Tina was the first copilot at Uganda Airlines to successfully complete the type rating training on the A330 in Miami ,Florida. Tina Drazu is a Senior First Officer (co-pilot) with Uganda Airlines. She graduated from Cape Flying Services in George South Africa in 2010 before going on to start her flying career
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According to the new policy, all nursery and primary school teachers will be mandated to have degrees Authorities in the Education and Sports Ministry have advised teachers to shape up or ship out as they move to implement the 2019 National Teacher Policy. The policy sets set a bachelor’s degree
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Officials at the launch of this year’s CFO Awards The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) awards have returned with a 5th edition under the theme: “Finance leaders are drivers of sustainable business.” The awards which recognizes the roles CFOs play is an initiative of ACCA and Deloitte. Business Focus understands that a new
Read MoreGovernor of the BoU, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr. Amine Mati conducted a virtual mission to Uganda from September 27 to October 14, 2021 to discuss the economic outlook, the budget strategy for FY2021/22, and progress with the implementation of
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Demand for Ugandan coffee in Italy, where espresso lovers abound, has helped increase the East African nation’s exports of the beans to the highest in at least 30 years. In August, Uganda overtook Vietnam to become the second-largest supplier of coffee to Italy for the first time this year, behind
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It’s been thirteen years since the Ugandan payments landscape was disrupted by the First mobile money system. In 2009, MTN Uganda introduced the first mobile money transaction service and today, the sector has grown to more than 170 private players consisting of mobile network operators, commercial banks, non-bank financial institutions,
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By Hassan Kitenda As an investor, venturing into the stock market can be exciting. Investing in shares is a great way to grow your wealth. You don’t even need to have a boatload of money to start investing in shares. A small investment, made consistently over a long period, cumulatively
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Fishing boats at Kaiso landing site A section of lawmakers on Parliament’s Agriculture Committee have clashed with some members of the Fishing communities, who warned Parliament against making a law that would bar the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) from enforcing responsible fishing on Uganda lakes, saying this would likely deplete
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Wilbrod Owor, Executive Director UBA Commercial banks under their umbrella body, Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) have warned Ugandans against asking financial institutions to write off loans incurred by private school owners, saying pressure should be put on Government to set up a medium term education sector recovery fund of USD300Million equivalent to
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Air quality monitor Uganda has no capacity to measure the country’s levels of air pollution even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned in its latest air quality guidelines that there’s now more damage to health by pollution than earlier estimated. In the new guidelines which have been updated
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