A number of products on Ugandan market are not certified due to high cost of acquiring Q-Mark Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has phased out some of the charges which were previously being levied on enterprises seeking certification of their products and these include Initial Audit Fees of Shs 250,000
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Peter Ssenyange (pictured) was appointed as PostBank Uganda Ltd Chief Finance Officer (CFO) in June 2020. Wielding over 14 years’ experience in the finance sector in both banking and consulting within the finance sector, Ssenyange now heads the Finance function at PostBank Uganda Limited. Ssenyange was previously the Chief Finance Officer at United Bank of
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The site where Umeme will commence construction of a substation next to the NWSC Entebbe water treatment & pumpage station Residents of Entebbe Municipality should look to better electricity services following Umeme’s announcement for construction of a 20MVA Substation in Nakasamba, Entebbe. This was moments after National Water and Sewerage
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282 million Africans suffered from terrible hunger in 2020/Courtesy photo There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today - much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic's impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around
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Michael Opira, the Chief Operations Officer at Housing Finance Bank Over the last ten years, there has been a steady shift in banking and financial services from the conventional channels to a more digitized service offering. This shift has been accelerated further by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which
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Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya, the Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs at URA The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) awarded Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), also referred to as the Respondent, the right to collect a tax liability of UGX 21,485,110,040 from Game Discount World (Uganda) Limited, The Applicant. Game Discount World (Uganda)
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Coffee bags ready for export Uganda’s Coffee exports in June 2021 amounted to 618,388 60-kilo bags worth US$ 58.56 million, the highest ever in a single month since 1991. According to Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report for June 2021, this comprised 565,449 bags of Robusta valued at US $ 50.25
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The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has approved new Electricity End-User Tariffs to be charged by Umeme Limited for the supply of Electrical Energy in the Billing Period from July to September 2021. The New Electricity End-User Tariffs indicate a remarkable reduction across Consumer Categories, with the exception of Street Lighting.
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Huawei underlined its innovative capabilities, walking away with several awards at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), which took place in Barcelona and online from 28 June to 01 July. As the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry, Mobile World Congress plays a pivotal role in setting the tone
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The Registrar General Mercy Kainobwisho gestures during the GI consultative meeting in Kampala Uganda’s national Intellectual property office, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has concluded a two-day virtual training on intellectual property (IP) and mechanisms for dealing with trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy for police officers undertaking the Senior
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