Cuba minister in a group photo with Museveni President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda and Cuba would benefit a great deal if they exchanged each other’s goods and services. Museveni made the remarks while meeting with a Cuban delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez. In
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Prof. Wasswa Balunywa - Principal of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Many government regulations are hindering the growth of small businesses, according to Prof. Wasswa Balunywa - the Principal of Makerere University Business School (MUBS). While speaking to SME owners at Onomo Hotel during a forum commemorating World Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises
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Panelists at the 6th Annual NSSF Suppliers Forum The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has put in place initiatives to support local firms’ capacity, growth and competitiveness for better business opportunities. The initiatives that are already in practice include, the NSSF Suppliers Forum, access to finance through advance payments for
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Under the beating Tanzanian sun, Lossim Lazzaro nervously looks over his farm. He slowly pours livestock manure on his crops, in a last-ditch attempt to help them grow. Mr Lazzaro owns five acres of land and was once a successful tomato farmer in the northern Arusha region. But now, like
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Pursuant to the National Payments Systems Regulation, 2021, Pesapal Uganda has received a Payment System Operator license from the Bank of Uganda. Pesapal has been at the forefront of the Digital Payments revolution in Africa for over a decade. By leveraging technology to make financial services affordable, convenient, and secure,
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Professor Denis Byarugaba (R) speaking at the event “Prevention of the next pandemic, whether a recurrence of Covid-19 or a new outbreak, will require significant investment from the Finance and Banking sector in order to minimize the negative economic and human effects,” remarked Professor Denis Byarugaba, Makerere University Professor of
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An empty class at Kyankowe Primary School in Mityana Several Schools in Mpigi and Mityana districts remained closed on Monday despite the government’s directive to the striking teachers to return to class or lose their jobs. When our reporters visited some schools in Mpigi Town Council and Mityana
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Climate-friendly practices can increase yields while improving ecosystem of farms, scientists say Farmers could continue to produce high crop yields with far less use of artificial fertilisers if they adopted environmentally sustainable practices, an academic study has shown for the first time. Techniques such as adding manure and compost to
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SACCO Savers are set to get relief from the rampant losses due to group dissolutions or liquidation as well as closures for any reason, as the government is set to implement a fund to secure their savings with different SACCOs in the country. The SACCO Savings Protection Fund is aimed
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Kyle Lubega, a co-owner of Lubega & Buzibira Company Advocates, the law firm that fraudulently received on behalf of Natalia Namuli the UGX 2.039 billion from ULC in compensation. The ongoing parliamentary probe into the contentious Shillings 10.6 billion compensation to six claimants by the Uganda Land Commission–ULC continues to
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