By Christopher Burke, Managing Director, WMC Africa Invented less than a century ago, plastic is today ubiquitous in all walks of life around the world. Plastic is inexpensive, durable and convenient. According to a 2018 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, East Africa consumed approximately 300,000 tons of plastic annually.
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Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of UNBS The majority of tracks carrying grain from Uganda to South Sudan have passed aflatoxin tests, according to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Out of the 23 tracks and 27 contested consignments tested so far, 18 tracks and 22 consignments have successfully
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Robert Muhiire, Principal Officer - Bancassurance - dfcu Bank According to the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), the insurance sector has been steadily growing at annual average rate of about 15%. In 2022 the sector grew by 20%, a sign that there is an increase in insurance uptake. However, this growth
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Winners of the Mpa e-Receipt Yange Campaign in Gulu City The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has embarked on a campaign to create awareness of the use of electronic receipts dubbed the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) in the Acholi and Lango sub-regions. The EFRIS is an initiative under
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The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi has issued fresh directives ordering all accounting officers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to implement the presidential directive of ring fencing advertisements for only state-owned media Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) and Vision Group, and threatened to sanction anybody who refuses to abide by
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Wants Agriculture compulsory subject: PM Robinah Nabbanja The Prime Minister of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja, has said agriculture and other science subjects should be made compulsory subjects in Ordinary Secondary School level in a bid to transform the mindsets of young people. While closing the 2023 national education show at the
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Uganda turned down an offer by the Islamic Republic of Iran to build a mini refinery that should have refined oil from the Albertine region. It is emerging that the geopolitics around oil and gas played against the Iranian offer as the government of Uganda chose “the balancing action” which
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Farmers under cooperatives in Uganda have secured a marketing system that eliminates the middleman, signaling a return to the pre-economic privatization era. This time around, the marketing value chain is boosted by the availability of digital information platforms, which will give instant processing of information on a farmer’s delivery of
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A new report by UNAIDS shows that there is a clear path that ends AIDS by 2030. That path according to UNAIDS Executives Director, Winnie Byanyima will also help prepare for and tackle future pandemics and advance progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. “The end of AIDS is an
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The accountant fraternity have asked the government to involve the professionals in the implementation of the Parish Development Model especially regarding the credit finance aspect. The microfinance aspect has dominated the debate around PDM with the majority of Uganda taking the whole initiative to be about financing by government of
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