dfcu Bank has appointed Veronica Sentongo (pictured) as the Bank’s Chief Change & Innovation Officer who will support the implementation of its growth and transformation strategy with specific focus on driving the digital agenda. Prior to joining dfcu Bank, she served as Group Head of Digital Innovation at ICEA LION in Nairobi, where she
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Surge in infections linked to upcountry travel during the festive season Rwanda has banned public and private transport between districts and the capital, Kigali, after the rate of coronavirus infections reached alarming levels, health officials have said. Domestic and international tourists can still travel across the country, but must carry
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Jack Ma has been replaced as a judge on Africa's Business Heroes One of China's richest men has gone missing from the talent show he created. Jack Ma, who is reportedly worth just shy of $50billion (£36billion), has been replaced as a judge in the final of Africa’s Business Heroes.
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Uganda consolidated its position as the biggest roaming market for Kenyan mobile operators in the three months to September, new data by the regulator shows, buoyed by travel restrictions between the two key trading partners. Statistics by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that voice calls from Uganda totalled
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Eng.Silver Mugisha, the NWSC Managing Director National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has promised to end the perennial water shortages in Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono by March 2021, blaming the water crisis on the COVID-19 pandemic that hampered the contractor from completing the Katosi Water Treatment Plant in Mukono on
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, has opened applications on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com) for the entrepreneurship program of 2021. Applications for TEF 2021 went live on January, 1, 2021. This year’s intervention prioritises the economic recovery of small and medium scale
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By Christopher Mulindwa There must be some people thinking about setting up commercial pig farming businesses in the new year 2021. Starting this week, we will go through a step by step process of setting up a commercial pig enterprise considering the three levels; 1. Smallholding, 2. Medium-holding and 3.Large-holding.
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CMA Boss, Keith Kalyegira It’s been a year dominated by Covid-19, and its effects. Although 2020 has been a year to forget, there have been some stellar moments for the capital markets. The number of Ugandans saving for retirement has significantly increased, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) industry report for
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Final year students resumed face to face learning in October Millions of children are returning to primary and secondary schools in Kenya amid guidelines meant to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Final year students had resumed in-person learning in October but took a short break over the festive season. The
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A worker walks by containers at the main port in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa. [File, Marko Djurica, Reuters] African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. But experts view the New Year’s
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