A total of 300 pupils are basking in excitement after they graduated in their Pre-Primary top class at Kampala Parents School in the city. They graduated at a colorful ceremony held at the school on Thursday. Kampala Parents Schools is one of the country's top schools that prides itself in
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been recognized as the most innovative institution in East Africa at the regional Chief Information Officer (CIO) 100 East African Awards 2019. URA’s Assistant Commissioner- IT James Kizza was also awarded the Chief Information Officer (CIO100) of the year 2019 in East Africa for his
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How this married couple built a thriving business and stayed sane in the process. Bryan and Shannon Miles have been married since 1997, and in full-time business together since 2010. In 2017, they reorganized their five companies into one, BELAY, which provides virtual support to businesses and has generated just under $100-million in revenue
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Uganda is set to host a delegation of at least 22 top companies from the United Arab Emirates next week at a Trade & Investment forum on November 28th at the Sheraton Hotel Kampala. Ugandan businesses will have the opportunity to interact with the UAE delegation as they seek to
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The growing number of startups securing major financial commitments sets the stage for an entirely new era of growth in the African venture capital industry. This was the most discussed topic during the sixth edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2019 held between 13-15 November in Cape Town,
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Last night the Jack Ma Foundation hosted its first annual Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative grand finale awarding $1 million (Shs3.6bn) in prize money to 10 entrepreneurs from across Africa. The ANPI is a flagship initiative of the Jack Ma Foundation, created by China’s richest man, Jack Ma after his first
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Over 200 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been enlightened about the existing untapped opportunities in the oil and gas sector at the midstream stage. The enterprises who are dealing in construction, engineering, ICT among others have been urged to position themselves to provide services by bidding for services and
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Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (pictured above) regained his status as the world's richest person for the first time in two years on Friday, topping Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bloomberg reported. The Bloomberg Billionaire Index that tracks the wealth of the richest 500 people is updated after US
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Safaricom and Huawei have jointly received the prestigious Most Innovative Service “the Business of Tomorrow” award at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town. This Award recognizes the two companies for offering the new revolutionary Mobile Money Overdraft service, known as “Fuliza”. This service enables users with insufficient funds in their M-PESA
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Family businesses are rarely viewed as a sector which could influence economic growth, but the Africa Investment Forum is recognising them as important players on the continent. For the first time at a conference of this nature, families running business empires have been given a platform to share their views
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