Officials from Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda and Acacia Foundation touring Acacia Foundation's plastic recycling plant Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda, an environment-conscious entity, has partnered with Acacia Foundation, to manage challenges associated with plastic waste management. The partnership with the Acacia Foundation will boost the recycling outfit’s operations through an agreement where CCBU will
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UBL has so far invested over UGX 20 billion in water and sanitation projects across Uganda benefitting over 2 million people. Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), has handed over 10 hand pump boreholes worth UGX 307m to communities in the North Eastern Uganda sub-region of Teso, that will serve 4,800 people
Read MoreWendi Mobile Wallet: PostBank Unveils Game-Changing App To Drive Financial Inclusion For all Ugandans
Officials from PostBank, BoU, Housing Finance Bank, Pride Microfinance and other partners in a group photo after the launch of the Wendi Mobile Wallet PostBank Uganda has launched its mobile wallet, Wendi, that promises to make financial inclusion a reality for all Ugandans. The groundbreaking mobile wallet service is set to
Read MoreFrank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture Government has proposed a fine of Shs5M or jail term of 5years for anyone found liable of dealing in adulterated or contaminated animal feeds. The proposal is contained in the Animal Feeds Bill 2023, that was tabled before Parliament by the Minister of Agriculture,
Read MoreMichael Atingi-Ego, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego, has urged Ugandans to save with regulated financial institutions, noting that they (regulated financial service providers) ensure the security of customer savings and help to preserve value by paying interest on the deposits. “Saving money without earning a
Read MoreInside Threeways Shipping Company’s Battles With StanChart & Its Journey To Business Recovery
Geoffrey B. Baitwa (Left) and Daniel Pettersson, both Co-Managing Directors at Threeways Shipping Services (Group) Ltd, during the interview Threeways Shipping Company, a flagship brand of Bro Group Limited, is successfully battling its way to business recovery after undergoing financial distress that threatened the survival of the logistics solutions giant. Bro Group
Read MoreThe Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has called upon the public to purchase fuel from gazetted areas to avoid consumption of adulterated fuel. According to the UNBS Acting Executive Director, Mr. Daniel Richard Makayi Nangalama, fuel sold in Jerrycans and bottles is adulterated. “We regulate fuel at gazetted dispensing
Read MoreMajor Milestone Reached In Uganda’s Oil Project As Chinese Supplier Meets Deadline For First 100km Of `Smart Crude Oil Pipeline
PAU Officials inspecting the EACOP Pipe casings at the PCK Pipe Mill workshop at Lianyungang, jiangsu Province. Panyu Chu Kong (PCK) Steel Pipe Co., Ltd, the company contracted to supply line pipes to the East Africa Crude Oil pipeline (EACOP) has said the first batch of 100 kilometres of pipes
Read MoreThe Increased cases of examination malpractice in Vocational and Technical institutes have been attributed to poor payment of teachers. This is according to a report by the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB). While disseminating the findings to principals and academic registrars of Institutes from South Western Ankole, at
Read MoreGov’t Lauds UBA For Supporting Uganda’s Education Sector As Students Win Prizes At Bank’s Essay Competition Initiative Finale
The 12 students that reached the finals in a group photo with UBA officials and Ismael Mulindwa (in suit-front row), the Director Basic and Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education and Sports has applauded United Bank for Africa Uganda (UBAU) for supporting the country’s education sector
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