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Intra-regional trade in the countries in Eastern Africa is still below 10% despite initiatives like East African Community. This is according to a report by the African Development Bank. The Bank in the report said that even the African Continental Free Trade Area has not yielded much in terms of

Members of Parliament have opposed the Government’s proposed increment of the minimum paid-up cash capital requirements of micro-finance deposit-taking institutions from 500,000,000 million to 10 billion Shillings. It follows a debate on a report of the Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development that recommended the adoption of the increment

The Minister of State for Transport, Fred Byabakama, has said 95% of the boda-boda riders in Kampala are mad. He explains that the riders’ madness is the reason why many of them, and their passengers are dying in road crashes. Byabakama, who was the chief guest at the launch of

L-R: Racheal Dumba, CEO OF Steadman Global consulting, Mathias Katamba, Board Member UAP Mutual Uganda,Stella Alibateese, National personal Data Protection Director -NITA Uganda, Peter Mukuru, Project Management Consultant , African Development Bank and Sam Ntulume, Ag. Managing Director, I&M Bank talks about Boards and Regulation of Technology at the Annual

Eghosa Nehikare, Co-Founder and CEO of Multigate Multigate, a licensed Financial Services platform that provides access to a safe and secure treasury and liquidity management system, becomes the first pan-African financial services technology company to be certified by SWIFT as a Lite 2 Business Application Provider (L2BA). In addition, the

Trainees in a group photo with their certificates Securing a good job in Uganda has become increasingly challenging for fresh graduates due to the high number of job seekers compared to available positions. Currently, Uganda has a youth unemployment rate of 6.58 percent, indicating the share of the workforce aged