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COVID-19 Impact: Banks Reject Loan Applications Worth Shs800bn In July Alone

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Commercial banks are increasingly becoming cautious towards lending as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that has badly affected ...

Banks Urged To Embrace Shared Infrastructure To Bring Down Cost Of Digital Payments

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Cairo Bank Donates PPE Worth Shs100m To Save Health Workers From COVID-19

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Equity Group CEO, Dr. James Mwangi, Wins Coveted Oslo Business For Peace Award

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Report Paints Gloomy Picture For Uganda’s Banking Sector

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INTERVIEW: UNBS Boss Manyindo Speaks Out On Kenyan Salt Illegally Sold In Uganda

UNBS Executive Director Dr. Ben Manyindo For the very first time since March 2020 when the smuggling of Kenyan salt brand with ‘FOR SALE IN KENYA ONLY’ inscription intensified,...

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NWSC Boss Silver Mugisha Reveals How COVID-19 Has Hit Hard Corporation

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INTERVIEW: URA Reveals Why Businesses Should Embrace Electronic Receipting & Invoicing System

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International Tourist Numbers Down 65% in First Half of 2020- Report

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International tourist arrivals plunged 93% in June when compared to 2019, with the latest data from the World Tourism Organization showing the severe impact COVID-19 has had on the sector. ...
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Uganda May Lose Up To Shs7 Trillion Tourism Revenue In 2020 Due To COVID-19

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Tourism Minister, Godfrey Ssuubi Kiwanda Uganda could miss out on as much as $2 billion (UShs7.3 trillion) in tourism revenue this year due to travel restrictions implemented after the c...
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Uganda Gets 5th Baby Gorilla In Six Weeks

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The Rushegura gorilla family in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park on Monday August 31, 2020 welcomed yet another bouncing cute baby gorilla to mother Ruterana increasing the family m...
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Call for Lions to be protected to avert extinction

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As the world marks World Lions Day today, World Animal Protection warns that the King of the Jungle may soon be extinct if urgent measures are not taken. Edith Kabesiime, Campaigns Mange...
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Rare White Rhino Gives Birth At Ugandan Sanctuary

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A white rhino has given birth to a female calf at Uganda's Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, the Rhino Fund Uganda has said, bringing their total number at the reserve to 31. White rhinos were w...
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Kisoro Man Sentenced to 11 Years In Jail For Killing Popular Gorilla

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The Kabale Chief Magistrate’s yesterday sentenced Flex Byamukama to 11 years in prison for killing Rahiki, the Silverback of Nkuringo Gorilla Group and other wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable...

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