[Walter Wafula] Zain last week officially became the new brand name of pan-Africa telecommunication company Celtel International, as its parent company, Zain Group, seeks to fortify its African market and give it a global face. Zain is an Arabic word for beautiful, good and wonderful.
31 Jul 2008 14:23[Walter Wafula] First, Fly540 a new Kenyan airline, started low-cost daily flights from Entebbe to Nairobi, then South African Airways launched daily flights to Johannesburg, and just before the week could close, Air Uganda added a third and comfortable airplane to its fleet.
3 Mar 2008 10:26 [Walter Wafula] Footballers participating Uganda's local challenge, the Super League, received a financial boost from Gateway Television (GTV), when its founder disbursed UGX306 million to the Federation Ugandan Football Association (FUFA). Each club in the Super league will receive UGX17 million.
18 Feb 2008 12:11 [Walter Wafula] Saving Plus, accounting software that could save microfinance institutions and saving and credit cooperatives from losing millions of shillings to accountants, has been launched in Uganda.
18 Feb 2008 11:13 This week, Kenya Airways CEO Titus Naikuni presented an update on the company's performance following the post-election unrest.
11 Feb 2008 10:56[Walter Wafula] Warid Telecom, a new telecommunications operator in Uganda, will unveil its brand name to Ugandans on January 9th this week. The brand launch will mark part of activities arranged to officially launch Warid Telecom's commercial service in the country.
7 Jan 2008 10:58
[Walter Wafula] Crane Bank Limited one of Uganda's most successful indigenous commercial banks is set to list its shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange, according to the company's MD, A.R Kalan.
12 Dec 2007 08:07According to the group MD and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, the Nigerian bank's ambition is to become the 6th largest bank in Africa by 2010, with long term plans to mature as the leading African bank.
5 Dec 2007 09:00A critical mass of countries are signing on to a plan for India to invest $1 billion in the Pan-African e-Network satellite project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union aimed at developing the region's information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure.
30 Nov 2007 12:04The East African Community is working on a strategy that will sell all its five member countries as a single unit in the tourist market.
30 Nov 2007 11:57Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry.
22 Nov 2007 14:43
[Carole Kimutai] Equity Bank is set to become the biggest bank in Kenya in terms of capital base following plans by a Pan African based investment firm, Helios EB Investors to acquire over 90 million new shares.
15 Nov 2007 14:52
[Walter Wafula] Uganda's Capital Markets Authority recently unveiled a new logo with intentions to demonstrate its new corporate identity – adapted to identify with the needs of investors in the capital markets.
8 Nov 2007 12:24
[Carole Kimutai] The first men's lifestyle magazine ADAM has caused quite in Nairobi. CAROLE KIMUTAI caught up with ADAM editor - Oyunga Pala
15 Oct 2007 06:14