BusinessFocus Reporter

Participants pose for a photo after their graduation ceremony in Kampala on Friday. Uganda Development Bank, the country's national Development Finance Institution and the recipient of the Best Bank in East Africa 2024 Award, has marked a significant milestone on Friday, August 9, 2024, with the graduation of 60 participants

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) and Entebbe International Airport retained the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems (QMS) Certification following compliance with stringent requirements of the standard by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The Certification body approved and re-certified UCAA, Entebbe Airport and 11 aerodromes to the ISO 9001:2015 standard

An audit report on the operations of Mbarara Central Market Vendors Savings Cooperative Society has found that part of the money donated by President Museveni can not be traced. The SACCO received sixty million shillings from the president as a donation for startup capital. According to an external audit report,

British High Commissioner to Uganda, Kate Airey. The British Chamber of Commerce Uganda (BCCU) has officially been launched in Uganda in a cocktail experience curated by Tanqueray Gin at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Nakasero last evening. The invite-only launch kicked off with an interactive quiz and a raffle,

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries has dismissed social media reports that there was a strange disease affecting poultry in Masaka district. On Thursday last week, a widely shared audio recording made the rounds on social media claiming a discovered dump of carcasses of dead birds in Masaka

Milk prices in the Eastern Region of Uganda have dropped. The reason for this drop has not been explained. The June 2024 data obtained from the Dairy Development Authority (DDA) indicates that farm gate prices dropped by Shs 224 from Shs 1, 231. At the retail points, prices dropped by

The Bank of Uganda has reduced is base interest rate for the first time since April this year, from 10.25 to 10 percent as inflation seems tamed. BoU's policy targets an inflation rate of not more than 5 percent in the medium term, and in the twelve months to July

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeje Odong, has promised to investigate reports that some 100 Ugandan students were hoodwinked into paying for scholarships in Iran, only to get stranded after finding out that the said courses were nonexistent, prompting some of the students to resort into prostitution. This followed a

Foreign Affairs Minister, Gen. Jeje Odongo The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeje Odongo, has revealed that the government has instituted investigations into reports that officials at the Ugandan Consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are operating a casino and gambling facility, contrary to the established diplomatic norms. He made the

LoP Joel Ssenyonyi The shadow cabinet has announced a boycott of the upcoming regional parliamentary sittings, citing unnecessary expenditure. The first regional sitting is scheduled for August 29 and 30 at Kaunda Playgrounds in Gulu City's Bardege-Layibi Division, with additional sittings planned for Mbarara, Masaka, and Mbale. These sittings will