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have fully registered for the Open save for Sadi Atibu who will not participate so as to support the tournament technical desk.

In the amateur main event, this Open will be graced by 3 previous winners in Rogers Byaruhanga, Phillip Kasozi and Peter Sendawula, in a mounth watering clash of the top amateurs. The field is further comprised of all national team players who are currently in camp for the East Africa Golf Challenge that tees off next week. Seasoned players like Gideon Kagenzi, Francis Ngabo and Stephen Katwiremu have all registered for the event. Willy Kitata who has been out of the country has registered well in time ahead of the tournament, vowing to start where he left off in the 2012

Open. The Rwanda national team will all be staying for the Open following registration of all the national team players by Davis Kashaka, on their behalf under the Rwanda Golf Union. Karanja Karubui Junior alongside Herman “Deco” Mutebi will be the youngest players to play in this Open, alongside other junior national team players like Andrew Byaruhanga and Ronald Otile.

The subsidiary category has attracted a full field of golfers that includes senior golfers like Sam Byagagaire, Ivan Koreta and Francis Kazinduki and upcoming golfers like Mukasa Elly, Moses Sebugwawo and Duncan Karugaba to mention but a few.

The Union will now verify the entries, check the handicaps (subsidiary category) and complete the entry approval process. Accreditation will commence on Tuesday 25th  August 2014 at the Uganda Golf Club and will involve issue of tournament kits for all players and draw lists. All players are encouraged to collect their accreditation materials early so as to avoid being inconvenienced by late accreditation. The tournament draws for all events will be advertised in the press after finalization by the Union ahead of the tournament.

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Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, partnered with Orange Uganda of it Community Innovations Awards 2014 to award young android application developers at a colorful awards dinner held at Kampala Serena Hotel.

The awards organized by Orange since 2011 attract university level students to develop mobile apps that are relevant to community issues in the areas of health, education and agriculture.

Huawei donated approximately 65 pieces of Ascend Y330 Smartphones to the participants as platform for the innovative apps. ‘Developing local ICT talents though knowledge transfer initiatives are core in our CSR strategy for Uganda, Africa and globally.

As a global ICT leader, innovation, initiating and encouraging young innovators is both a responsibility and obligation for us.’ Mr. Radoslaw Kedzia the managing director of Huawei Uganda notes.

The Prime Minister of Uganda Hon Patrick Amama Mbabazi, also the guest of commended Orange Uganda for its initiatives that inspire change in the community through ICT innovations.’ My hope for our young innovators today is that this is just the beginning, your innovations will not only bring impact to Uganda but to the whole world,’ he adds. 

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Makerere University has today inaugurated a new Board of Directors for the newly registered University Holding Company to be chaired by Kampala renowned Businessman , Entrepreneur, Industrialist and MTN Uganda Chairman; Charles Mbire.  The event took place at Makerere University Administration offices Friday morning.

The Vice Chancellor Makerere University said; “Makerere University Holding Company will create the path way towards the University’s financial sustainability by acting as an entrepreneur in the development of University Business units that include bakery, University printer, maize mill and Guest house among others.”

Charles Mbire stands out as a distinguished Business personality for which he has won several accolades. He studied Business and economics and graduated with honors from Essex University in England. He went on to obtain a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Leicester University, also in the United Kingdom.

Other Board Members include prominent figures from the private and financial services as well as legal fraternity.

They are Charles Ocici, the Executive Director of Enterprise Uganda Foundation Ltd, Ms. Ruth Biyinzika Musoke, Director Member services at Private Sector Foundation, Dr. William Bazeyo an Associate Professor and Dean of the Makerere University School of Public Health, Mr. Dan Kasirye who joined the World Bank Group as IFC projects Officer, now overseeing the IFC Sub-Saharan Africa Department, Dr. Winfred Tarinyeba-Kiryabwire, Lecturer School of law Makerere University and Dr. Gorretti Nsubuga Nabanoga, the Associate Professor and Deputy Principal of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University.

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Today MTN Uganda launches another milestone service in the Mobile Money industry by enabling customers to directlybuy internet bundles off their Mobile Money account.

MTN has continuously developed services that simplify the lives of Mobile Money customers like the recently redesigned Mobile Money Menu,the additional utility services and now enabling their over 3 million data customers to buy internet bundles using MTN Mobile Money and the 6.2M Mobile Money customers can buy data at a click.

The service can be accessed by dialing *165#, selecting MTN Services, then Buy Internet Bundles and then following the prompts to buy an Internet bundleof their choice for their own number or for another person’s number. Customers will receive an SMS notification to confirm the status of the transaction.

MTN Uganda has dominated the Mobile Money industry because of the increased investment in the distribution network that guarantees cash availability at Agent locations, and this is further enhanced by the stability of the network that connects all the points in the transaction. “At MTN Uganda, we are fully committed to the delivery of quality service and this new enhancement on Mobile Money doesn’t miss thistarget.We are aware of our customer’s desires and challenges such asrunning out ofdatawhen they do not have airtime and hence we have created this service whichis designed to enable them top up their bundles using mobile money so that they can keep in touch with their loved ones, stay abreast with office emails, and do all other activities on internet” said the acting MTN Chief Marketing Officer Kenneth Kiddu.

