African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina received the African of the Year Award from the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™), Thursday, in recognition of his bold leadership and the innovation of the Africa Investment Forum which “opened up billions of dollars of investment into the continent.” The ninth
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) —Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs—will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020. Applications are made through TEFConnect, the digital networking hub for the African entrepreneurship ecosystem, created by the Foundation. The TEF Entrepreneurship
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Celebrating the unique unifying power of diversity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a historic one-off Emirates A380 flight marking the 48th UAE National Day and the UAE Year of Tolerance took off from Dubai International Airport on November 29, 2019. Ugandans living in the UAE were part of the
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Uganda's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Elioda Tumwesigye has promised Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) government support to enable them grow their enterprises. Elioda made the promise on Friday at Hotel Africana, while delivering remarks at an awards dinner hosted to honor the Top 100 Mid-sized companies. “As government is
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Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei (pictured) broke the 10km road world record in Valencia, setting a new time of 26 minutes 38 seconds. The 23-year-old broke the previous record by six seconds, which was set in 2010 by Kenya's Leonard Komon. Cheptegei was crowned 10,000m world champion in Doha in October, having
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has promised to lobby Government to support the local film industry in Uganda. Kadaga was officiating at the 2019 Uganda Film Festival held at Acacia Mall, Kampala on Wednesday 27, November 2019. The Speaker said that she regrets the fact that the film industry
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Joseph Lwevuze, 65, is among the few elderly persons who have defied the begging and handout syndrome. He earns handsomely from his farming projects at Ntangala village, Katikamu sub-county in Luweero district. When Lwevuze (in featured photo above), a catechist attached to Kasana –Luweero Diocese, ventured into orange growing as
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Dangote Industries Limited owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote recently presented 160 employees with long service award in recognition of their commitment, loyalty, exceptional service and invaluable contribution to the growth of Africa’s most admired brand over a period of 10 to 30 years and above. Post-humous awards were
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The United Arab Emirates Thursday held a trade and business forum in Uganda. The forum, organised by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce attracted over 22 companies from UAE who came to look for trade and investment opportunities in Uganda. The UAE-Uganda Business Forum is aimed at developing and enhancing relations,
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Finance Trust Bank has been awarded the Best Visionary Bank of the Year at the 7th Visionary Awards 2019 under the category of Banking and Finance. The awards are organized by the Government of Uganda. The award is presented by The People of The Republic of Uganda in appreciation for
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