Business

Moto-taxi ride hailing service, Safeboda is pushing force on the cashless economy. For multiple occasions, the Bukoto-based firm has emphasized to its customers to use cashless to pay for their rides to make it easier for them and the rider. To make it a...

Stanbic Bank Uganda on Tuesday hosted its enterprise conference at Hotel Africana in Kampala, under the theme, “Unlocking the Oil and Gas opportunities for local Enterprises” — focused on providing a platform for SMEs to exchange ideas on how they can tap into Uganda’s nascent Oil and...

With the current increase rate of social media users, online businesses have a great chance to market their products and services on the platforms. I mean if I take an example of Facebook, to advertise your business, you can reach up to billions of people while still...

American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, Andre Iguodala has joined the board of directors over at Jumia, an African e-commerce startup — charged with promoting business development and technology in Africa. Iguodala brings his network in the technology industry, interest in...

From time to time, all businesses may need a helping hand when looking at improving their customer base or online presence. There are a number of areas that you could look to improve but in today's’ digital world, the social media platforms that are available can be...

Estonia-based transportation firm, Taxify has today announced it's re-branding to 'Bolt'. Earlier on rumors stated the company was re-branding as 'Rider', but the company came out to deny the rumors. It happens that Bolt is the same name that the company has been using...

Huawei and MTN Group at the recent ended MWC in Barcelona signed a joint business innovation memorandum of understanding — which according to both companies is an important part of their 17-year working relationship. "The signing of the joint business innovation memorandum with MTN...

While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018, thanks in part to the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp that offer low-cost alternatives to messaging and voice calling, the industry is still set for growth.

Jumia signed a partnership with Xiaomi Inc. to give consumers in Africa access to their products. Romain Christodoulou, Senior Vice President at Jumia Group and Wang Xiang, Senior Vice President at Xiaomi Inc. signed the partnership at the MWC 2019. The partnership is supported...

MTN and Ericsson have signed a five-year contract extension to deploy new products and provide managed services for mobile money services in 13 countries across Africa and the Middle East. The new contract includes the deployment of Ericsson Wallet Platform (EWP) in new...