Traders in Kikuubo listening to URA boss John R. Musinguzi during a recent meeting During October, Uganda’s private sector reported that improving customer demand fed through to increases in output and new orders, with employment and purchasing activity raised accordingly. However, higher building material and fuel costs added to inflationary
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Museveni and the Sharijah Delegation President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has okayed the construction of an airport in Kidepo Valley National Park in the Karamoja sub-region. According to a statement from the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni okayed the move while meeting a delegation from the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Carol Kakooza Kyazze (far left), the Co-founder of Axiom Zorn and other participants during the awarding ceremony Axiom Zorn, an AgriTech startup dealing in Information Synergy, Data Mastery, and Credit Scoring to transform Agriculture, Health, and Education for last mile users in Uganda has emerged victorious at the Alpha Pitch
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Professor Barnabas Nawangwe Tension is mounting at Makerere University as staff associations challenge the implementation of the Biometric Access System on campus, defying directives from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe. Staff, through their associations– Makerere University Academic Association-Muasa, Makerere University Administrative Staff Association-Muasa, and National Union of Education Institutions-Nuei, expressed
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I&M Bank CEO- Robin Bairstow (R) welcomed UBL MD-Andrew Kilonzo to the bank’s head offices at Kingdom Kampala. Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) Managing Director- Andrew Kilonzo, on Monday (November 6th) morning, paid a courtesy call on the new I&M Bank Uganda CEO- Robin Bairstow, at the bank’s head offices at
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Art Exhibition participants (holding bags and other items) in a group picture with Yumbe District officials and EU Representative The European Union on 7th November 2023 held an art exhibition in Yumbe District, the culmination of a campaign called the “EU Youth Art Competition in West Nile”. The campaign, launched during
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There is excitement at Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) following a decision by two delegates formerly opposed to the Nathan Nandala Mafabi-led board to bury their hatchets. They are Muhamad Nabuyobo from the Budwale primary society and Swalike Nambuye from the Bubyetse primary society, both in the Central Upper Zone. The
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Airtel Uganda MD Manoj Murali with some of his senior colleagues Airtel Uganda Ltd, the mobile telecommunications company, has closed its public offer of shares with a subscription rate of 54.45 percent. Trading of shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange starts Tuesday at 9.30 am after the bell is rung.
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The Technical Support Supervision program in the Kigezi sub-region is led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine (Centre) and Director General Health Services, Dr. Henry G. Mwebesa (Right). The Ministry of Health has embarked on a week-long Technical Support Supervision program in the Kigezi sub-region, led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine, and
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Adu Rando (R) The Managing Director, Nile Breweries (NBL), Emmanuel Njuki (2R), the Corporate and Legal Affairs Manager, together with staff from NBL inspect barley during the official opening of the state-of-the-art barley cleaning and drying facility in Cheminy, Kween District. Nile Breweries has launched a Shs4bn state-of-the-art barley cleaning
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