BusinessFocus Reporter

Uganda’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia has officially launched the 9th edition of its annual tech-sale which runs from March 21st to April 3rd themed “Upgrade your tech today”. This year's Jumia tech-sale will offer shoppers across Uganda up to 50% on more than 100,000 deals ranging from phones, TVs, computers,

The Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Burundi will hold the 3rd Session of the Joint Permanent Commission Meeting scheduled to take place from 22nd - 24th March 2022 in Bujumbura. The main objective of this Meeting is to further bolster the excellent cordial bilateral relations between both countries

The Civil Division of High Court in Kampala has ordered the Immigration office to give people of Somali Origin citizenship as long as they fulfill requirements of the law. The Judgment issued through email by Justice Musa Ssekaana arises from a case filed in 2019 by seven members of the

The Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UBTS) has called for enactment of a law to stop staff from public and private health facilities from selling blood to the public because it hinders blood collection. Samuel Davis Wante, a Clinical Team Leader at Nakasero Blood Bank explained that while the country needs

The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority- UCAA says passenger numbers at Entebbe International Airport are increasing steadily due to the easing of global travel restrictions. According to Fred Bamwesigye, the Director General of UCAA, 110,547 passengers were recorded in January 2022. Of these, 62,677 were departures and 47,870 were arrivals, translating

More than half of the patients who visit Ugandan hospitals have to wait for more than an hour before they can see a health worker only to be told there's no medicine or equipment to assist in their diagnosis, according to a survey carried out by the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Education and Sports has hired a consultant to carry out a study on whether parents whose children attend government-funded schools should pay school fees or not. This move is geared towards addressing the ever-increasing school fees that parents are made to pay. According to the Minister for

Minister JC Muyingo commissioning the school on Wednesday this week A row has emerged between Luwero district and Uganda Muslim Supreme Council over the renaming of the newly commissioned school in Katikamu sub county. On Wednesday this week, the State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo commissioned a 2.3

The government is looking for people who spread false information that the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah is dead. Oulanyah was on 5th February flown to a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America to receive specialized treatment after spending several days in Mulago Nattional Referral Hospital. The