Minister Bahati with microphone, with Danish Ambassador in blue at the ground breaking ceremony Uganda reached a significant milestone with the commencement of a groundbreaking ceremony for a cutting-edge airside solar-powered perishable cargo handling center at Entebbe. Valued at $10 million (Shillings 37.8 billion), this transformative project is spearheaded by
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF has halted the movement of animals from Amuru District, following an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). The information was revealed by the Minister of State for Northern Uganda, Grace Freedom Kwiyocwiny, just one week before the start of the first
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I&M Bank Uganda CEO, Robin Bairstow during the interview The new Chief Executive Officer of I&M Bank Uganda, Robin Bairstow, has grand plans to make the lender a giant in Uganda’s financial services sector. During an interface with the media at Serena Hotel in Kampala on Thursday, Bairstow described the future of Uganda's banking
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Benon Kajuna (L), the Director of Transport at Ministry of Works and Transport and Ali Mohammed Rajab, Executive Vice President of Air Transport and International Cooperation, who represented Saudi Arania, signing the BASA Uganda and Saudi Arabia have signed the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) that will facilitate scheduled international air services for airlines from both
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Housing Finance Bank staff with StartHub Africa colleagues at the demo day. In fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Building sustainable cities and communities), Housing Finance Bank joined StartHub Africa with support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH for the Open Innovation Program demo day where six startups -
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Kirunda Magoola, the CCBU Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Director (right) and Jean-Michel Pons, the Hima Cement Country CEO (left) chat after the MOU signing Plastic waste will be put to good use as an alternative fuel in cement production thanks to a new partnership between Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU)
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The European Union is the biggest market for Uganda’s coffee. The EU wants all farmers registered for traceability purposes Uganda and other African exporting countries should abide by the European Union demands because it is the biggest market for the coffee from the continent. In addition to various sanitary requirements,
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Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi The Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi has revealed plans by Government to impose a time frame of six months within which money lenders are meant to impose interest rates because capping interest rates isn’t good economics. “We know
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Following the success of the global award in 2022 won by Ugandan startup Emata, this year saw Ugandan startups claim two of the top awards at the Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa Summit recently held in Addis Ababa. The GSA Africa in collaboration with the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG), the Ethiopian Ministry of
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URA Commissioner General, John Musinguzi Rujoki The Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), John Musinguzi Rujoki, has said excellent service delivery leads to customer satisfaction. Speaking on day two of customer feedback during the ongoing customer appreciation on Thursday, Musinguzi said that his finding is that excellent service and customer
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