Huawei today announced its ‘Non Stop Banking’ initiative. Unveiled at the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit for Africa 2023, the initiative calls for hand-in-hand collaboration between the ICT and banking industries and facilitate a digital future of ‘non-stop’ services, ‘non-stop’ development, and ‘non-stop’ innovation. In a keynote speech announcing the initiative,
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By Charles Onyango-Obbo There is always an egg, chicken, milk, beef, fish, or maize fight between Uganda and Kenya. Usually, it is Kenya banning these products from Uganda. Outcries about the ban being against the spirit of the East African Community will follow. A Twitter war might break out between
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Kenya has been ranked as the top country in Africa by expatriates to get started and settle due to language, ease of finding housing and cost of homes. This gives the East African nation an edge as an attractive destination for companies seeking to enter the continent. Kenya was ranked
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Entebbe International Airport/Courtesy photo Any arriving passenger at Entebbe International airport should know that there are a number of restricted items that require clearance by designated Government agencies before being released by customs. According to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), the following items are restricted and shall require clearance from the
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A section of lawmakers on Parliament’s Budget Committee have questioned the rationale behind gifting Ndejje University, a private University with Shs3.8Bn for preparations of East African University Games yet there are public Universities whose students are studying under trees due to lack of funds to build structures. While appearing before
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Police in Luwero District have arrested a former head teacher of Wobulenzi Public Primary School, which is a government institution in Wobulenzi Town Council, for allegedly using the school land titles to secure a questionable loan of 100 million shillings. The suspect has been identified as Richard Mukasa. Patrick Lule,
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The French oil major TotalEnergies has further affirmed its commitment to extract Uganda’s oil despite concerns by climate activists. The company has been under intense pressure to abandon the East African Crude Oil pipeline project as well as the Tilenga development project in the Albertine. TotalEnergie’s Chief Executive Patrick
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Nakapiripirit district councilors are demanding for the transfer of the Chief Administrative officer Abdullah Awuye whom they accuse of complicity in the diversion of iron sheets from the Prime Minister's Office that were meant for distribution in Karamoja. The councilors allege that almost five thousand iron sheets that were meant
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A round table discussion of participants unpacking the barriers to wide-scale adoption and use of solar technologies in Agriculture Innovation experts have urged players in the agriculture sector to adopt and accelerate the use of solar technologies across the value chain to address the reduce the sector dependence on fossil fuels
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The Court of Appeal has ordered Kampala businessman Drake Lubega(pictured) to pay up to the tune of Shs 300million to tenants for illegally closing their shop. In a unanimous ruling, the court said Lubega had failed to prove that the High Court Judge Elizabeth Jane Alividza had erred in law
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