A groundbreaking international report released Monday shows the use of modern methods of contraception has increased dramatically in Uganda, as the country pursues ambitious family planning goals for 2020. The report also shows modern contraception prevented over 1 million unintended pregnancies and 228,000 unsafe abortions between July 2017 and July 2018
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Doris Akol (in featured photo) was first appointed Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority in October 2014. She was definitely headed for a daunting task considering the fact that she was replacing Allen Kagina, the ‘lady’ who had literally become the image of URA. Under Kagina’s leadership, URA became one of the
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As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment Forum to make deals on investment opportunities, leaders of the continent’s top agribusiness companies shared their thoughts on the future of the industry. With its vast agricultural potential, Africa’s agribusiness sector is predicted to reach US$1 trillion by 2030.
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The Uganda shilling was relatively stable, trading within range as market demand was evenly matched by the inflows during the week ending 9th November 2018. Trading was in the range of 3747/57. In the interbank money market, overnight funds traded at 6.50% while one week traded at 10% In the fixed income
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Johnson& Johnson Thursday launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, the second continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to submit ideas for innovative technologies, products and solutions that have the potential to create positive impact for African communities. The challenge focuses on identifying scalable and sustainable solutions to six
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Poultry business is increasingly becoming a lucrative business in Uganda and the world at large. The increasing demand for chicken (call it chicken meat) and eggs resulting from the growing population and townships across the country provides an opportunity for new and existing farmers to cash in on this enterprise. Apart from
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The Uganda shilling stood tall supported by sizeable dollar inflows mainly from NGO’s and commodity exporters making the supply side stronger to match the pockets of demand from the manufacturing and telecom sectors during the week ending 2nd November 2018. Trading was in the range of 3735/3745. In the Interbank money
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Government has been tasked to scale up its family planning efforts if it is to achieve the 2040 vision. Speaking at Hotel Africana yesterday during the Public Health Youth Symposium organized by Public Health Ambassadors Uganda (PHAU), Hope Nzeire (in featured photo), the Senior National Program Officer National Population Council said
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Government and telecom companies have revealed that effective November 1, 2018, the validity of daily Over-the-Top (OTT) tax of Shs200 has changed from midnight to 24 hours. Ian Rumanyika (in featured photo), the Manager Public & Corporate Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), says that the decision follows engagements with various
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dfcu bank has officially announced Mathias Katamba (in featured photo) as its new Chief Executive Officer, replacing retiring Juma Kisaame. Katamba, who recently quit Housing Finance Bank as Managing Director will officially start work at dfcu on January 2, 2019, according to a statement dated October31, 2018 issued by Dr. Elly
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