Journalist Agather Atuhaire receives the 2023 EU Human Rights Defenders Award from Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda H.E Karin Boven/ EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION TO UGANDA Journalist Agather Atuhaire has been named the winner of the EU Human Rights Defenders' Award 2023. The award, which was presented during a ceremony on 4th May
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L-R: dfcu Bank’s Head Marketing - Jude Kansiime, Peter Mungoma - CEO of Capital FM Uganda, Somdev Sen - MTN Uganda’s Chief Marketing Officer and Emmy Hashakimana - Marketing & Innovation Director at Uganda Breweries Limited during the unveiling of the sponsors of the ‘Boyz ll Men Live in Kampala’
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The branch launch was graced by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem (Centre). Goldmine Finance Limited, a fast-growing financial institution is thrilled to announce the opening of its newest branch in Ntinda, Kampala. The announcement of the new branch that is located at Aponye mall was made during the grand opening
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Housing Financial Bank officials and their guests in a group photo after the launch of Hoima City branch The Bank of Uganda (BoU), the regulator of the banking sector, has applauded Housing Finance Bank (HFB) for officially opening its 18th branch in Hoima ‘Oil’ City, saying the move is strategic.
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Traders in Kikuubo trading centre The start of the second quarter of 2023 saw a rise in employment as Uganda’s private sector recorded increased output and new orders with the headline Stanbic Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rising to 55.4 in April, up from 53.2 in March. For the sixth successive
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A photomontage of bank Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors Uganda’s banking sector registered emphatic performance in 2022 reflecting a strong post-Covid-19 economic recovery. Despite the prolonged uncertainty of the global and local economy due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the associated impact on the global economy as well as
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The old Uganda railway line The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has tabled before Parliament a proposal to borrow over Shs1Trn for the rehabilitation of the Kampala-Malaba railway line. The proposal was laid before Parliament by Amos Lugoloobi, State Minister for Planning with documents before Parliament indicating that
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Makerere University government-sponsored students are calling on the management to release their living-out allowances. The students, through the newly appointed Guild Minister Sharifa Kiranda, have written a letter to the University Secretary asking for immediate action to be taken. “The semester is coming to a close, and students are going
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Uganda has severally been named among the top three enterprising societies in the world but is also a country where most locally-owned enterprises hardly last beyond their first birthday. Almost a third of adult Ugandans either own or co-own a business according to the most recent report on the country by
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The impounded textile By Immaculate Wanyenze More than 12, 747 square meters of textile where fond tucked in the boot of the spare wheel in a fuso truck number; UBE 914H. The irony with this particular truck is that they had proper customs documentation for the garments yet had concealed
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