MTN Group , Africa's biggest mobile operator, said on Thursday it is in advanced talks to buy the 75% stake it does not ...

MTN is on the hunt for fintech startups it can acquire and plug directly into its platform, as Africa’s largest telecom group ...

MTN Group Fintech announced a leadership change in its Uganda operations on Monday, with Richard Yego stepping down as CEO of ...

Over 50 leaders of Uganda’s Boda-Boda Riders Cooperative Union, together with key partners in the transport sector, are in Dubai for a two-day retreat that will not only mark its first anniversary but ...

On the evening of Jan 13, two days to a highly anticipated presidential election, Uganda went off grid as the government through the Uganda Communications Commission shut down the internet leaving ...

The 0.5 percent tax on mobile money cash withdrawals continues to significantly suppress transaction volumes. Introduced in ...

Internet shutdowns in Iran and Uganda have fuelled a surge in downloads of Bitchat, a messaging app created by former Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. The communications app works without the Internet or ...

On January 13, 2026, just 48 hours before Uganda’s general elections, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) ordered a near-total internet shutdown across the country. Mobile broadband, social ...

Kizza Besigye was rushed to the clinic of his personal doctor, where he was treated, and then returned to prison late at night. Kenyan demonstrators hold placards and shout slogans as human rights ...

They have set the stage for what is now called embedded finance—financial instruments or services directly integrated into non-financial platforms or business models.

Bobi Wine, the main opposition candidate, accused the government of vote rigging and has called for street protests. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Kampala, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni of ...