Banking & Payments

While some level of taxation is necessary to fund government operations, excessive tax can have negative consequences. This could be what Ugandans are felling with the mobile money tax, that went into effect starting July 1st, 2018. According to the tax proposals contained in the Excise Duty Act of... Read More

MPESA has become a key part of our lives as Kenyans. We use MPESA now to send money to family and friends, to pay for goods, to pay bills, school fees and everything else in between. That said, it is important to know just how... Read More

Did you know that one cannot operate a vehicle on Ugandan roads without 3rd party insurance and that if a third party gets injured as they use the roads, they should be compensated? This may be news to you, or otherwise a complex idea to... Read More

The NSE is soon set to launch their mobile app that will offer investors and the general public a real-time feed of what's happening at the national stocks exchange. Monday, NSE said investors, media, financial advisers and the public will access real-time stock prices, market... Read More

Barclays Bank and Uganda Revenue Authority have partnered to launch ePay, an online tax payment platform, designed to save you time by making it easy to pay your taxes online. The project is a joint venture in which tax payers will conveniently comply with tax obligations... Read More

Vivo Energy Uganda, the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, has made the EasyGo card even more convenient and easy by providing an online sign-up alternative for customers who may not have the time to go to our Shell service stations to... Read More

Mobile Money had sneaked out of the banks' proximity, and we thought all could be done for the banking institutions. Well, they have re-invented themselves in way that makes them operate lean, fast and everywhere; and in an effort to increase financial inclusion as well... Read More

Have you always wished to see the status of your MTN Mobile Money account, how it functions, and the transaction history? Did you ever think of it as a complicated procedure? Well, with the enhancement in processes, you can be sure of having it at... Read More

Since the rebranding of Orange Kenya to Telkom Kenya mid last year, the company has been on a roll. Telkom became the 2nd operator in Kenya to launch an LTE network. Thanks to a very deliberate push to undercut their competitors on data prices, the... Read More