It just so happens that people in this era never sleep and are constantly thinking of the next big thing. Today, we have another big thing. A few years back, it became mandatory to get a Decoder to continue watching TV here in Uganda. I broke down the entirety of this Digital Migration on Guru8, you need to head over there and catch up.

This whole Migration process evidently had a price tag attached to it. Some others opted to get Free to Air Decoders that gave them free access to TV but still, the decoders were not free.

Last week, Centenary Bank brought something new to this spectrum, “Digital TV Loan”.

To be legible to access this Loan you definitely need to meet some requirements that include a verifiable source of regular and reliable income to pay up the loan in installments, provide guarantors after getting either a savings or current account and the customer contribution is 25% of the unit price of the TV set. The loan application fee is 20,000/= and the interest rate is 15% which is paid in 6 months.

You can get the TV from Startimes offices at Soliz house, Lumumba Avenue where you are given a pro form invoice then head over to Centenary Bank and process the loan.

This is definitely a great initiative to enable people in the lower income tier get access to quality Television broadcast. We surely hope to see great achievements in this partnership.

Stanbic Bank has been recognised as the country’s best financial institution at the 2017 Euromoney Awards, the world’s most recongised accolade in the Global Banking Industry.

Accepting the award on behalf of the Bank Cathy Adengo Stanbic Banks Corporate Communications Manager noted that, “We owe this accomplishment to our esteemed customers who we truly thank for making us their bank of choice.”

Commenting on this achievement, Patrick Mweheire, Chief Executive Stanbic Bank Uganda said, “We are extremely proud to have received global recognition as the Best Bank in Uganda. It is an affirmation of our relentless focus on meeting our customer needs both at the retail and institutional segments. With this achievement, I would like to thank our customers for their continued loyalty and look forward to working together to achieve greatness while making real contributions to the Ugandan economy”.

In 2016 Stanbic Bank maintained its position as the largest provider of support to Government of Uganda infrastructure program by providing up to UGX 1 trillion of all off balance sheet guarantees and performance bonds.

Commenting on this recent award, Dieudonne Kamenge, Managing Director of Artis Uganda Limited a leaf and commodities trading company explained what this meant for their business a Stanbic Client.

“I wish to congratulate the management & staff of Stanbic Bank Uganda for this achievement. We are proud to be part of a winning brand and we hope you keep it up by continuing to come up with more innovative products that make our banking experience even more relevant to our business needs.”

Talking about how the bank has helped to grow his business Georgeous Kasangaki a Director of Tulsa Investments Ltd a long term stationary supplier who has now ventured into commercial printing recounted, “Even though we were relatively new to the bank, Stanbic was able to support us in in acquiring high tech printing machine worth 28 Billion Shillings. It was amazing how the team was able to put together the financing of this equipment without having to provide additional collateral.’’

Today, telecommunications giant, Airtel Uganda has handed over 3million and 3 Motor Bikes to its subscribers in the Airtel Mega Masappe 1^st draw held at Airtel Uganda Head offices.

The lucky winners expressed their excitement as they were receiving their prizes and one of the them, Katabira Michael who is in his Senior Six vacation was quoted saying, “I am so excited and I can’t believe it, I am going to use this 1 million to pay for my tuition for my first semester at campus.”

“I want to encourage all Airtel Subscribers to join in this Mega Masappe campaign because you win big. Thank you Airtel, thank you for making me a happy person,” he added.

Dennis Kakonge, the Airtel Uganda Director Legal and Regulatory Affairs congratulated the first group of winners at the prize-giving ceremony.

“We made a promise to Ugandans to offer them the most reliable and affordable telecommunications services while directly improving their lives through our different offerings and campaigns and this promotion is evidence that we are doing just that,” he said,

Kakonge further encouraged Ugandans to take part in the promotion; to stand a chance to win various prizes including cars, motorbikes and cash.

As part of ‘Mega Masappe’, subscribers are required to opt into the promo by dialing *162# and selecting option 1 to opt in, option 2 to check target and option 3 to redeem their data bonus – which will be broken down into Voice, SMS and Data at 50%, 10% and 40% respectively. This bonus however does not apply to social packs, quarterly, annual and free bundles.

Mega Masappe promotion subscriber bonus will be given instantly on the achievement of the daily target. For example, if a subscriber’s bonus target is Ushs1,000 and they recharge with that Ushs1,000, they will receive 100% bonus of the same value under the Voice, SMS & Data split.

However, if they recharge with another Shs1,000 on the same day, they will not get a 2nd bonus.

Daily and weekly prizes will be given away every Friday for the duration of the promo.