Africell annouces its exit from Ugandan telecoms

Africell entered the Ugandan market in 2014 after acquiring the local operations of France’s Orange. According to their website, Africell had gained over 2.3 million subscribers in Uganda, and on Tuesday it said it is to be ending operations in Uganda and has also pledged to see that her staff are paid to zero balance in terms of repatriation where possible, and severance pay among other arrangements that the company could have with the current employees.