Officials from Petroleum Authority of Uganda and joint venture partners show key areas of the Tilenga project The Tilenga Oil Project managed by TotalEnergies EP Uganda is taking shape as Uganda draws nearer to the first oil expected by 2025. Tilenga, the name of the project, was coined
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Uganda earns billions of Shillings from coffee exports Uganda coffee exports Coffee exports in April 2022 amounted to 407,762 60-kilo bags worth US$ 70.85 million (256.75bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its April 2022 report. According to the report, this comprised 277,244 bags of Robusta valued at US $37.24
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A photo montage of some bank CEOs Commercial banks extended loans worth Shs17.17 trillion in 2021, up from Shs16.19 trillion in 2020, Business Focus exclusively reports. It’s worth noting that commercial banks are required by law to publish their financial statements/results for the previous year (which ends every 31st December) in
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BAT Uganda new Managing Director, Mathu Kiunjuri Kirunda Magoola has resigned from his position as Managing Director and executive Board member of British American Tobacco Uganda Limited (BAT Uganda), effective 11 May 2022. Magoola was appointed to the Board as Managing Director on 1 August 2020. Prior to this appointment,
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Uganda Airlines Engineers inside one of the stores The aviation industry is one of the most regulated industries across the world. It is also an industry understood by a few people. This perhaps explains why many Ugandans including MPs questioned Uganda Airlines’ move to buy a new spare
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A photo montage of CEOs heading the top 10 banks with largest assets Total industry assets for banks operating in Uganda increased to Shs41.39 trillion in 2021, up from Shs38.8 trillion recorded in 2020, Business Focus exclusively reports. Every year, this website carries out an in-depth analysis into the performance of
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Ronald Muyanja, the Head of Trading at Stanbic Bank Uganda The Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 53.9 in April from 51.9 in March on account of further improvement in private sector output and new orders as demand strengthened, helping generate new jobs. Readings above 50.0 mean
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A photo montage of some bank CEOs/MDs Commercial banks in Uganda once again beat the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated disruptions on businesses and the economy at large to post impressive results across all key performance parameters in 2021. Since inception five years ago, Business Focus has exclusively analyzed the
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Ian Rumanyika (pictured) has been appointed as the new Head of External and Corporate Affairs at Uganda Baati Limited. Rumanyika joins Uganda Baati with over 12 years of experience in the communications industry. Rumanyika is an award-winning PR practitioner, ranked among the top PR and Marketing practitioners in Uganda, Top
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Coffee is a key foreign exchange earner for Uganda Uganda's monthly coffee export earnings have broken the US$80m mark, according to Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report for March 2022. Uganda’s coffee exports in March 2022 amounted to 478,023 60-kilo bags worth US$ 80.99 million (Shs285.9bn). This comprised 360,229 bags
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