dfcu Bank's CEO, Mathias Katamba (3rd right) joins the sponsoring partners of the 2021 Uganda Top 100 mid-sized companies’ survey to officially launch the initiative. The Uganda Top 100 mid-sized companies’ survey 2021 was launched yesterday October 06, 2021 at a press conference at Sheraton Hotel Rwenzori Ball Room. The
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Businesses in green manufacturing will be supported By Amon Baita Green businesses in Uganda are being urged to apply to an accelerator programme that offers free finance-focused workshops and discounted loans to help them scale up with a vision to accelerate Uganda’s economy by 10% growth within two decades.
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Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is engaging stakeholders in the cotton, textiles and apparels (CTA) sector in order to boost import substitution through industrial vertical integration and policy interventions. This is in line with aims of the Presidential Investor Roundtable (PIRT), an investment policy platform, of which UIA is the Secretariat.
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Officials from Uganda pose for a photo with investors Uganda has so far signed investment deals worth $900million (Shs3.2 trillion) at the ongoing at Dubai Expo. The expo started about five days ago. The revelation has been made by Morrison Rwakakamba, the UIA chairman in interviews with various media houses. The commitments included
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Registrar General, Mercy Kainobwisho displays the MoU document together with Stanbic Business Incubator Chief Executive Tony Otoa after the signing. The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and the Stanbic Business Incubator (SBIL) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see 500 micro, medium and small enterprises (MSMEs)
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Young entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35 are invited to respond to the call for the expression of interest and submit their business plan through the official submission portal. The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a call for applications for
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By Denis Jjuuko On the Sunday, a few hours before Dr Hajj Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige, popularly known as BMK (pictured) after his eponymous group, was buried at the ‘public’ Muslim cemetery he created in Nkoowe near Wakiso town, I was at Hotel Africana in Kampala. Unlike many Ugandan businesses and
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Minister Okello Oryem addresses the road show virtually from Kampala The Government of Uganda is courting Indians to come and invest in Uganda. Speaking virtually Thursday morning from Uganda to participants at the Uganda-India Road Show in Jaipur, India, the Minister of State in charge of Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello
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A Carrefour store in Kampala Supermarket chain Carrefour is set to take over six stores in Uganda currently operated by South Africa’s Shoprite which will exit that market by the end of the year. The six stores are located in Acacia Mall, Village Mall, Victoria Mall, Lugogo Mall, Clock Tower,
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Brian Yesigye Bravo, the man behind Stress Free Investment Club Stress Free Investment Club was recently officially launched after 14 months in operation. The Club’s Vision bearer, Brian Yesigye Bravo, rallied “Stress Free Group” members on Facebook to an investment Club. This was during the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
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