A passenger at Namayiba bus terminal gets a share of Coke courtesy of Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda's Share a Coke campaign. Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) on Thursday treated operators and passengers to drinks with personalized bottles in the Share a Coke campaign. Travelers were heading as far as Kenya, Gulu,
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Ian Rumanyika, Head of External and Corporate Affairs at Uganda Baati At the just-concluded Africa Business and Investment Forum, held at the Inspire Africa Coffee Park in Ntungamo, Uganda Baati Limited showcased its commitment to fast tracking Uganda’s industrialization through the deployment of its transformative Building Systems solutions; SAFBUILD, SAFCOOL,
Read MorePhoto taken during today’s emergency exercise. The exercise is aimed at testing the airport and stakeholders’ capacity to deal with any emergency A full-scale emergency exercise to test for Entebbe International Airport’s readiness to respond to an emergency involving a passenger aircraft presumed to have ‘crashed adjacent to runway 12/30’
Read MoreEquity Bank Hosts 40 Foreign Investors To Boost Local Investment & Open Markets For Ugandan MSMES
The investors visited various local industries In a bid to promote local investments and expand markets for the small and medium enterprises, Equity Bank has organized a two-day trade mission bringing over 40 foreign investors from across Africa and beyond to explore trade and investment opportunities in Uganda. The investors
Read MoreQuality Chemical Industries Gets Shs133bn Loan From Stanbic Bank to Expand Production of Life-Saving Medicines
Stanbic bank's Mumba Kalifungwa and City businessman Emmanuel Katongole signing the Partnership agreement Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has secured a USD 36 million (UGX 133 billion) debt facility from Stanbic Bank Uganda to construct a second manufacturing facility. This new facility will not only increase production capacity for Qcil’s
Read MoreUganda Breweries Inks Deal With Ministry Of Foreign Affairs To Supply UBL Products To Uganda’s Missions Abroad
Uganda Breweries MD Andrew Kilonzo (right) with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Bagiire after the MOU signing at the Ministry's offices in Kampala Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), the leading manufacture of alcoholic beverages in Uganda has today signed a 5-year MoU with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to supply Ugandan Missions
Read MoreKwame Ejalu (left), Sponsor Trustee and Founder of Zamara Uganda, and George William Egaddu (right), Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Zamara Retirement Fund (ZRF). Zamara Uganda, the country’s oldest and largest retirement benefits administrator, has crossed a major milestone—surpassing UGX 1 trillion in assets under administration, covering more than
Read MoreEquity Bank Uganda has once again been designated as a Domestic Systemically Important Bank (DSIB) by the Bank of Uganda, marking the third consecutive year the bank has received this prestigious recognition. This designation underscores Equity Bank's significant role in Uganda's financial sector and its continued commitment to maintaining financial
Read MoreUganda's insurance sector has demonstrated significant growth in recent years, with gross written premiums increasing from UGX 1.44 trillion in 2022 to UGX 1.6 trillion in 2023 according the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA) performance report reflecting an 11.29% increase. Despite this progress, insurance penetration in Uganda remains relatively low. As
Read MoreAfrica’s Youth Tipped On Untapped Potential Of Indigenous Knowledge Systems To Drive Innovation & Development
Some of the participants at the maiden Annual International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Restorative Development in Africa In a powerful convergence that placed Indigenous knowledge at the heart of Africa’s development agenda, the African Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (AIKRN), in collaboration with Carleton University and the Mastercard Foundation,
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