Energy minister Mary Gorret Kitutu takes President Museveni on a guided tour of the newly upgraded Umeme power substation in Mbale City shortly after launching it on Monday. (C) is UMEME boss Selestino Babungi President Yoweri Museveni this afternoon commissioned Umeme’s upgraded multibillion Mbale Substation near Bugema. Mr. Selestino Babungi,
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Following the launch of the National Community Engagement Strategy (CES) for COVID-19 response on October 20, 2020, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda Red Cross, Local Government and other partners have rolled out the creation of Village COVID-19 Taskforces as part of the implementation of the Community Engagement Strategy to
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At the recent AfricaCom event from November 9-12, part of the virtual Africa Tech Festival, Huawei held an online IP Gala conference with its industry partners to introduce the Key Architecture Index (KAI) and share its applications. The theme of the conference was “Leading intelligent IP networks, accelerating intelligent connectivity”.
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Trading taking place at the bourse/USE There are 17 companies listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). Nine of the companies are locally listed while eight of them are cross listed from the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The local companies listed on USE include Uganda Clays Ltd (UCL), Cipla Quality Chemical
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that Government shall organize bailouts for businesses that have been badly hit by COVID-19 pandemic. The President made the remarks Sunday evening during his special address to the nation. “As we look forward to emerging from this COVID-19 nightmare, we shall organize bailouts for businesses
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The dollar index hit an almost three-month low on Friday after strong economic data from China pushed investors toward riskier currencies and equity markets extended their rally. The dollar has fallen more than two per cent so far this month after Democratic US President-elect Joe Biden's election victory and positive
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The Minister of State for Animal Industry, Rtd. Lt. Col. Bright Rwamirama has Saturday November 28, 2020 commissioned a Liquid Nitrogen Plant At Mbarara ZARDI. The liquid Nitrogen plant worth Shs700m was procured under the National Genetic Resources Centre & Data bank (NAGRC&DB) from the Noblegen cryogenics, UK to boost
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Export prices of Kenyan avocado have risen to KSh800 (UShs26,851) per four-kilogramme pack in November, propped up demand for the few supplies available in the market as the main crop season dragged to a close Data by the Horticulture Directorate shows that the November prices represented a 33.33 per cent
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One of the world’s most popular beverages has overcome remarkable hurdles to carry on during the pandemic. What does it take to make a cup of coffee in 2020? In what has been a strange year for those people forced to work from home, little daily habits have helped to
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With less than a decade to meet global energy goals, new research from Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) shows that energy access finance continues to be significantly off-track to meet 2030 targets. The challenge is particularly significant in Sub-Saharan African countries, where finance levels are inadequate and in some cases
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