AirtelTigo leadership team calls on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II

Eric Adadevoh (Chief Human Resources Officer – AirtelTigo); Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah (Director, Government and Regulatory Relations – AirtelTigo); Ernest Sarhene (Chief protocol Officer - Manhyia Palace); Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi (CEO – AirtelTigo); Emmanuel Adjei (Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer); and Junior Addai Frimpong (Ashanti MFS Manager - AirtelTigo)

A delegation from AirtelTigo led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Mitwa Ng’ambi, has paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
Mrs. Mitwa Ng’ambi used the occasion to share information on the milestones so far achieved in the merger between Airtel and Tigo since the announcement last year.

Apple et al take advantage of US tax cuts, hurting other companies’ borrowing power

The cash-rich tech giants parked an increasing amount of their wealth into corporate debt in recent years

01 September 2018 - 08:06 Molly Smith

Picture: REUTERS

New York — As US tax cuts prompt Apple and other tech companies to bring home their overseas cash hoards, it’s leaving a void in the market for short-term corporate bonds, where those firms had invested much of the money. That’s now making it more expensive for other companies to borrow.
Once the biggest buyers of short-dated corporate debt, Apple along with 20 other cash-rich

Activist investors keep boards on toes, listen to them

Shareholders are increasingly keen on what serves their best interests. FILE PHOTO | NMG  

By WANGARI MUCHUI

Activist investors have been viewed as saviours who act as catalysts for positive change in companies to improve long-term company performance. The board of the target company, however, can view them as disruptive to the long-term strategy of the company, acting out of their own self-interests.

The nine pioneer women of East African art

Three paintings by Rosemary Karuga. She was one of the first students at the Makerere art school. PHOTO | ALAN DONOVAN

In Summary

• MILESTONE EXHIBITION: East Africa is a hotbed of creativity with almost every community proud of being the makers and owners of one form of art or another, and mostly for daily use too. Art in Africa is not confined to artefacts and images to be hung on walls. Art is everyday life images and objects.

PM wants a thriving private sector

DAILY NEWS Reporter

THE government is nurturing a friendly and enabling environment for the private sector because it wants the sector to flourish and blossom, Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, assured stakeholders in Dar es Salaam mid this week. 

TPC takes giant stride as it modernises services

FATMA ABDU

TANZANIA Posts Corporation (TPC) has expressed its commitment to ensure its services benefit all people within and outside the country by increasing their revenue and expand their technologies. 

TPC Board Chairperson, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), Dr Harun Kondo expressed the commitment in Dar es Salaam yesterday when speaking to reporters on the development of the corporation. 

Ewura contributes over 50bn/-to govt coffers

NELLY MTEMA in Dodoma

THE Energy and Water Utility Regulatory Authority (Ewura) has contributed 53bn/- to the government coffers in the past five years, Ewura Board Chairman, Prof Jamidu Katima, told the Parliamentary Public Investment Committee (PIC).