Eighteen (18) dfcu Investment Clubs are set to spend three days in the Kenyan Capital Nairobi, on an all expense study excursion that will build their capacity in effective and efficient management of Clubs. The delegates, flagged off on Sunday 27th January, were part of the second edition of the
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One of the biggest challenges facing families today is child care for the working parents. As more mothers enter the work force and seek to develop their careers, the demand for childcare continues to grow. According to Manuela Mulondo, CEO and founder Cradle Childcare, her company’s vision is to work
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Uganda has emerged as one of the world’s cheapest places to travel in 2019. Therefore, if you want to save money in 2019 and still travel the world, you’re in luck. Every year, Forbes taps into experts and influencers to find out their picks for cheap travel in the upcoming year.
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dfcu Bank in partnership Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and the Daily Monitor have been running a program dubbed ‘Rising Woman’ that is aimed at recognizing, celebrating and promoting a culture of mentorship among women in business. During this year’s Rising Woman initiative, dfcu Bank and its partners held a business
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Proparco, the French Development Finance Institution, has extended financing of USD 15m (Shs55.9bn) alongside USD 15m (Shs55.9bn) from FMO (the Dutch Development Bank) to dfcu, a strongly performing commercial bank with robust growth potential in Uganda. The facility is primarily earmarked for financing of small and medium-size businesses in line
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Stanbic Bank has today awarded graduation certificates to 420 entrepreneurs from 119 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through its business incubator. This is the second cohort to graduate since the incubator was launched earlier this year. Cohort one saw 94 entrepreneurs from 34 businesses graduate; thereforemaking a 2018 total of
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While people will always need banking and other financial services, how they interact with and access these services has changed dramatically with the advent of technology. We spoke to William Sekabembe (in featured photo), Chief of Business and Executive Director at dfcu Bank who gave us key take aways from
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dfcu Bank has appointed two new members to join its Women in Business Advisory Council (WBAC) effective October 1st 2018. The new Council members are Grace Makoko a respected female banker in East Africa and Belinda Namutebi a leading communications expert in Uganda. As one of the few East African
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FORD Motor Company, in conjunction with its distributor, the Cooper Motor Corporation (CMC) Uganda Limited has spread its free driving skills to Gulu through its highly-acclaimed Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) programme. DSFL was first implemented in Uganda in 2016 in order to improve driving skills and curb accidents on
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South Sudan refugees in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Western Uganda are visualizing enterprises that will transform their lives, thanks to a series of life skills training by Enabel, the development agency of the Belgian government, URN reports. The training, conducted from May to August 2018 was followed by one month
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