There’s need for improved water security in Africa/ Courtesy photo By Tshidi Ramogase Africa’s vulnerability to climate change was once again demonstrated in late 2023, when torrential rains swept across much of East Africa, bringing devastating floods just six months after a record-breaking five-season drought in the region. Vast areas
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Martin Tiffen, the Managing Director, EACOP Company leads a tour of the coating plant facility Uganda and Tanzania have registered yet another key milestone following the commissioning of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Coating plant, nestled at Sojo , Nzege – Tabora Region in Tanzania. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister
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The government programs continue to be impacted by financial pressures this year, amidst dwindling low-cost financial sources and plans to reduce commercial borrowing. This is a spillover from the large (5.5 percent of GDP) fiscal deficit in 2022/2023 was larger than planned, due to a supplementary budget approved late in
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Col. Freddy Joseph Onata, the Chief Executive Officer of the UPDF's Savings and Credit Cooperative -Wazalendo, has expressed confidence to achieve their target of being a One trillion asset institution by next year. He said said the SACCO boasts a membership of over 100,000, share capital of 240bn, savings of
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Prof Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has extended appreciation to author and historian, Professor Samwiri Lwanga-Lunyiigo, for his book that redefines the legacy of Kabaka Mwanga II. In a letter addressed to Lunyiigo on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Kabaka Mutebi commended him for employing exemplary
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The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released sample papers for the Uganda Certificate of Education -UCE end-of-cycle competency-based Assessment under the new lower secondary school curriculum. Students and teachers have eagerly awaited details about the examination structure, including the number of papers per subject and section. Now, Jennifer Kalule
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L-R: Ronald Makata, Stanbic Bank Chief Finance Officer, Anne Juuko The Stanbic Bank Chief Executive and Francis Karuhanga, the Stanbic Holdings Uganda Limited Chief Executive pose for a photo during Financial results Stanbic Uganda, a franchise of the Standard Bank Group—Africa’s largest commercial lender by assets, has announced a profit
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Godfrey Sebaana is a seasoned Banker with over 20 years of multi-discipline banking experience that spans global and local corporates, SMEs and retail banking. The Board of Directors of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited (DTBU) has named Godfrey Sebaana, a seasoned banker with over twenty years of experience, as its
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Police in Luwero District are currently searching for a man suspected of fatally torturing his 15-year-old employee, accusing him of stealing 150,000 Shillings. The incident took place on Saturday at approximately 2 p.m. in Kiyenje village, Luwero town council. The victim, identified as Patrick Kibirige, hailed from Kito-Nakikoota in Luwero
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Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc) has started selling petroleum products to oil marketing firms in Tanzania and Uganda as it tests the market ahead of rolling out a direct import deal with Vitol Bahrain. Officials of oil companies who spoke to this publication say that Unoc has offered products to
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