Workshop participants pose for a group photo after the opening ceremony at Speke Hotel in Kampala. Front row third from left – right): Antonio Querido- FAO Representative in Uganda and Ye Anping- Director, Division for South-South and Triangular Coopération, FAO Rome. Entrepreneurship plays a pivotal role in innovation, new agribusiness and generation
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The current conferencing and sound system that Parliament is set to replace/Business Focus photo The Parliamentary Commission is set to spend Shs1.178Bn on the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of conference system for Committee Rooms. The details are contained in a bid notice at Parliament that identified Mantra Technologies as
Read MoreLeft to right: BAT Uganda Managing Director, Mathu Kiunjuri, BAT Uganda Non-Executive Director, Philemon Kipkemoi and BAT Uganda Company Secretary, Nicholas Ecimu during BAT Uganda's AGM on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Shareholders of BAT Uganda have ratified Ushs 10.2 billion (Ushs 209 per share) as a first and final dividend for
Read MoreAgriculture Minister Tumwebaze Commissions, Hands Over Agricultural Equipment Worth Shs 49 Billion In Rwenzori Region
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Frank Tumwebaze has spent 3 days in Tooro sub region monitoring the progress of implementation of Government projects during which he commissioned and handed over agricultural equipment to farmers under the Agro-industrialization for Local Economic Development (AGRILED) program. AGRILED is a Ugx
Read MoreOfficials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, and Uganda Bureau of Statistics-UBOS have agreed to refund more than 9.9 Billion Shillings which they illegally acquired through false accountability. In October 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture disbursed 9 Billion Shillings to Bukalasa Agricultural College Wobulenzi, Luwero District, and
Read MoreUganda’s banking sector gets a trading platform that is aimed at easing and boosting trading between commercial banks and covering the risks of the transactions. The platform named TradeClear is an interbank trading initiative managed by Dutch based financial markets development company Frontclear. It is regulated by Bank of Uganda
Read MoreNine students to represent Uganda and battle against 150 teams representing over 40 countries of the world. The Huawei global ICT Competition final will be happening this weekend. Huawei ICT Competition is a competitive ICT talent exchange program developed globally for university, college and TVET students. This aims to promote
Read MorePaul Bukenya, the Electoral Commission Spokesperson Today marks the final day for registration of women in preparation for the conduct of Women Councils and Committees Elections, 2022. The registration exercise commenced on Friday 10th June 2022 and was scheduled to close on Monday 13th June 2022, but was extended
Read MoreScientists attending a symposium at the Makerere University School of Medicine have protested the move by government to put up a wall fence separating the medical school from Mulago Specialized National Referral Hospital. The scientists made it clear that this not only defeats the purpose of being a teaching
Read MorePupil at Kasimeri primary school during classes Secondary and primary schools in different parts of the country are luring teachers to classes with the promise of increasing the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) allowances. At many of the secondary schools we visited, learning was taking place despite calls by the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) to all
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