Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia held today the officialopeningceremony for the first-ever Carrefour Store in Uganda, marking the company’s entry into the Sub-Saharan African country. Located at the popular Oasis Mall, the store covers 2,800 square
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and Ruparelia Group of Companies owned by tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia are the main sponsors of the first ever Social Media FestUg slated to take place on 25th January 2020 at Silver Springs Hotel Gardens. According to Amon Baita, the Marketing Head of Social Media Fest, the
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The former chairman of one of China’s bad banks has confessed to taking millions of yuan in bribes which he kept in metal cabinets in a Beijing apartment he nicknamed “the supermarket.” Lai Xiaomin (pictured), former head of China Huarong Asset Management Co., has been charged with taking bribes, corruption
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From human rights violations to the impacts of climate change, Rotary and Makerere University are offering a postgraduate certificate program to peace and development leaders who are from or who have worked in Africa to address the underlying challenges to peace in the region. The year-long program in Peace building,
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The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) could lose some of its properties due to Shs94.3bn arrears owed to coffee nursery operators. UCDA Managing Director, Emmanuel Iyamulyeme Niyibigira made the revelation on Monday while appearing before Parliament’s Agriculture Committee to present the 2020/2021 national budget framework paper. Iyamulyeme said that the
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All isn’t well at Muni University, one of the public universities in Uganda after Management revealed that students are likely to miss out on their graduation and promotion to next levels due to the Shs700M arrears in wages owed to staff. While appearing before Parliament’s Education Committee to submit the
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has awarded a certificate of appreciation to Business Focus, Uganda’s leading business website that simplifies money matters, for its media support provided towards domestic revenue mobilization 2019. This was during a media party dubbed "Media Unwind Cocktail" where the tax body hosted friends from the 4th
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By D. Gumisiriza Mwesigye I had set my day to end with a visit to the famous Zoe Grounds [Lugogo, Kampala], to hear for myself what is in store for 2020 from Prophet Elvis Mbonye. The event has been so hyped on social media by his followers (who identify themselves
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The Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group has approved an €8 million (Shs32.7bn) grant drawn from the European Union’s Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) to support the preparation of the Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project. The plant will be situated on the Ruzizi River between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic
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An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane was forced to abandon its landing in eastern Dire Dawa city after hitting into what appeared to be a swarm of locusts, an airline spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. The spokesman did not give further details of Thursday's incident, but aviation industry websites are
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