While speaking to the acting Chief Marketing Officer Kenneth Kiddu, he stamped MTN’s authority in continuouslyinnovating and anticipating the needsof their customers which has kept MTN in the leadership position.

With the growing numberof Mobile Money users, convenience, efficiency and reliability are key values to pay attention to and MTN is exploiting all avenues of achieving this by innovating many services on the recently unveiled new Mobile Money menu” added Kiddu.

With over 6.2million existing Mobile Money registered customers supported by over 30,000 agents all over the country and 3million data customers, this service will save MTN customers the trouble of getting interrupted while using the internet.

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Crown Beverages Limited (CBL), the bottler of Pepsi Cola, has extended its partnership with the Uganda Beach Soccer Association (UBSA) by two years through a new shs300 million sponsorship agreement.

The sponsorship will cater for players refreshments, publicity, team transport, prize money, and other logistics among other things, during the forthcoming 2014/15 season and the 2015/2016 season. The 2014/15 season starts August 24 at Lido Beach Resort in Entebbe.

Announcing the kitty today in Kampala, Mr Timothy Luzinda, the Pepsi brand manager, speaking on behalf of Mr Innocent Tibayeita, the head of sales and marketing at Crown Beverages, said, “We are renewing our sponsorship to the National Beach Soccer League because we believe it is a great platform for brand Pepsi to engage and excite its fans. Pepsi is a youthful brand the embraces fun.”
“The renewal of this sponsorship agreement for another two seasons clearly demonstrates our confidence in the partnership. It also confirms Pepsi’s commitment to this stable, long-term relationship, in which Pepsi partners Uganda Beach Soccer Association both in its various competitions on and off the sand,” Mr Tibayeita added.

At the same event, he handed over prize money to the winners of last year’s league, Kiira Young while the best goalkeeper (Arnold Matanda from Kiira Young), MVP (Lavita Johnnie of Real Galatico) and top-scorer (Roch Samoka of Nkumba Select) got accolades. The first runner up Nkumba Select and second runners up Makerere University Business School also received their prize money.

“The Beach soccer League offers a platform to bring to life our very exciting thematic campaign “Live For Now.” Pepsi Cola is about fun, entertainment, youthfulness and a great refreshing taste. Youth desire to grab as much fun, activity, excitement and spontaneous opportunities. They live in the now. Our new thematic campaign seeks to capture all this that is now.” said Luzinda.

“This year we have quite a number of new exciting activities that our fans should look out for. These include more performances from Uganda’s top artistes, lots of prizes to be won and engaging activities”

Last year, Pepsi bankrolled the entire beach soccer league season to a tune of Shs150 million and the Pepsi University Beach Soccer Championship at Shs75 million.

Welcoming the extension of the sponsorship contract, UBSA president Deo Mutabazi noted: “We are extremely happy that Pepsi have decided to renew their sponsorship agreement as we share similar ambitions; uplifting the game of beach soccer. We very much appreciate their continuing support, especially as regards promotion for sports competitions in Uganda.”

The clubs that will take part in this year’s league season are; MUBS, Zaba, Stormers, YMCA, Sand Pirates, Real Galacticos, Talented SC, and Buwanika Bulls in the Monsoon Group, and Nkumba Select, St. Lawrence University, MUK, Entebbe United, KIU, Richmond Strikers, Braza Braza, and defending champions Kiira Young in the Hurikken Group.

The opening day will see last season’s runners-up Nkumba Select playing against their traditional foes Kiira Young in the Hurikken Group and MUBS facing Zaba in the Monsoon Group, among other matches.

UBSA is now part of the worldwide football/beach soccer family of associations recognised and supported by Fifa having gained admission into Federation of Uganda Football Associations more than a year ago.

About Crown Beverages Limited:

Crown Beverages Limited is Uganda’s oldest soft drinks company. The company is 100 per cent Ugandan owned. The company’s range of carbonated soft drinks includes: Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda Fruity, Mirinda Orange, Mirinda Pineapple, Mirinda Apple, 7UP, Evervess Bitter Lemon, and Evervess Tonic. The products are available in returnable glass bottles and plastic/PET bottles. Crown Beverages is a good corporate social citizen, with major investments in sports, education, music, and art development.

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Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, officially launched the Mobile Broadband demo truck show at Kampala Serena Hotel.

The five day demo showcases Huawei’s latest converged communications solutions and philosophies to enhance our brand industry leadership, with a theme; connected possibilities- make it possible.

‘We aim at introducing new trends and concepts of ICT transformation, infrastructure transformation and successful business operation transformation with the latest ICT convergence solutions exhibited in the truck.

