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Dfcu Bank, MTN MoMo Agent Loans Marketplace launch event.

Dfcu Bank launches MoMo Agent Loans Marketplace, expanding access and strengthening MTN Uganda’s agent network

Issued by: Arise Dfcu Bank has taken another bold step toward deepening financial inclusion and supporting enterprise growth in Uganda with the official launch on Monday of the MoMo Agent Loans Marketplace. Developed in partnership with MTN MoMo Uganda, this digital platform is designed to provide MTN mobile money (MoMo) agents with instant access to
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MTN Uganda: Post extraordinary general meeting notice

MTN Uganda Limited hereby informs its shareholders and the general public that the following resolution was passed at the company's hybrid extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday, 22 July 2025
MTN Uganda non-executive director Charles Mbire rings the bell to mark the telecoms company's listing on the Uganda Securities Exchange, December 2021
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MTN MoMo is a proven profit machine — so why is MTN changing its structure?

Investor protection, market transparency, and corporate governance in question, says Crested Capital in commentary note
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MTN Uganda: Notice of extraordinary general meeting

An Extraordinary General Meeting of MTN Uganda Limited will be held as a hybrid meeting comprising both physical and electronic means on Wednesday, 2 July 2025 at 15:00 to consider and, if deemed fit, to pass the resolution set out below
The head offices of MTN Uganda in Kampala

MTN Uganda plans to spin off mobile money business

The telecom giant MTN Uganda plans to restructure its mobile money business by separating it from its direct ownership and transferring the unit to a newly formed company through a merger
A person withraws money from their mobile money account in Uganda

Mobile money, data drive MTN revenue growth in Q3

MTN Uganda's revenue for the first three quarters increased by 15.9% compared to the same period last year

MTN boosted by data and mobile money

Uganda's largest telecom company MTN Uganda reported a gain in full-year profit on the back of a jump in data revenue and moderated growth in operating expenses
A female person using a smart phone

Airtel, MTN bring back fees for mobile money transactions

Uganda's two largest telecom firms, MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda, said they will reintroduce charges on mobile money transactions starting Tuesday, ending the zero-fee charging structure announced in March

Government and MTN Uganda reach deal on licence renewal

MTN Uganda -- the country's largest company by revenue -- and the government have reached a deal on the renewal of the telecoms firms' operating licence, according to a report

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11 March 2020

MTN Uganda profits surge on subscriber growth

Telecoms firm MTN Uganda reported on Wednesday strong growth in full-year revenue and operating profit, helped by increases in income from outgoing voice calls, data revenue, and mobile money revenue

MTN Offices in Kampala
26 January 2019

MTN in talks to sell stake to NSSF

MTN Uganda and the government are in talks that could see the National Social Security Fund taking a stake in the telecom, increasing local ownership in the country's biggest taxpayer from the current 5%

MTN Offices in Kampala
8 August 2018

MTN Uganda half year revenue lifted by digital growth – and constant currency reporting

Uganda's largest telecom MTN Uganda benefitted from a reduction in commissions paid to its mobile money agents in the first six months of this year, with an acceleration in income from digital streams driving revenue growth.

MTN Offices in Kampala
22 September 2017

Five surprisingly good internet deals in Uganda

Internet can make or break your productivity – depending on how easy your connection is, as regards cost and connection speeds. To enable the search, we are sharing some surprising good deals in Uganda

18 August 2017

This is how MoKash is faring one year on

One year ago, MTN Uganda launched MoKash, a service that allows customers to get micro-loans and save using their phones

MTN Offices in Kampala
17 August 2017

MTN Uganda half year profit up on data and digital growth

Strong growth in data and digital services helped MTN Uganda increase revenue in the first half of 2017, according to interim results released by parent company MTN Group

2 March 2017

MTN posts first loss in 20 years

MTN Uganda's total revenue declined by 1.9% on the back of lower voice revenues depressed by the customer disconnections and the One Network Area in the East African Community where calls between member states are billed as local calls.

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17 October 2016

Uganda has competition to thank for some of Africa’s lowest mobile prices

Data from Research ICT Africa shows that 1GB of mobile data in the Q2 of this year was cheaper in only Tanzania, Egypt, and Mozambique. On average, the plan cost $3.62 in Uganda, versus $0.89 in Tanzania, $2.82 in Egypt, and $2.87 in Mozambique.

26 September 2016

Banks and Visa seek slice of maturing mobile money sector

Stanbic's platform is the second mobile banking product after MoKash, a partnership between MTN and Commercial Bank of Africa which launched in August. Kenya's Equity Bank is also exploring the possibility of extending its Equitel service to Uganda.

9 September 2016

Airtel’s share of mobile money agents grows, but still behind MTN

The mobile money sector is dominated by two telecoms, MTN Uganda and Airtel, who together account for 99% of mobile money agent market presence, according to a new report. The market leader is MTN with 57%, followed by Airtel with 42%.

MTN Offices in Kampala