By Hardeep Sound, Regional Sales Director: East Africa at SAP As East Africa opens its economy following two years of pandemic-related disruption, the region needs to prioritise digitisation and innovation. This can help countries across the region boost their recovery and establish stronger foundations for continued growth and advancement
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Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the Chairperson, Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission is undertaking preparatory activities for the conduct of Women Councils and Committees elections (from the village to the national level) 2022, and Administrative Units (LC 1 and LC 2) Elections, 2023. The current Women Councils and Committees
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Moses Magogo Deputy Speaker Anita Among was forced to defer the tabling of the National Sports Bill for First Reading after Government protested against the rushed processing of the bill, calling for the need to conduct consultations because the proposed legislation has several connotations of financial implications which require co-sponsorship
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Twenty-four instructors from Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba-UPIK based in Kiryandongo district have left Uganda for France for a month-long robust training on oil and gas. The training fully bankrolled by the World Bank under the Albertine Regional Sustainable Development Project-ARSDP is expected to take place at the French Institute of
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Young women showcasing their small businesses at a special women’s business market exhibition Over 100 young women showcased their small businesses at a special women’s business market exhibition aimed at empowering them. The exhibition, dubbed “Women’s Day Katale”, was hosted by the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), Uganda’s apex body
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The Ellevate by Ecobank event was attended by a variety of women business entrepreneurs and leaders that among others included (left-right) Charlyn Kentaro, founder of Kentaro Handmade Organics; Jennifer Mpyisi, the Ugandan Ambassador of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) and Founder of Kuzu-Kiza; Mona Mutoni, Founder of Mona
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The East African Business Council (EABC) is pushing for a review of the EAC protocols to transform the EAC Secretariat from a coordinating body to an enforcement agency, to make the entity more relevant. This is because many resolutions are made at different levels of the community up to the
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President Yoweri Museveni has called on Turkish investors to get more involved in Uganda’s nascent mineral sector for it to realise its full potential. Museveni made the remarks today while meeting Turkish investors led by the Turkish Ambassador to Uganda Fikret Kerem Alp at State House Entebbe. “We are very
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Eight Makerere university students are on suspesnion for allegedly destroying property during a scuffle between residents of Mitchel and University Hall. They are Collin Musiime Chemonges, David Mutesasira, Muhammadi Luzzi, Zekelea Sengendo, Joel Mujulizzi, Luzige Kizito, Yunusa Lubega and Raymond Ocheng. They are accused of engaging in acts of hooliganism,
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The Ministry of Health says 7.9 million people have been fully vaccinated since last year. The country launched it's vaccination exercise on March 10th, 2021, exactly one year ago. The exercise initially targeted frontline workers such as medical officers, hospital staff, teachers, aviation workers and security officers. But as the
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