Keith Kalyegira, the Chief Executive Officer at Capital Markets Authority Ugandans are now able to invest in the international financial markets for as low as 100 UD Dollars (370,000 shillings) following the launch of the first offshore mutual fund products in Uganda’s financial industry. Standard Chartered Bank says that this
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Irene Nandyose (R) shows some products to Sarah Mugabirwe, coordinator PR and MTN Foundation at MTN Uganda. Irene Nandyose, a business administration graduate from Makerere University Kampala loved knitting and crocheting during her free time on campus. And it is through this exercise that a business idea was hatched. But
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Students (girls) from selected Government aided school, Mackay College School Nateete making a presentation to the invited guests at the launch of the Keep A Girl In School Campaign in April, 2019 Up to 50,000 Ugandan lives will be significantly improved after the Ugandan Red Cross Society partnered with a UK
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Emma Mugisha (3rd left), Stanbic Bank’s Executive Director and Head of Business Banking flanked by other senior officials of the Bank officially unveiled the campaign in Kampala on January 12. Stanbic Bank Uganda has today, unveiled ‘a financial relief package’ in a campaign dubbed “Wumula ka Stress— (relieve your stress)”
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Customers at the Nairobi Java house along Koinange street in Nairobi. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL | NMG Kenya based restaurant chain Java House has been put on sale by UK-based private equity fund Actis for an undisclosed value expected to run into billions of shillings, three years after it was
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Twenty-five youth-led agriculture sector companies from 14 African countries have advanced to the finalist round of the African Development Bank Group’s 2022 AgriPitch Competition. The Bank, in collaboration with the implementing lead Private Equity Support and partner organizations Eldohub and the Private Finance Advisory Network, announced the 25 finalists for
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Michael Francis Kalyango and his co-developer emerged third with their M-pay app in the MTN MoMo Hackathon. M-Pay is a web application service that will enable MTN Uganda subscribers to make bulk payments to different clients with a single click of a button. The app emerged as the third in
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Production of silk yarn is by the reeling and re-reeling processes of the raw silk cocoon to final stages of desired denier. By Robson Aine, Director Monitoring and Evaluation At Tropical Institute of Development Innovations (TRIDI) Earlier this year, we promised Ugandans that we shall start commercial production of silk
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Darling Coffee is using introduction and weddings to grow domestic coffee consumption Ugandan youth entrepreneurs are increasingly innovating and making life easier as they earn from their unique ideas. Stephen Tumukugize, the Managing Director of Mbale-based Darling Coffee, is one of the beneficiaries of the recent NSSF-Mastercard Foundation Hi-Innovator cash worth
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Group photo of the team holding the Hibiscus tea Bags with Regina Nakayenga, the MD of RENA Beverage Solutions Kampala-based RENA Beverage Solutions has unveiled hibiscus tea bags that contain vitamins, iron, and Antioxidants among others for healthy living. Regina Nakayenga, founder and managing director at RENA Beverage Solutions said
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