The Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, has met with a team of Egyptian investors who have expressed interest to establish value addition plants for coffee in Uganda. In a meeting held at Radisson Blu hotel in the Egyptian capital, Cairo on Thursday, the chairman
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Rajiv Ruparelia, one of the directors of Rosebud Limited and Premier Roses, Uganda’s leading floriculture companies is in China to promote the country’s flowers. Located in Entebbe, Wakiso district, Rosebud Limited and Premier Roses are under the Ruparelia Group of Companies founded by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia. Speaking to the press
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Kenyan gamblers have 48 hours to withdraw their money from betting companies or lose it, as the government intensifies its radical shutdown of the Sh200-billion-a-year industry. In response to a plea by leading telecommunication firm Safaricom to give gamers time to withdraw the money in their mobile wallets, the Betting
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Ugandan Supervisor based in Saudi Arabia has spoken out on the situation of Ugandan domestic workers (housemaids) in the Middle East Country. Ahmed Sharif Nsamba, who is attached to Ingaz Recruitment Company based in Saudi Arabia, says he is supervising Ugandan workers for four recruitment companies in Uganda; he is
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A new dawn for patients and health facilities struggling to find medicine has come. Julius Sseninde, 22, who is set to graduate with a Diploma in Pharmacy from Uganda Institute of Allied Health & Management Sciences -Mulago next year, has developed an app called E Pine Pharmacy, a new pharmaceutical
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South African Airways’ chairman Johannes Bhekumuzi Magwaza has resigned, the country’s Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday, the second senior figure at the struggling airline to leave this year. Gordhan told Parliament that Magwaza tendered his resignation for personal reasons, without giving any details. A ministry official said
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The National Coffee Research Institute-NaCORI has rejected the proposed registration and licensing of coffee farmers, saying it will disadvantage farmers and cripple the industry. The proposals are contained in the National Coffee bill 2018, which is before parliament. The bill proposes the registration of farmers capturing details of the
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dfcu Bank in partnership with Monitor Publications Limited’s (MPL) flagship brand Monitor and Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) have kicked off countrywide business skilling mentorship workshops under the ‘Rising Woman’ initiative. The initiative was launched in 2018 under the theme ‘Taking your business ahead’ and is meant to recognize, celebrate and
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Amirali Karmali, the proprietor of Mukwano Industries Uganda Limited is dead. The entrepreneur died quietly on Wednesday evening in Fort portal, according to reports. Karmali, born in the 1930s is the father to Alykhan Karmali, who is currently running the family business empire that spans real estate, banking, transport, and
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Coffee farmers in Luweero district have opposed the National Coffee bill 2018, saying it is intended to eliminate them from growing coffee. The bill, which is before parliament, seeks to provide for the registration and licensing coffee farmers across the country. The bill also proposes that land, where the coffee
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