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Kampala, Uganda — Universal Multipurpose Enterprises Ltd, a premier developer in Uganda and telecom giants Airtel Uganda have formalised a partnership that will bring Digital and Internet connectivity their residences. The partnership, signed on Thursday through a Memorandum of Understanding by Universal Multipurpose Enterprises Managing Director Muffaddal Yeolawala and Airtel Uganda Head of Enterprise Sarwiat…

Kampala, Uganda — Pearl Bank has won the Gold Award for Integrated Report of the Year, the highest honour at the Financial Reporting (FiRe) Awards. It is the bank’s first gold for integrated reporting since it changed its name from PostBank Uganda. The bank completed a double win at the 2026 ceremony, held on Wednesday…

Thirty-one senior managers from 12 African countries have completed a leadership programme run by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), the continent’s largest Coca-Cola bottler. The group is the second to finish the company’s EDGE Senior Leadership Acceleration Programme, and the first to draw participants from across Africa. CCBA opened this year’s programme to staff from two…

WAKISO — Uganda’s rapidly expanding dairy industry could generate more jobs and higher farmer incomes under a new partnership between the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and Trade for Jobs Uganda aimed at accelerating the adoption and commercialisation of agricultural technologies. The partnership seeks to address a longstanding challenge in Uganda’s agricultural sector: translating research…

KAMPALA – Informal Wi-Fi hotspot operators cannot be licensed in their current form and must reform their businesses if they are to continue operating, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has said. George William Nyombi Thembo, the UCC Executive Director, made the remarks on Wednesday at the launch of celebrations marking 20 years of internet service…

KAMPALA – A team from ISBAT University has won Centenary Bank’s first university cybersecurity hackathon, a month-long competition that drew 26 teams from Ugandan universities. The team, ISBAT1, beat three other finalists to take first place. Tarus X from Victoria University came second, Fraud Hunters, also from Victoria University, came third, and Crack Team from…

Germany has committed a further €50m (about Shs240bn) to Uganda for energy, water and rural development projects, as Uganda’s government pressed for more German investment to help it industrialise. The money was agreed at the end of two-yearly government-to-government talks on development cooperation, which opened in Kampala on Monday. The German embassy announced the outcome…

KAMPALA – The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has launched a mobile application, URSB Connect, which it says will let clients access its services without visiting its offices. The app gives access to company and business name registration, business name searches, annual returns, trademark and other intellectual property services, and information on insolvency and receivership,…