Many small -scale farmers especially women have for so long not felt the impact of the East African Community (EAC) integration that brings together six countries on their livelihood. The problem has been blamed on the poor information flow related to availability markets for agricultural produce and the economic opportunities
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Today, the Anzisha Prize–Africa’s premier award and fellowship for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs (AnzishaPrize.org) – is excited to announce that the 2020 call for applications is now open. Every year, the prize celebrates 20 African entrepreneurs, aged 22 years and younger, each of whom have a chance to win a shared
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) —Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs—will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020. Applications are made through TEFConnect, the digital networking hub for the African entrepreneurship ecosystem, created by the Foundation. The TEF Entrepreneurship
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The United Arab Emirates Thursday held a trade and business forum in Uganda. The forum, organised by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce attracted over 22 companies from UAE who came to look for trade and investment opportunities in Uganda. The UAE-Uganda Business Forum is aimed at developing and enhancing relations,
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Uganda is set to host a delegation of at least 22 top companies from the United Arab Emirates next week at a Trade & Investment forum on November 28th at the Sheraton Hotel Kampala. Ugandan businesses will have the opportunity to interact with the UAE delegation as they seek to
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Over 200 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been enlightened about the existing untapped opportunities in the oil and gas sector at the midstream stage. The enterprises who are dealing in construction, engineering, ICT among others have been urged to position themselves to provide services by bidding for services and
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The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in ICT has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) inviting growth-stage, educational technology (EdTech) innovators to apply for an opportunity to grow their ventures while contributing to improving the quality of education in Africa. The deadline for submissions is November 21,
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Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and Financial Sector Deepening Uganda on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims at fostering partnership in mutual areas of interest, such as positioning the Security Interest in Movable Property Registry System (SIMPO) to Uganda’s under-capitalized business ventures. The MoU will provide a
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University students who can generate innovative ideas aimed at solving the world’s most pressing challenges stand a chance to get funding from The Hult Prize, a start-up accelerator initiative for social entrepreneurship. Launching the programme in Uganda at Cavendish University, the Hult Prize Campus Director, Frank Mugisha called upon students
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Uganda, fertile and sun-drenched, is harboring dreams of becoming the next cannabis (marijuana) hotshot of the African continent. Foreign capital has been flowing in to launch the new industry. So, much hangs in the balance as the country’s cabinet weighs changes to the criminal code allowing cultivation to proceed. There
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