A groundbreaking study launched on November 30, 2020, by Factor[e] Ventures, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Windward Fund, finds that the lack of robust energy services in Africa’s agriculture sector is a fundamental obstacle to the sector’s growth. Agriculture and agribusiness together are projected to be a US$
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos Despite uncertainty around the results of the presidential election, the U.S. stock market had its best week since April, helping some of the world’s richest add billions of dollars to their fortunes. The market rally has made the world’s richest person, Amazon founder and
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Ronald Kasasa,dfcu Bank’s Head of Business Banking In a move to continue making it more possible for businesses in Uganda to thrive, dfcu Bank has introduced an unsecured loan product to support small and medium businesses in Uganda. The unsecured loan product dubbed as “Baraka Loans” will enable customers to
Read MoreLack of money is the biggest source of stress. It actually causes many people to make wrong choices and decisions out of frustration. If you were to ask most of those categorized as "successful people” many would tell you their tricks in how they started to save from their small
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Mumba Kalifungwa, Absa Bank Uganda’s Managing Director Absa Bank Uganda and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have partnered to train over 300 Ugandan small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them assess business risks, adapt their business models and navigate the difficult operating
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Peace Kabunga, the Executive Director, Housing Finance Bank In a recent webinar organized by the Strathmore Business School, Peace Kabunga, the Executive Director, Housing Finance Bank responded to a number of questions regarding how leaders and managers can better position themselves so as to emerge stronger from the effects of
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A worker picks up leaves from cannabis plants inside a greenhouse of Medigrow, a Lesotho-Canadian company that grows legal cannabis, located near Marakabei, in Lesotho on August 6, 2019. PHOTO | GUILLEM SARTORIO | AFP Rwanda has approved the cultivation and export of cannabis even as the use of the
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By Shannon Katureebe Anything that’s too big today was once very small. The achievements of these iconic entrepreneurs reinforces the need to start small, from where you are and with what you have. As you will find out, the largest enterprises were founded with one shop, in basements, garages and
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President Yoweri Museveni hands over a certificate to Sam Zhang Hao (L) President Yoweri Museveni has awarded Chinese investors behind the Liao Shan Industrial Park, Kapeeka in Nakaseke district with a certificate of recognition. “I met Chinese Investors led by Sam Zhang Hao, the MD of Liao Shan Industrial Park,
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Samantha Niyonsaba and CK Japheth, The Innovation Village Team Lead at a meeting The Innovation Village, through its EdTech Lab in partnership with Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works and the Arizona State University Education for Humanity, has launched a business development programme dubbed ‘Future of Education’, a challenge with the
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