MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited in 2021. We caught up with the newly appointed Managing Director of MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited, Richard Yego, for his initial interview since...
As the world increasingly becomes digitised, African telcos are calibrating their business models towards fully integrated digital and financial services enterprises. Continental telecoms giant MTN Group is the latest telco to go down this route. In February, it shed its traditional branding to reflect the Group’s new business strategy, Ambition 2025, the goal of which...
Authorities in Uganda say the country’s national backbone project is saving UGX4 trillion (USD1.1 billion) annually thanks to the digitalisation of government services. Dr Hatwib Mugasa, Executive Director of the National Information Technology Authority, Uganda (NITA-U), is cited by ITWeb as saying that more than 1,400 ministries, agencies and local government offices can now utilise...
Uganda is now saving 4 trillion shillings annually in costs because of its national backbone infrastructure says Dr Hatwib Mugasa, Executive Director of the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U). Speaking at the Huawei ICT Congress 2022 hosted recently in Kampala, Dr Mugasa said because of the national backbone infrastructure project, government services have...
Uganda is now saving shs 4 trillion shillings annually in costs because of digitization of its systems, the National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has revealed. Uganda is now saving shs 4 trillion shillings annually in costs because of digitization of its systems, the National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has revealed. Speaking during the...
Uganda is fast-tracking digital technology and infrastructure, the likes of which are used in the development of smart cities, smart offices and cloud strategies, to achieve the country’s Digital Vision 2040. Speaking at the Huawei ICT Congress 2020 held recently in Kampala, the country’s ICT Minister Chris Baryomunsi said the government wants to expedite its...
Airtel, MTN and a dozen other Fintech companies have secured payment system and payment service permits in Uganda after the country’s National Payments System was gazetted this month. African countries are fast-tracking the provision of permits to Fintech companies to deepen financial inclusion and allow them to tap into the growing uptake of electronic payments...
A new framework for the licensing of telecommunications companies came into force in Uganda in 2018. Airtel must comply as soon as possible or risk incurring the wrath of the authorities. Its competitor MTN has been in good standing since December 2021. The mobile operator Airtel Uganda will enter the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), the local...
