Business Times

Things in Rwanda are changing at a very fast rate with rising competition among local companies. A few years ago, the Rwandan market comprised of companies that were virtual monopolies. In fact, big companies like MTN, SULFO, BRALIRWA, UTEXRWA and others seemed to have gotten drunk on the monopoly for a while.

Last week I shared with you the glad tidings that South Africa’s premier creative awards competition is opening its doors to entries from Africa and Middle East to be precise, but let’s not quibble.

Recently I had a chat with a Ugandan friend, Steven Asiimwe, a regular blogger and a contributing writer in various news papers in Uganda.

Uganda’s year-on-year inflation fell for the second straight month in April to 20.3 percent from a revised 21.1 percent, due to slowing food prices, the statistics office said on Monday.

Until recently, the best way to watch a movie was to go to a movie theater. The introduction of Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) made it easier for people to rent or buy movies and watch them from home.