By Moses Otai One of the positive outcomes of this extended homestay period for children and parents has been the unrivaled time between parents/caregivers and their children. I am sure, like me, many parents must have been challenged at first on how to have children around them all the
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has named top taxpayers (Small and Medium Enterprises category) per district as part of the Taxpayers Appreciation Season 2020. The appreciation season is running from October to December 2020, under the theme ‘Celebrating the Taxpayers of Uganda’. According to URA Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi, the
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Vendors sell fresh produce at a market in Abuja. Photographer: KC Nwakalor/Bloomberg Africa’s largest economy has slumped into a recession in the third quarter as oil production dropped to a four-year low. Nigeria’s gross domestic product shrank 3.6% in the three months through September from a year earlier, compared with
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Who’s benefiting from billions of shillings earned from Uganda’s coffee exports? This is one of the questions frequently asked by coffee farmers and stakeholders. This is because farmers feel cheated as exporters earn big from the country’s leading cash crop. For example, according to Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly
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The new food grade delivery bags being displayed at the eventSafeBoda and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda today rewarded SafeBoda riders who have done an exceptional job in delivery of Food/Shop products especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.The SafeBodas were given special recognition at the inaugural Coca-Cola Egabudde Festival this morning.The
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Hassan Kitenda If you’re an investor, diversification is a topic that’s impossible to avoid. Diversification is one of the cornerstones of traditional investment advice. You may have heard of the statement, don’t carry all your eggs in one basket. The investment term to describe carrying your eggs in many baskets
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Tanzania passed a law allowing for the expulsion of pregnant schoolgirls Women’s rights group, Equality Now, has filed a case against the Tanzanian government at the Africa Court on Human and People’s Rights over its ban on pregnant girls from attending school. The organisation, in a statement, said that going
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Kigoye is earning millions from Vanilla farming Vanilla has emerged as one of the top lucrative crops not only in Uganda, but globally. This explains why the Ugandan Government has started setting dates for vanilla harvesting to conform to the international practice. Vanilla is one of the high value crops
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Parliament has rejected the proposal by government to purchase nine million radios for learners who are still stuck at home due to COVID-19 induced lockdown. This was part of Government’s third supplementary budget proposal to parliament in which they wanted MPs to approve Shs336bn to enable the Ministry of Education
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The local currency weakened, pausing an advance in the previous sessions that saw the currency on the gaining side. Markets players were seen earlier in the week reposition. The unit traded in the range of 3700/3710 during the week ending November 20, 2020.In the fixed income segment of the market,
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