Mastercard today released a white paper revealing that giving people the ability to pay only for what they use, as they need it, can lift millions of people across Africa out of poverty and make prosperity possible. The paper, titled Pay on Demand: The Digital Path to Financial Inclusion, explores
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The defunct Ankole Kingdom Palace is set for a major facelift after Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities revealed that it is seeking for Shs3bn to carry out repairs on it with the aim of attracting tourists. In January 2020, Godfrey Kiwanda, State Minister for Tourism revealed the government plan
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Peace Mutuzo, the State Minister for Gender, Labour and Social development has said women have utilized well the available funds under Uganda Women Entrepreneurship program (UWEP), noting that the funds are not enough to meet the increasing demand. The Minister made the remarks yesterday in an interview with Business Focus
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China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world's leading brands, an Australian think tank said Monday. Top global brands such as Apple, BMW and Sony have been accused of getting supplies from factories using the forced
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African governments need to be tougher when negotiating the terms of Eurobonds and commercial loans, the African Development Bank said. Some external debts mature before the infrastructure projects they fund start generating returns, which raises refinancing risks, the president of the development-finance lender warned. Neither should African borrowers be “price
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Goat farming can be as profitable as cattle keeping or a piggery project if farmers took time to understand the business. In order to be a successful goat farmer, there are basics you must consider or know before you start a goat farm. These include but not limited to the
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Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has appealed to women equipped with various vocational skills to form complimentary business partnerships. Kadaga said that women with different skills in hairdressing, decorating, catering and tailoring can come together to form businesses that offer events services so that they can grow faster and bigger.
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Silver Bullet, an agency that brings together multi sectoral partners who support the expansion of engineering capacity, together with Unicaf, has today announced that it will reward fifteen Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation (STEI) university students with free access to online professional development courses this year, under its Student Development
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Uganda's army has dismissed reports that the commander of Land Forces, General Peter Elwelu is mentally sick. A news website had reported that Elwelu is bedridden at his residence with a mental disorder, however, the army spokesperson, Brig Richard Karemire rubbished the reports. "We wish to dismiss the rumour circulated
Read MoreToshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (hereinafter "Toshiba ESS") announced that the company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Turkish engineering company Egesim Energy Electro-Mechanic Construction Contracting Co., Ltd. have received an order of engineering, procurement and construction for Aluto Langano Geothermal Wellhead Power System in central Ethiopia, which is developed by
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