Uganda

The Observer Media Limited

Active

Registered as “THE OBSERVER MEDIA LIMITED

Official registry sourceURSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau)Last verified 28 June 2026Official registry verified
Confidence: High

What this rating is based on

  • Official registry record exists
  • Re-verified against the source within the last year
  • Core fields on file (activity, address, incorporation date)
  • Status reported by the registry
  • Tax ID held
  • LEI cross-confirmed (GLEIF)
  • Publicly listed (disclosure obligations)
  • Matched in an IP (trademark) registry
  • Matched to government procurement awards
How Fylings scores confidence →
Registration number
80010002639110What is this registration number?
Legal form
Private Limited Company (Ltd)
Incorporated
2 February 2004More Uganda companies from 2004

At a glance

Primary sector
Media & Entertainment
On the register
2004 · 22 yrs
Activity
Active

Primary sector classified by Fylings from the registered name and activity, an inference, not a registry field.

Overview

What we know about The Observer Media Limited

The Observer Media Limited is a Private Limited Company (Ltd) in Uganda. It is recorded with URSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau) under registration number 80010002639110. The company was registered on 2 February 2004. That made it about 22 years old at the last registry check. Its current status is active. Fylings classifies its primary sector as media & entertainment. This record was last verified on 28 June 2026.

03 · Activity

Company timeline

54 events

Registry, exchange, procurement and mining-cadastre events arranged around one entity identifier.

  1. Registry record re-verified

    90% entity-match confidence.

    Fylings verification · Fylings verification

  2. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  3. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  4. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  5. National Water & Sewerage Corporation

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  6. Uganda Road Fund

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  7. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  8. National Water & Sewerage Corporation

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  9. Uganda Wildlife Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  10. Uganda Electricity Generation Company

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  11. Uganda Wildlife Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  12. Uganda Wildlife Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

Timeline span · 2004–202654 total events
View all timelineBy year +
20261 event · 1 fylings verification
  1. Registry record re-verified

    90% entity-match confidence.

    Fylings verification · Fylings verification

20245 events · 5 procurement record
  1. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  2. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  3. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  4. National Water & Sewerage Corporation

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  5. Uganda Road Fund

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

20236 events · 6 procurement record
  1. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  2. National Water & Sewerage Corporation

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  3. Uganda Wildlife Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  4. Uganda Electricity Generation Company

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  5. Uganda Wildlife Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  6. Uganda Wildlife Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

20224 events · 4 procurement record
  1. National Drug Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  2. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  3. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  4. National Drug Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

202129 events · 29 procurement record
  1. Uganda Communications Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  2. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  3. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  4. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  7. Ministry of Information and Communications Technology

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  8. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  12. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  15. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  16. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  17. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  18. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  19. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  20. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  21. Electoral Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  22. Capital Markets Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  23. National Drug Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  24. Office of the President

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  25. Uganda Law Reform Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  26. Uganda Road Fund

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  27. Electricity Regulatory Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  28. Uganda Road Fund

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  29. National Drug Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

20206 events · 6 procurement record
  1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  2. Kampala Capital City Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  4. Uganda Law Reform Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  5. Civil Aviation Authority

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  6. Uganda Communications Commission

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

20192 events · 2 procurement record
  1. Parliament of Uganda

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

  2. Uganda Electricity Generation Company

    Procurement record · Open Contracting data

20041 event · 1 registry
  1. Recorded as company by URSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau).

    Registry · URSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau)

Directors & ownership

Who controls The Observer Media Limited

Full verification report

Directors & officers · Shareholders & ownership · Beneficial owners (PSC) · Filings & disclosures · Relationship network

The full report requests this data from URSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau) at order time. Where the registry holds no record for a field, the report states that explicitly, we never pad. Delivered by email, typically within one business day.

Government contracts

Public contracts won by The Observer Media Limited

The Observer Media Limited has been awarded 52 public-sector contracts from 17 government bodies, worth UGX 307,111,307 in total disclosed value.

52

Contracts

17

Gov. buyers

UGX 307M

Disclosed value

2019–2024

Active years

Contracts won by year

2
6
29
4
6
5
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Data signals

  • 10 sets of awards share an identical title, buyer and amount, possible duplicate records in the source data.

