Airtel Uganda has paid Shs 34.8 billion to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to support the country’s communication infrastructure development. This contribution is in accordance with the Communications Act and the terms of the network’s license, which mandate telecom operators to allocate 2 percent of their annual gross revenue to support the development of rural…
Moses Saali, also known as Bebe Cool, has threatened to sue telecom company Airtel over data cheating. He claimed he bought data, only to receive a notification shortly that he had used 70% of it before he even used it. However, many Ugandans have been complaining about different telecom companies cheating them when it comes…
Muhammed Kakumba, a businessman at Namagoma Village in Wakiso District has been charged and sent on remand at Luzira Government Prison for allegedly stealing over 7 billion shillings from Airtel Uganda through a computer network. However, Muhammed Kakumba, aged 31 and a resident of Namagoma, was arraigned before Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi…
Singer FreeBoy has come out to curse his hit song Kwata Essimu with Winnie Nwagi, released about 2 years ago. This song topped the charts and was one of the biggest at the time it was released. Apparently, MTN and Airtel even conspired with some people and used it as caller tune without his consent….
In Uganda, the two major telecom companies, MTN and Airtel, are fighting for the souls of Ugandans by dangling cashless merchant payment platforms in the form of MoMo Pay and Airtel Pay, each promising better rewards. Speaking on the sidelines of the just-concluded annual Bankers Conference, Richard Yego, the managing director of MTN Mobile Money…
