ACCA Uganda and Deloitte have launched the third edition of the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Awards 2019, themed “ethics and trust, the competitive advantage for business sustainability”. This follows the huge success registered in the last two awards which saw six winners in 2017 and eight winners in 2018. This
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Uganda said on Friday it had blocked online access to Rwanda’s main state-owned newspaper on national security grounds, two days after the countries signed a pact to end tensions that closed their busiest border crossing for six months. Uganda’s communications regulator asked all internet service providers to block access to
Read MoreMOSCOW, August 22. /TASS/. Russian experts have made a significant contribution to the fight against the Ebola fever epidemic in Guinea, Russia’s consumer watchdog said in a statement on Thursday. "Although the Ebola fever epidemic has been successfully eradicated, the watchdog’s lab modules remain operational and ready to diagnose the
Read MoreThe American Tower Corporation (ATC) plans to construct over 100 digital villages in major towns across the country. ATC, the American based company majoring in constructing and managing telecom masts, announced this development last week at the handover ceremony of the ICT Learning Centre to Gaddafi Mosque, Old Kampala. ATC
Read MoreThe statistics indicates that Ugandan farmers use 1 to 1.5 kg per hectare per year against the recommended amount of 200 kg per hectare per year. However, soil scientists and policy makers are now promoting increased adoption of improved agricultural technologies including inorganic and organic fertilizer application as a strategy
Read MoreBy AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said wildfires in the Amazon were an "international crisis" and called on this weekend's G7 to address the issue. "Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rainforest -- the lungs which produces 20 percent of our planet's oxygen -- is on fire.
Read MoreUganda’s Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has dismissed existence of mafia within the National Resistance Movement (NRM) regime, describing the allegations as mere talk. “…I have seen this in the media. However, I am not aware of the existence of any mafia group in the government of Uganda,” Rugunda said.
Read MoreThe State Minister for Information, Communications and Technology, Erios Idah Nantaba (in featured photo) has not left Uganda to seek political asylum in Canada, the Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda has clarified. This is after Rukungiri Municipality MP, Roland Mugume asked the Prime Minister to comment on reports that Nantaba had
Read MoreAsians’ Properties: MPs Grill Tycoon Nzeyi Over Controversial Acquisition Of Temangalo Land
City businessman Amos Nzeyi was on Thursday quizzed by MPs on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over the controversial acquisition and sale of 366 acres Temangalo land. It is reported that Nzeyi (Right in featured photo) bought and sold the land yet it had a
Read MoreUganda Revenue Authority (URA) has in recent years upped its efforts in the fight against smuggling. However, the vice remains a huge challenge to the tax body. The latest is that Ugandan salt traders at Busia border and Uganda at large are counting losses after smugglers recently allegedly successfully connived
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