Mobile Money
Unlocking Uganda’s financial future: embracing mobile money for prosperity
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MTN intensifies the fight against mobile money fraud
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How mobile money masked Ugandans against covid-19
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Police guns down 2 Thugs in Hoima
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National
Drama in Mukono as Mobile Money Agents reject police calls to hire Private security guards
Drama has ensued in Mukono after Mobile money agents in the area rejected a proposal by the police to hire security guards to protect their business.
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National
Do not leave any stone unturned- Speaker Oulanya tells Parliamentary commission on Excise Duty Bill
Deputy speaker of parliament, Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanya has instructed a parliamentary commission set to discuss the excise duty (amendment) Bill 2018, to consult all concerned parties especially mobile money vendors and students that use internet for research, before making a final; submission.
Story by Howwe Editor
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National
Social media tax stays, as Mobile money tax reduces to 0.5%– Cabinet Decides
Ugandans will continue paying the 200 Shillings daily tax to access social media apps, Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp among others.
Story by Howwe Editor
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National
Mobile Money Agents Boycott own Strike for fear of arrests
Plans by activists to Mobile Money operators to boycott operations in protest of new taxes on mobile money transactions has flopped in parts of Kampala after several operators ignored the call and continued operating normally throughout the day.
Story by Howwe Editor
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National
Mobile Money Dealers Petition Kadaga over 1% tax
Mobile money dealers under their umbrella body “Kampala Mobile Money Dealers Association (U) have petitioned the speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga against the 1% tax recently levied on mobile money transactions.
Story by Howwe Editor
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National
MPs to petition speaker over mobile money, social media taxes, want Parliament recalled
At least 154 signatures are needed by a section of Members of Parliament from fellow legislators in a bid to recall Parliament from recess over the Social Media and Mobile Money tax.
Story by Howwe Editor
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National
ICTAU Statement On OTT & Mobile Money Taxes
The flat tax on social media and other common Internet services will disproportionately affect the large number of Ugandans who live in poverty, according to ICTAU.
Story by Businge Brian Franco
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National
Meet Akello Lillian Who Has Earned A Fortune From MTN Mobile Money
It is such amazing real life stories of Mama Susan and others that drove MTN Uganda to celebrate the MTN Mobile Money month that kicked off from July 1st 2017 and runs until August 5 2017.
Story by Gee Mukama
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National
MTN Mobile Money Machines Hit Uganda Market
All you need to do is walk to the machine, enter your phone number followed by the PIN and the cash will get flowing.
Story by Gee Mukama
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Business
MTN and MMI Holdings introduce insurance cover Using Mobile Money
MTN and MMI Holdings introduce insurance cover for Loading Airtime and Sending Funds with MTN Mobile Money
Story by Mukama Evart
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Crime
Two Arrested In The Mukono Mobile Money Murder Saga
The Police Flying Squad Unit has rounded up two suspected robbers thought to have masterminded a gruesome robbery that left four people dead in Nabuti Village, Mukono on Friday night.
Story by Howwe Editor
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Business
KCCA Launches MTN Mobile Money Option for Payment of Fees and Taxes
For the first time since the launch of MTN Mobile Money in 2009, individuals and companies can now easily effect payment for licenses, fines, taxes and other fees to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) using a secure and trusted platform.
Story by Businge Brian Franco
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