The U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled its white paper, “Enabling Ecosystems: Fostering Environments that support agriculture development for smallholder farmers in Africa. It offers actionable recommendations that can transform the lives of Africa’s smallholder farmers and explores how the private sector can be better utilized to increase the continent’s crop
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Arua Central Market. The city is one of the districts in West Nile to benefit from the solar power project. The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has committed USD19 million to a new 20MW solar PV project designed to provide clean, affordable energy
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Some of the Soldiers of UPDF who have been charged before the Court Martial in Makindye with treachery . The Uganda People's Defense Forces-UPDF General Court Martial sitting in Makindye, has remanded 31 suspects, including eight soldiers, to Luzira and Military Police Barracks on charges related to an alleged plot
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Police officers at Stanbic Bank Kabale branch (Photo Credit Samuel Amanya) Business came to a halt at the Stanbic Bank Kabale branch on Monday as the police cordoned off the premises to investigate an attempted robbery over the weekend. A detective from Kabale police station, speaking anonymously, revealed that unidentified
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Winners of the night pose for a group photo with the UWEAL Board In a powerful back-to-back showcase of commitment to women's economic empowerment, the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) held its 10th Annual Women-in-Business Leaders' Conference on November 29th, 2023, followed by the dazzling Annual Business Achievers' Awards
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Business activity has picked up as the year comes to an end/Courtesy photo of Kikuubo Business Centre in Kampala The monthly headline Stanbic Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose from 52.4 recorded in October to 53.4 during November, reflecting a continuing trend of sustained growth in private-sector activity, with both output
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Some of the winners of the 2023 Top 100 SMEs survey at a gala dinner in a group photo with officials from dfcu bank and partners dfcu Bank, in collaboration with Monitor Publications, Uganda Investment Authority, Uganda Securities Exchange, the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities and other partner organizations, unveiled
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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has attended the climate conference in Dubai Several African governments are defending their decision to send large delegations to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai amid widespread criticism of financial extravagance. The UN's attendance list revealed that Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Uganda were among
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Makata replaces Abraham Ongenge who moved to Stanbic Bank Kenya Ronald Makata has been named new Chief Finance and Value Management Officer for Stanbic Bank Uganda replacing Abraham Ongenge who has since moved to Stanbic Bank Kenya as Executive Head for Personal and Private Banking. Makata joined Stanbic Bank in
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Officials from BoU and the Ministry of Finance during the launch of the second National Financial Inclusion Strategy The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego, has said while Uganda has made big progress in achieving financial inclusion, many Ugandans still lack access to essential financial tools. “Much has been
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