Telecoms

Following the removal of the Over-The-Top (OTT) tax, the government of Uganda introduced a new 12% Excise Duty on internet data effective 1st July 2021. Smile communications Uganda is pleased to inform their valued customer, that we will pay the new 12% tax at no... Read More

Launched last year, YOTV Channels has become one of the leading one-stop centers for the best Ugandan live TV and radio content accessible on your smartphone, tablet, or computer.  We had a moment to catch up with YoTV’s Chief Executive Officer, Aggrey Mugisha, the 34-year-old... Read More

MTN Uganda has revamped its voice bundles called MyPakaPaka to give customers more minutes to talk. MTN Uganda’s Chief Marketing Officer Somdev Sen said the revamp is part of the telecom company’s drive to offer affordability to customers while maintaining value. “In these times of... Read More

Not many are privy to a little technology that has the potential of revolutionising how we connect our devices to our carriers. The Embedded SIM, or eSIM, sometimes e-SIM, is a way of connecting your device to a network without a traditional physical SIM Card.... Read More

2020 was a messed-up year for many sectors, not least of which was the education sector. However, and despite all odds, Form 4 candidates managed to sit for their national exams and in what can only be termed as concerted efforts, the marking process has... Read More

As many people celebrate the end of the first quarter of the year and welcome a new month, MTN Uganda used the opportunity to reduce their mobile money withdrawal fees. https://twitter.com/mtnug/status/1389473945771036672 The new rates took effect effectively on Saturday 1st May 2021. In addition to the... Read More

The start of the new decade saw the world grinding to a halt. When the pandemic swept through and took hold of world economies in early 2020, it quickly became clear that mobile technology, mobile money in particular, would have an outsized role to play... Read More

MTN Uganda in partnership with NITA-Uganda have today unveiled a new app that will be used for geo-fencing and tracking COVID 19 patients that are under home based care. The new app named E-pass (Electronic pass) is intended to help the Ministry of Health truck... Read More

Recently, the MTN Foundation Uganda announced the 100 lucky youth who were enrolled for the pioneer cohort of the Youth Empowerment Program. The program that promises to be a mainstay on MTN Uganda’s corporate social responsibility agenda will be offering technology training to youths in... Read More