Alur Kingdom salutes MTN over community boost
MTN Uganda has taken its flagship staff volunteerism initiative, the 21 Days of Y’ello Care, to the Alur Kingdom in Pakwach District, intensifying its commitment to…
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MTN rallies minority owners for MOMO separation
MTN Uganda has summoned its minority shareholders for an Extraordinary General Meeting to vote for a key decision to separate its mobile money business from the…
MTN Y’ello Care campaign lights up Luwero
MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd on Thursday extended its 2025 edition of the 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign to Luwero District, marking the second major activation of this…
MTN to spend UGX500m on grassroots digital drive
MTN Uganda today kicked off the 2025 edition of 21 Days of Y’ello Care, the company’s annual employee volunteerism initiative. This year’s campaign, themed “Connecting…
Govt, MTN moot ambitious digital inclusion agenda
It’s not often that you find a room packed to capacity with the country’s top brains in the information, communication and technology (ICT) sector, and more so if they…
UCC, telecoms join forces to end wire theft
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has teamed up with MTN Uganda, Airtel Uganda, and ATC to launch a nationwide anti-vandalism campaign aimed at safeguarding the…
President Museveni meets MTN top bosses at Entebbe
President Yoweri Museveni has held a high-level meeting with a delegation from MTN Group at State House Entebbe.
MTN subsidiary unveils railway internet cable
Bayobab Uganda, an MTN Group subsidiary, has unveiled its newest, shortest and fastest fibre optic route – from Malaba to Kampala, marking a significant expansion of…
Judge acquits ThreeWays bosses over MTN’s UGX14 bn theft
In a ruling that has sent shivers through Uganda’s corporate and legal circles, Justice Lawrence Gidudu of the Anti-Corruption Court has acquitted two directors of…
Time to walk the talk about internet access
Last week, I revisited Uganda’s National Broadband Policy of 2018—and what I found was a compelling vision still waiting to be fully realised.
Mbuya organization gets $65m boost from MTN
MTN Uganda’s corporate social responsibility arm, MTN Foundation, has handed over a state-of-the-art computer lab to the Code Compass Foundation in Mbuya, Nakawa…
MTN boosts Soroti school with UGX320m donation
MTN Uganda, through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, MTN Foundation, has inaugurated new facilities including a classroom block at Ocokican Community Secondary…
MTN boosts kids with disabilities skills training
MTN Uganda, through its corporate social responsibility arm, MTN Foundation, has donated vocational training equipment to Teens and Tots Neuro Development Centre in Kira…
Over 280 graduate after digital, technical training
When Janat Nalwoga completed her Senior Four exams in 2022, she faced an uncertain future. With her father unable to work due to deteriorating eyesight, continuing her…
Youth NGO gets UGX20m ICT grant from MTN
In a bold step towards bridging the digital divide, MTN Uganda has provided ICT equipment worth UGX 20 million to the 40 Days Over 40 Smiles Foundation., a youth…
MTN nets UGX641.5bn profit in ‘landmark year’
In what CEO Sylvia Mlinge describes as a “landmark year for MTN Uganda,” the telecommunications giant recorded significant gains across all areas of its business amidst…
Mbarara school gets UGX70m MTN computer grant
MTN Uganda, through its MTN Foundation, has donated a fully equipped computer laboratory to Revival Girls High School in Mbarara City, as part of its digital…
Digital literacy plan in schools gets MTN boost
MTN Uganda, through its philanthropic arm, MTN Foundation, is stepping up its digital literacy efforts, reinforcing its role in bridging the country’s digital divide.