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MTN Uganda is a subsidiary of MTN Group, a multinational telecommunications group connecting approximately 232 million people in 22 countries across Africa and the Middle East. In 2009, MTN Uganda introduced its mobile telephone-based banking product known as Mobile Money. As of March 2015, MTN controlled 80 percent of the mobile money market ...
The Weekly Observer is a Ugandan weekly newspaper headquartered in Kamwookya, Kampala. It is one of the largest privately owned papers in the country co-founded by maverick journalist John Kevin Aliro and nine other directors [1] In 2007, its reporter Richard M Kavuma won the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award. [2]
Kabalega Airport is located in Kabaale Parish, Buseruka sub-county, Hoima District in the Western Region of Uganda, near the Kaiso-Tonya oil fields and the Uganda Oil Refinery. The air distance between the general area where the airport is being built and Entebbe International Airport , Uganda's largest civilian and military airport, is about ...
As of November 2020, the government of Uganda owed Roko Construction Limited a sum of USh46,997,280,913.08 (approximately US$13 million) at that time, being payment for completed or ongoing work, according to Matia Kasaija, Uganda's Minister of Finance, as reported by the Red Pepper Newspaper. Roko was going through a temporary cash flow crunch ...
Hamz Stadium, formerly referred to as Nakivubo Stadium at Nakivubo War Memorial Grounds, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kampala, Uganda. Following extensive renovations led by businessman Hamis Kiggundu in partnership with the Ugandan government, the stadium has been upgraded to international standards.
Atiak Town is located approximately 69 kilometres (43 mi) north of Gulu, the largest city in Northern Uganda. Overview. The factory has the capacity to crush 1,650 tonnes (1,650,000 kg) of raw sugar cane daily, producing 66,000 tonnes (66,000,000 kg) of powder sugar annually.
In 2015, President Museveni on behalf of the Uganda government entered into a PPP arrangement with Kiggundu to redevelop and upgrade Nakivubo Stadium into a modern sports facility. [22] [23] [24] On April 25, 2024, during the commissioning of the stadium, President Museveni disclosed that Hamis Kiggundu (Ham) was granted a 49-year lease on the ...
Martin Aliker. Martin Jerome Okec Aliker (21 October 1928 – 15 April 2024) was a Ugandan dental surgeon, businessman, and community leader. He was a senior adviser to the President of Uganda and sat on the board of directors of nearly forty Ugandan companies. He was the chancellor of Victoria University Uganda, a private institution. [1]