He is passionate about coffee right from the garden up to consumption. While he is mainly into value addition, his aim is to ensure that the farmer-the fulcrum of the coffee sector, equally benefits from coffee business through ‘right’ (high) prices. Literally, he drinks, speaks and dreams coffee. In a
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By Sam Evidence Orikunda If you've followed Uganda's politics well, in the times of Politics, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are always active; many leaders of CSOs appear on television criticizing the President and Government. They also lie to Ugandans that they're fighting for their rights and therefore their existence is
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By James Byaruhanga, General Manager – Raxio Data Centre The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in various industries – not only in Uganda and the region but worldwide. Industries such as tourism, hospitality, logistics, production, technology, sports and entertainment have been hit hard by the pandemic. As at 00:53 GMT+3 on
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Kenya and Uganda are bickering on how to handle truck drivers transporting goods in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Uganda’s Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija admitted during yesterday’s plenary sitting that there’s misunderstanding between the two East African countries. Kasaija said that President Yoweri Museveni was
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The Uganda Government has tabled before Parliament a supplementary budget worth Shs284 billion aimed at fighting the COVID -19 pandemic. The supplementary budget request was tabled by Matia Kasaija (pictured), the Finance Minister during yesterday’s plenary sitting chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. According to Government, the supervision and implementation of
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU), the regulator of the banking sector has confirmed that Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile (pictured), the Governor of the Central Bank, is sick. In a statement posted on the Bank of Uganda's Twitter handle, Charity Mugumya, Director Communications at BoU, said: “Governor was unwell. His doctors attended
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dfcu Limited Tuesday released its 2019 consolidated financial results revealing a 21% growth in profitability from Shs60. 9bn in 2018 up to Shs73.4bn in 2019. This was mainly driven by significant increase in efficiency and cost management. Operating expenses reduced by 4% from Shs202.2billion to Shs193.1billion showing improved operating efficiency.
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Pixan Inc, a Ugandan high-end technology, content production and distribution company, and Bold Cashers Limited, the developers of Cash Chat, a Ugandan digital and social network mobile application, Tuesday launched the COVID-19 Quarantine Time Mobile App Innovations Challenge. The two tech companies are using the Challenge to facilitate technologically innovative
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