Taxify changes its name to Bolt
Taxify, the ride-hailing service from Estonia, has changed its name to Bolt, “in order to reflect its global expansion strategy”.
The company said it took...
Rwanda announces tax exemptions to support economic recovery amid COVID-19
The Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning on Saturday announced a series of tax exemptions as part of efforts to support different sectors...
AfDB Hails Canada’s US$1.1 billion pledge in callable capital support
On the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring meetings, Canada announced a $1.1 billion commitment in temporary callable capital to support the African Development...
World Bank funds Kenya Power Live Line Maintenance Programme to Minimize Outages
Kenya is the first country in East Africa to launch Electricity live line maintenance programme that is meant to reduce planned electricity shutdowns, enhance...
HP partners with officials in East Africa to target fraudulent manufacturers
HP’s ACF team, alongside local African authorities, have conducted two highly successful operations to stop the trade of counterfeit cartridges for HP printers across...
Uganda to host summit on business leadership
Next week Uganda will host a strategic leaders summit under the theme, ‘Innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship development in times of uncertainties’.
Emmanuel Dei-Tumi, the founder...
That’s too much! MPs reject UGX.150b budget request for reopening Entebbe airport
As Uganda begins to re-open after a long lockdown and ease movement in spite of a still-raging pandemic, Entebbe International Airport has felt the...
Equity Bank Partners With GOAL To Empower Ugandan Youths
Equity Bank (U) Ltd and the DYNAMIC (Driving Youth-led Agribusiness and Microenterprise) program in their continued quest for financial inclusion have launched a partnership...
Ruth Sebatindira replaces Twebaze as new UTL administrator
Bemanya Twebaze is finally out as Uganda Telecoms’s company administrator and in comes former Uganda Law Society President Ruth Sebatindira after she was announced today...
Sudhir drags Bank of Uganda to court again
Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has dragged the Commercial Court afresh seeking to dismiss the multibillion case brought against him by his former bank, Crane Bank.
In...