To beat off competition from the mushrooming pay TV players, Multichoice Uganda on Tuesday March7, 2017 introduced two brand incentive programmes to appreciate their loyal customers. ‘DStv THANKS’ and ‘GOtv WOW’ will offer exciting rewards and recognition to subscribers for their commitment and loyalty to the brands. Exciting rewards include
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A whooping Shs1.3trn is said to be missing from Uganda’s Petroleum Fund, Business Focus exclusively reports. We have established that top bosses from the country’s Finance Ministry have been tasked to explain the whereabouts of money from oil revenues that are meant to be in the Petroleum Fund. Uganda’s Finance
Read MoreThe Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has said competition in Uganda’s banking sector is so stiff so much that banks can’ make excessive profits unlike before. Mutebile made the remarks during the closing of the launch of the Eighth Edition of the World Bank’s Uganda Economic Update: “Step
Read MoreUganda’s Ministry of Health is in massive recruitment, Business Focus reveals. About 150 vacancies are available at various regional and district hospitals, Mulago National Referral Hospital and Ministry of Works and Transport - East African Civil Aviation Academy (EACAA) - Soroti. The jobs available include records officers, enrolled nurses, specialists
Read MoreUganda’s pension sector is set to become more competitive with the launch of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) - Uganda Provident Fund Scheme – TEGEKA which targets to mobilize savings and investment capital from over 65,000 registered members. The Fund, which provides a new vehicle of saving for traders and
Read MoreTo match up with tends and competition, the Cooper Motors Corporation (CMC) Uganda Limited has opened new service centres across the country to ease access to services by its customers. The service centres are located at Comboni Vocational Institute in Gulu and Friends Motor Garage Mbale. In Mbarara, the
Read MoreMTN Uganda has launched Women in Business Awards 2017. The awards are meant to honour women especially those engaged in small to medium business. This comes at a time when the world gears to celebrate International Women’s Day scheduled for March8, 2017. According to MTN, these awards celebrate the achievements
Read MoreBritish global insurer AON has quit 10 African markets including Uganda, citing weak economy that can’t permit its growth. According to a February 20, 2017 statement, Capitalworks, a leading Africa focused and based private equity firm specialising in investing on the continent, is to acquire AON’s shareholding in 10 countries
Read MoreAs Ugandans struggle to take in the controversial Shs6bn handshake, the Ministry of Energy seems to have been rocked with another scandal. Business Focus has established that documents showing proof of payment of oil revenues by oil companies have disappeared with no trace from the East African country’s Ministry of
Read MoreUnemployment and underemployment are undoubtedly a global problem, and it is expected to worsen given the increasing use of technology that reduces the need for human labour. In Uganda, unemployment has been described as a ‘time bomb’ given the fact that youth unemployment is estimated at over 60%. Away from
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