MARKETING & MEDIA

The
African Banker Awards has released the shortlist of nominees for the 2012 competition. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 30 May 2012, which makes its
debut in Africa. This year's event coincides with the annual African Development Bank (AfDB) meetings in Arusha, Tanzania
24 Apr 2012 16:14MARKETING & MEDIA

The finalists in the 17th CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition were announced today, 18 May 2012, by
Ferial Haffajee, chair of the independent judging panel. This year the competition received entries from 42 countries across the continent, including French and Portuguese speaking Africa.
18 May 2012 11:49MARKETING & MEDIA

Airtel Uganda has announced its new harmonized calling rates to all African destinations, cutting costs for Ugandans who communicate with family, friends and business associates across the continent.
24 May 2012 14:03MARKETING & MEDIA
[Walter Wafula] The East African Journalist Association (EAJA) and Uganda Journalist Union (UJU) are entangled in a war of words arising from the alleged embezzlement of funds meant for dead journalists and their beneficiaries.
22 May 2012 11:48MARKETING & MEDIA
[Walter Wafula] MTN, Uganda's largest mobile operator, maintained its lead as top advertiser in the country in 2011, according to a new media report by Ipsos-Synovate.
22 Feb 2012 13:43MARKETING & MEDIA
[Walter Wafula] The Kampala Sun, a new publication by Vision Group, is the latest addition to Uganda's newsstands. The tabloid has been revived seven years after the New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited (Vision Group), published and launched its first copy, although it didn't live to celebrate its first birthday.
13 Dec 2011 15:06MARKETING & MEDIA
[Walter Wafula] The Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) has condemned the shooting to death of television journalist, Amon Thembo Wa' Mupaghasya, by unknown gunmen in the Kasese district, western Uganda.
16 May 2012 10:33RETAIL
[Lars Deutsch] Audio Branding comes to Africa... Audio branding, also known as sound branding or sonic branding, is the use of sound to reinforce brand identity. Sound branding is increasingly becoming a vehicle for conveying a memorable message to consumers by taking advantage of the powerful memory sense of sound.
16 Apr 2012 12:08MARKETING & MEDIA
The Western Union Company and MTN Group yesterday, 29 March 2012, announced the launch of a
mobile money transfer service in Uganda, allowing MTN customers to send and receive money across borders using just their mobile phones for the first time.
29 Mar 2012 10:14MARKETING & MEDIA
Orange Uganda, a subsidiary of France Telecom-Orange that provides mobile and multimedia telecommunications services in Uganda, have announced that it has entered into an agreement with Eaton Towers for the sale and management of its passive network infrastructure and assets.
15 Mar 2012 12:40MARKETING & MEDIA
[Walter Wafula] In the face of imminent stringent government measures aimed to control the media and journalists in Uganda, human rights activists are calling for a stronger self-regulation mechanism to promote responsible journalism in the country.
2 May 2012 12:46MARKETING & MEDIA

Airtel Uganda yesterday launched its mobile money platform named
Airtel Money. The service provides consumers with convenient access to affordable and innovative financial services through their mobile phones.
1 Feb 2012 10:11MARKETING & MEDIA

At an inauguration ceremony held last week, L'Oréal opened its new subsidiary in Kenya, which will be the hub for expanding the group's activities in East Africa, a region which also includes Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia. The group's subsidiary in Nigeria opened in September.
12 Dec 2011 12:13