Under the beating Tanzanian sun, Lossim Lazzaro nervously looks over his farm. He slowly pours livestock manure on his crops, in a last-ditch attempt to help them grow. Mr Lazzaro owns five acres of land and was once a successful tomato farmer in the northern Arusha region. But now, like
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Pursuant to the National Payments Systems Regulation, 2021, Pesapal Uganda has received a Payment System Operator license from the Bank of Uganda. Pesapal has been at the forefront of the Digital Payments revolution in Africa for over a decade. By leveraging technology to make financial services affordable, convenient, and secure,
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Professor Denis Byarugaba (R) speaking at the event “Prevention of the next pandemic, whether a recurrence of Covid-19 or a new outbreak, will require significant investment from the Finance and Banking sector in order to minimize the negative economic and human effects,” remarked Professor Denis Byarugaba, Makerere University Professor of
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An empty class at Kyankowe Primary School in Mityana Several Schools in Mpigi and Mityana districts remained closed on Monday despite the government’s directive to the striking teachers to return to class or lose their jobs. When our reporters visited some schools in Mpigi Town Council and Mityana
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Climate-friendly practices can increase yields while improving ecosystem of farms, scientists say Farmers could continue to produce high crop yields with far less use of artificial fertilisers if they adopted environmentally sustainable practices, an academic study has shown for the first time. Techniques such as adding manure and compost to
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SACCO Savers are set to get relief from the rampant losses due to group dissolutions or liquidation as well as closures for any reason, as the government is set to implement a fund to secure their savings with different SACCOs in the country. The SACCO Savings Protection Fund is aimed
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Kyle Lubega, a co-owner of Lubega & Buzibira Company Advocates, the law firm that fraudulently received on behalf of Natalia Namuli the UGX 2.039 billion from ULC in compensation. The ongoing parliamentary probe into the contentious Shillings 10.6 billion compensation to six claimants by the Uganda Land Commission–ULC continues to
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Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro of Buganda addressing the Lukiiko sitting at Bulange, Mengo. The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga has appealed to government to give equitable pay to both Arts and Science teachers in order to solve the current strike in schools. While addressing the Buganda Lukiiko on
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Six police constables in Kampala are in trouble after being caught on the security cameras receiving what seemed to be a bribe. The six policemen from Kawempe police Division are in the custody of the police professional standards unit. The suspects are Police constables Eric Bonny, a driver, Abed Kwen,
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AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina says Africa can no longer outsource its healthcare security to the benevolence of others The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, a new groundbreaking institution that will significantly enhance Africa’s access to the technologies that underpin the
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