Coffee remains Uganda’s leading cash crop and a top foreign exchange earner Uganda’s coffee exports in October 2024, amounted to 496,820 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 139.05 million (Shs512.9bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for October 2024. This comprised of 457,853 bags of Robusta valued
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Posta Uganda offices/Courtesy photo Experts have cast doubts on the proposals to bailout Posta Uganda to a tune of Shs19.2Bn, saying this capital injection may not be able to address the looming financial ruin the Company is facing, unless if a private player is brought on board to manage the
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Huda Olero, the Minister of State for Defence (Veteran Affairs) The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) has highlighted remarkable achievements in its 2021-2026 NRM Manifesto implementation. These are in areas of strengthening Internal and Regional Security; Continued Professionalisation and Modernisation of Defence and Security Forces; Welfare of UPDF personnel; Developing
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Some of the seized phones With heightened intelligence operations at Entebbe International Airport, desperation and ingenuity merged as smugglers devised concealment methods creative enough to qualify as a script for an escape from Alcatraz. For the reader that doesn’t relate, the Alcatraz was an American prison that housed some of
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The Uganda Advertising Association (UAA), in partnership with Loeries and the Uganda Marketers Society, is set to host the much-anticipated annual Silverback Awards 2024 in celebration of creativity and innovation in the marketing and communication industry. The awards gala will take place on 23rd November at the prestigious Kampala Serena
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Popp (right) interacts with guests during the celebrations to mark USAID's 62 years in Uganda. The United States ambassador to Uganda, William Popp, has revealed that in 2025, the U.S. Mission in Uganda will launch an innovative prize to commercialize agricultural research in Uganda. Popp made this revelation on
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David Bahati, the Minister of State for Trade The Ministry of Trade says trade, Industry, and Cooperatives contribute an estimated 26.0% to the GDP. David Bahati, the Minister of State for Trade, made the revelation on Wednesday at the Office of the President Auditorium, while updating the public about the
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By Yusuf Masaba in Baku World leaders and more than 70,000 delegates from 170 countries descended on the Azerbaijan capital, Baku, for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) that kicked off on November 11, running till next week on Friday. With
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Exodus SACCO was recently recognized as 3rd best entity in Uganda under Cooperatives after a good year of financial reporting. Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCO) has become a symbol of financial hope and empowerment for its members, especially within Uganda’s police force. Since its registration in 2007
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Kiwanuka Kiryowa, Uganda’s Attorney General Government has again defended the requirement for all teachers in Uganda to have degrees, saying that those who fail to obtain these qualifications in 10 years will be dropped and replaced with teachers who would have obtained the requisite qualifications. The remarks were made by the Attorney
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