Individual awards

  • Public contract award

    National Water & Sewerage Corporation · 13 November 2023

    UGX 82,668,000
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Information and Communications Technology · 9 September 2021

    UGX 27,140,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 12 August 2021

    UGX 25,800,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 15 July 2022

    UGX 18,920,000
  • Public contract award

    Parliament of Uganda · 11 December 2019

    UGX 17,028,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 14 July 2021

    UGX 16,000,000
  • Public contract award

    Uganda Electricity Generation Company · 31 March 2023

    UGX 9,460,000
  • Public contract award

    Uganda Electricity Generation Company · 11 December 2019

    UGX 9,460,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 27 July 2021

    UGX 9,000,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 15 July 2021

    UGX 8,500,000
  • Public contract award

    Electricity Regulatory Authority · 4 March 2021

    UGX 8,000,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 12 August 2021

    UGX 7,000,000
Show 40 more contracts
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 22 July 2021

    UGX 5,900,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 30 November 2023

    UGX 5,000,000
  • Public contract award

    National Drug Authority · 4 January 2021

    UGX 5,000,000
  • Public contract award

    National Water & Sewerage Corporation · 6 February 2024

    UGX 4,200,000
  • Public contract award

    Electricity Regulatory Authority · 24 December 2024

    UGX 4,000,000
  • Public contract award

    Electricity Regulatory Authority · 20 December 2024

    UGX 4,000,000
  • Public contract award

    National Drug Authority · 6 October 2022

    UGX 4,000,000
  • Public contract award

    National Drug Authority · 7 March 2022

    UGX 4,000,000
  • Public contract award

    Electricity Regulatory Authority · 28 October 2021

    UGX 3,927,300
  • Public contract award

    National Drug Authority · 30 April 2021

    UGX 3,000,000
  • Public contract award

    Kampala Capital City Authority · 29 July 2020

    UGX 2,800,000
  • Public contract award

    Uganda Wildlife Authority · 20 March 2023

    UGX 2,714,000
  • Public contract award

    Uganda Wildlife Authority · 9 March 2023

    UGX 2,714,000
  • Public contract award

    Electricity Regulatory Authority · 27 December 2024

    UGX 2,300,000
  • Public contract award

    Electricity Regulatory Authority · 20 December 2021

    UGX 2,300,000
  • Public contract award

    Electricity Regulatory Authority · 13 December 2021

    UGX 2,300,000
  • Public contract award

    Civil Aviation Authority · 7 July 2020

    UGX 2,300,000
  • Public contract award

    Electoral Commission · 1 September 2021

    UGX 2,200,000
  • Public contract award

    Capital Markets Authority · 24 June 2021

    UGX 1,500,000
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 24 July 2020

    UGX 690,002
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 3 August 2020

    UGX 400,001
  • Public contract award

    Office of the President · 29 March 2021

    UGX 387,501
  • Public contract award

    Uganda Law Reform Commission · 22 July 2020

    UGX 367,501
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 18 September 2021

    UGX 262,500
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 26 August 2021

    UGX 250,000
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 19 August 2021

    UGX 250,000
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 17 August 2021

    UGX 210,001
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 17 August 2021

    UGX 210,001
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 18 September 2021

    UGX 210,000
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 13 August 2021

    UGX 210,000
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 19 August 2021

    UGX 200,000
  • Public contract award

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs · 19 August 2021

    UGX 200,000
  • Public contract award

    Uganda Law Reform Commission · 26 March 2021

    UGX 132,500
  • Provision of Newspaper Advertising Services on a Framework Basis

    Uganda Road Fund · 30 January 2024

  • Media Print and Publications under a three (03) year framework arrangement

    Uganda Wildlife Authority · 18 October 2023

  • Framework Contracts for services

    Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development · 17 May 2022

  • Publicity Services in the Print, Electronic and Online Media under Framework Contract.

    Uganda Communications Commission · 30 December 2021

  • Supply of Newspaper Publications and Periodicals

    Uganda Road Fund · 11 March 2021

  • Provision of Newspaper Advertising Services on a Framework Basis

    Uganda Road Fund · 25 February 2021

  • Provision of publicity services in the print media under framework contracts.

    Uganda Communications Commission · 3 February 2020

Source: Uganda Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), published via the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). Awards are matched to this company by name and registration; disclosed values reflect the awarded amount at time of publication.

Network

Companies connected to The Observer Media Limited

Companies that won contracts from the same public buyers as The Observer Media Limited, in that country's open-contracting data.

On the same register

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About this record

Legal form: Private Limited Company (Ltd)

Registered as a Private Limited Company (Ltd) with URSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau), Uganda. What is this registration number?

Confidence: High · sourced from URSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau). Basic-depth records carry the fields the public registry publishes; deeper data is acquired on demand.

FAQ

What is a Private Limited Company (Ltd)?

A private limited company (Ltd) is privately held, its shares aren't offered to the public, and shareholders' liability is limited to their shareholding.

What is URSB (Uganda Registration Services Bureau)?

URSB (the Uganda Registration Services Bureau) is Uganda's official registrar of companies and business names, operating the OBRS (Online Business Registration System).

What sector does The Observer Media Limited operate in?

Fylings classifies it in the Media & Entertainment sector, inferred from the registered name and activity.