Equity has been named the Best Regional Bank in East Africa by the 2021 African Banker Awards. The award was conferred to the Bank for its strong and consistent financial performance, its role in leading the disruption of Fintech innovations in banking and for its consistency in championing the socio-economic
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Akali HCII was upgraded into HCIII status on 1st July, 2021(Photo by Solomon Okabo) Health workers at Akali Health Center III in Kwania district are under fire for leaving their patients in the hands of casual laborers. A monitoring report by Kwania District Health Department shows that workers at the
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Centenary Bank head offices/Courtesy photo A section of angry Ugandans took to Twitter blasting Centenary Bank for charging Shs600 on customers making inquiry about their balances. This was sparked off by a tweet by one Twitter user Qwenga, also known as bkyeyune who said he found it weird that banks
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) spent Shs100m in the collecting data and selection of beneficiaries of the COVID-19 relief funds. The revelation was made by Kabuye Kyofatogabye, the State for KCCA while appearing before Parliament’s Joint Public Accounts Committee (Central and Local Government) that is investigating list of beneficiaries submitted
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The High Court in Kampala has ordered the government to compensate Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake with 75 million Shillings for the torture inflicted on him while in state custody. The order issued by Justice Esta Nambayo arises from a case in which Zaake sued the Attorney General
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Trading taking place at Uganda Securities Exchange Investors looking to pump capital into businesses in the East African region are concerned about the quality of assets and their valuation, a new survey shows, pointing out the possibility of overpaying for low-quality investments. The quarterly survey of partners and directors of
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Huawei released its business results for the first half of 2021 today. Its overall performance was in line with forecast. In H1, Huawei generated CNY320.4 billion in revenue, with its net profit margin reaching 9.8%[1]. Carrier business revenue: CNY136.9 billionEnterprise business revenue: CNY42.9 billionConsumer business revenue: CNY135.7 billion "We've set our
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On July 16, 2021, Bwogi Farms sarcastically shared a post reading: “But why have some of us succeeded despite many others failing? Are we from another planet? Passion comes first above everything, persistence too.” Bwogi Farms is a mixed farm located in the Central Uganda district of Rakai. Bwogi’s post
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Cows graze on July 23, 2021 in a dry landscape in Grapevine, California, at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in California's drought-stricken Central Valley.Robyn Beck | AFP In the valleys of central California, the search for water has turned into an all-out obsession as the region suffers through
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Gulu has registered up to 4,477 cases of teenage pregnancies within a period of eighteen months. Statistics from Gulu City and district probation departments indicate that the cases were registered between January 2020 and June 2021. The victims are from the twelve sub-counties constituting Gulu district and the two divisions
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