Year: 2024

Coffee stakeholders in Bugisu attending the meeting Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has embarked on sensitizing coffee farmers across the Bugisu region about the proposed registration of coffee farmers nationwide. The team from UCDA spent three days, from Wednesday to Saturday last week, moving to farmers and coffee buyers to

A section of computers that were donated to the school. I&M Bank Uganda has donated 16 full sets of computers to Masheruka Girls’ Secondary School, in a bid to boost students' access to technology and ease learning. The official handover took place on Friday, September 20th, at the school, located

The chairperson of the Caucus, Muwanga Kivumbi, Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus have proposed the establishment of a public holiday for coffee farmers, coinciding with an upcoming House debate on the government’s proposal to merge the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) with the Ministry of Agriculture,

From L-R_ Patricia Ninsiima (Long Coat), Stella Nakirijja (in purple), Olivia Nakiwanuka (in jean trousers), Angel Uwera (in (black and white dress) and Assumpta Nakalema (C) in black In a groundbreaking shift, Ugandan female youth innovators have outshone their male counterparts by clinching top prizes in the 2024 Agriculture, Youth,

Forty percent of female commercial sex workers in Arua district and Arua City are married, a survey done by Makerere University School of Public Health has revealed. The survey, which involved 640 commercial sex workers in the two administrative units, found that 31 percent of the women engaged in commercial

The Ivory Tower is ready to be occupied Makerere University’s iconic Main Building, known as the Ivory Tower, is set to reopen next month, nearly four years after extensive reconstruction efforts began following a fire that gutted the building in 2020. According to Ritah Namisango, the University’s Principal Communications Officer,

Muhereza Kyamutetera, Chief Executive Officer, Yewagnesh Biriggwa (Yogi), the President and Peter Mwanja, the General Secretary, sign contracts. The Uganda Tourism Association (UTA), the umbrella organisation that brings together all tourism trade associations in Uganda, is pleased to announce the appointment of Muhereza Kyamutetera as its Chief Executive Officer, effective

The new council members addressing the UMEAS 2023 attendees at Kampala Serena On Tuesday 17th September 2024, Evolve Africa, a renowned marketing outfit unveiled the inaugural Evolve Marketing Council. Evolve Africa is the organization behind properties like the annual Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards (UMEAS), Marketer Magazine, Women in Marketing Honors,

Participants in a group photo after the business workshop Coffee and cocoa exporters have been urged to put in place risk management strategies to protect their business from volatile currency, and commodity prices, and ensure business stability, to achieve sustainable growth and expansion. This was during the Absa Bank Business Banking