For our telecom operators, we intend bring in to you the latest on IT/CT transformation like storage, VAS cloud platform and SDP.’ Mr. Radoslaw Kedzia the managing director of Huawei Uganda stated.

‘I commend Huawei Technologies for their continuous innovations in the field of ICT, as government we shall continue supporting them in their endeavors,’ stated Hon. Nyombi Thembo, the State Minister for ICT and guest of honor at the event. 

The following topics shall be presented to the guests between 18^th and 22^nd August; industry trends, ICT transformation, software-defined mobile, in-depth Network Optimization, convergent LTE Haul, In-depth Network optimization, convergent LTE Haul and so much more.

These latest solutions are targeting telecom operators with the aim of helping Ugandans get connected better.

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end advantages in telecom networks, devices and cloud computing. We are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers by providing competitive solutions and services. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one third of the world’s population.    For more information, visit Huawei online: www.huawei.com

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Unilever Uganda attributes innovation, consistency and quality for its recent wins at the KACITA Quality Awards where the company scooped two awards, OMO for best laundry powder and Geisha for best beauty soap in Uganda.

By winning the two awards, Ugandans affirmed and provided the proof that Unilever Uganda is not only providing quality and unique products, but it stands out from all others in the market.

Unilever Uganda Limited has cemented commitment to putting the consumer first and will continue to be receptive and embrace the ever changing technology because consumers today are demanding, sophisticated and they expect quality, diversity and decent prices.

Speaking while receiving the awards at the KACITA offices, Unilever Assistant Customer Manager Grace Nandawula said that Unilever is extremely grateful to the people of Uganda for their immense belief and trust in their products

“At Unilever, our desire to cater to our consumer’s needs grows daily and it’s this desire that led to the creation of all our innovative products. We care deeply about customers and believe they deserve only the best” she added.

On his part, KACITA Chairman, Mr. Everest Kayondo thanked Unilever management for their continuous and persistent innovation and provision of quality products to Ugandans and congratulated them for the awards.

Unilever Uganda has been a partner in the enhancement of Ugandan homes and businesses for over sixty years. It is more than a manufacturer of products, it is now part of Ugandan families, heritage and is an enabler of better and easier living.

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ASCOM, a leading regional mining and quarrying company, tapped to provide excavation services at critical national project; ASCOM is one of three Qalaa Holdings companies working to develop the Suez Canal area.

Qalaa Holdings (CCAP.CA on the Egyptian Exchange, formerly Citadel Capital), an African leader in infrastructure and industry, announced today that its key portfolio company in the regional mining industry is one of 42 companies that have been tapped to work under supervision of the Egyptian Armed Forces on an initial phase of the New Suez Canal.

ASCOM Geology and Mining (ASCM.CA on the Egyptian Exchange) has been assigned to complete dry sand excavation on a 1-kilometer-long, 0.4-kilometer wide section of the New Suez Canal. ASCOM has completed initial survey work on its assigned segment and has committed to the excavation of 25,000 cubic meters per day until such a time as they strike wet soil.

“ASCOM brings to this project clear experience as the leading provider of quarrying services to Egypt’s cement industry,” said Qalaa Holdings Chairman and Founder Ahmed Heikal. “The importance of this contract to our company lies not in its economic importance, but in the opportunity to help expand a pillar of the national economy. It is an honor to have one of our companies selected to provide services to a project that is so critical to our nation’s future economic development.”

The New Suez Canal is a c. EGP 60 billion project that will include a 72-kilometer long parallel waterway and a 76,000 square kilometer industrial zone and logistics hub. The channel parallel to the current canal will also include tunnels for motor vehicles and trains.

ASCOM is not the only unit of Qalaa Holdings working to help develop the Suez area. Mashreq, a Qalaa Holdings unit in the energy sector, holds a lease for a 210,000 square-meter plot of land in East Port Said near the Mediterranean terminus of the Suez Canal. The company is building the first tank terminal and logistics hub of its kind in the region to facilitate global trade and help Egypt make maximum use of the Suez Canal. The facility will primarily serve the liquid bulk market in the Middle East and the broader Mediterranean region. Mashreq will also provide fuel bunkering services for ships transiting the Suez Canal as well as an integrated logistics facility.

Nile Logistics, a Qalaa Holdings company in the river transport industry, is meanwhile providing fast, efficient container transport services using river barges between the Port Said Container Terminal and the Suez Canal Container Terminal (Sharq Al-Tafrea), including a naval service bay at the Suez Canal. The container transshipment service, which uses inland barges to transship containers between port terminals in less than one hour, compared the a minimum of 4-6 hours for truck convoys, was the result of close cooperation between the Suez Canal Authority, Qalaa Holdings and agencies at the Ministry of Transport.

Qalaa Holdings(CCAP.CA on the Egyptian Stock Exchange) is an Africanleader in infrastructure and industry. Formerly known as Citadel Capital, Qalaa Holdings controls subsidiaries in core industries including Energy, Cement, Agrifoods, Transportation& Logistics, and Mining. To learn more, please visit qalaaholdings.com.

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