One word you are most likely to find in media reports about Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the British tycoon whose company sponsored Eliud Kipchoge’s Ineos 1:59 Challenge, is “reclusive”. This is because Ratcliffe is such a publicity-shy man that even the notoriously aggressive journalists from his home country find it hard
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A number of Ugandans don’t know that one can accumulate wealth through investing in various asset classes regulated by the Capital Markets Authority. In fact, low and middle income earners as well as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) wrongly believe that Capital Markets are designed for wealthy individuals and giant
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Ugandan siblings Esther and Ezekiel Mutesasira (pictured) have been crowned the winners of the first edition of East Africa's Got Talent in a contest that drew participation from four regional countries. The singing duo won a cash prize of $50,000 (UShs184m) in the Sunday night finale that had six contestants.
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Over 400 women entrepreneurs have benefited from a business training in Kampala organised by dfcu bank in partnership with Daily Monitor and Uganda Investment Authority. This marks the climax of a series of Business trainings that have been running across the country under the Rising Woman Initiative regional tours in
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The 27th Uganda International trade Fair which started on Wednesday 2nd through Thursday 10th October 2019 at Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) showground, will be officially opened on 7th October 2019 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as guest of honor. The trade show has attracted more foreign exhibitors from countries including
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Tourism industry is a key foreign exchange earner for Uganda. Tourism is no doubt one of the main sectors of the economy. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Uganda received 1.8 million tourists in 2018, up from 1.4 million in 2017. In 2017, the 1.4 million arrivals injected about
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Ugandan investigative reporter and news anchor Solomon Serwanjja (pictured) has won the 2019 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Serwanjja is a presenter at Uganda's NBS TV, where he hosts one of the channel's prime-time shows. He has also produced award-winning reports, including one for BBC's Africa Eye programme about
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On September 23-24, 2019, a group of journalists including myself visited Asili Farms located in Masindi and Kiryandongo districts (Kiryandongo was curved out of Masindi district a few years ago), approximately 217 kilometres (by road), North-West of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. Asili Farms is an initiative of American investors and
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Uganda, fertile and sun-drenched, is harboring dreams of becoming the next cannabis (marijuana) hotshot of the African continent. Foreign capital has been flowing in to launch the new industry. So, much hangs in the balance as the country’s cabinet weighs changes to the criminal code allowing cultivation to proceed. There
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Over 100 Contractors and stakeholders in the Construction sector gathered on Tuesday for a dialogue on,‘Building strategic partnerships to foster sustainable growth in the Construction sector’. The event hosted by dfcu Bank presented a platform to discuss challenges, opportunities and prospects for key players in the sector. The construction sector
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