In this highly demanding, ever-changing and uncertain world, a young adult needs certain kinds of survival skills outside of the traditional protected academic and home environments. Victoria University in a bid to open up the university to the general public in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has signed an agreement between Uganda and Hollywood Film Festival at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. This agreement paves the way for Ugandan Content to showcase in Hollywood, arguably, the World’s most prominent film city. The agreement was signed by Mr Bradford Parks, the Chairman
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Uganda’s banking sector has 24 operating commercial banks. However, the market is controlled by a few banks going by the 2018 financial results analyzed by Business Focus. For example, the top five most profitable banks including Stanbic, Centenary, Standard Chartered, Bank of Baroda and Barclays have a total market share
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The Uganda Government has set dates for vanilla harvesting to conform to the international practice. Addressing the press about Vanilla harvest dates at Uganda Media Centre today, Christopher Kibanzanga, the State Minister for Agriculture, who led a team from the Directorate of Crop Resources, said government is taking precautions on
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Liquid Telecom Uganda, one of the leading independent data, voice and IP provider in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa has joined Uganda’s Muslim fraternity in fasting and observing the holy month of Ramadhan. While supporting the Muslim Community at Kibuli Mosque on Friday, Liquid Telecom acknowledged the contribution that Muslim
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Uganda’s banking sector continues to recover from turbulent times as witnessed by the increase in profits, lending, customer deposits as well as a reduction in Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) and bad loans written off. According to the Bank of Uganda (BoU), the ratio of NPLs to total loans in the banking
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The Uganda Shilling was stable cushioned by dollars inflows as demand remained muted on corporate mid- month tax payments. Trading was in the range of 3765/3775 during the week ending May17, 2019. In the money market, overnight funds were priced at an average of 6% while one week was at
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Hotel owners and Managers have been encouraged to embrace standards if they are to improve the country’s competitiveness as a destination as well as attract more travelers. This was one of the conclusions that were drawn up during a Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) and Uganda Hotel Owners Association (UHOA) training
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Heliochem Pty Ltd, an Australian based firm has partnered with Medcan Uganda Ltd to grow medical cannabis (marijuana) in Uganda, Business Focus exclusively reports. Heliochem is a subsidiary of THC Global Group Limited (ASX: THC), an ASX listed company, operating in the Health Care sector. It has been in business for
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Uganda’s commercial banks continue to accumulate assets. Total banking industry assets increased by 262% to Shs28.032 trillion in 2018, up from Shs26.55 trillion in 2017. Uganda has 24 operating banks commercial banks. In this article, you’ll know the share each bank has of the Shs28.032 trillion total industry assets. The
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