The Anzisha Prize program which is a partnership between African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation has just launched the call for 2019 applications. The prize is looking for Africa's most innovative social and business entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22. Young entrepreneurs who apply will have the opportunity
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Uganda is regarded as an agricultural-based economy and East Africa’s food basket given its ability to produce a variety of foods and in large quantities. It comprises the food and cash crops production, livestock, forestry,and fishing subsectors. The Agriculture sector continues to be the most important sector in Uganda, employing
Read MoreEmirates airline today announced an order for 40 A330-900 aircraft, and 30 A350-900 aircraft, in a heads of agreement signed with Airbus. The deal is worth US$ 21.4 billion at list prices. The latest generation Airbus A330neo and A350 aircraft will be delivered to Emirates starting from 2021 and 2024
Read MoreIt is abright morning on Thursday10, 2019 with no signs of rain visible in the skies. I and a colleague embark on a journey to Katindigo, a village located in Mpigi district about 15 kilometers off Kayabwe town along the Kampala–Masaka Road. Kayabwe, a town where the Equator line passes
Read MoreBy Drake Nyamugabwa Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has urged French investors to choose Uganda as their top investment destination, saying there is a conducive environment for them. Inviting the French Investors, Kasaija said Uganda has created a one stop centre for investors at Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) where 12 government
Read MoreBank of Uganda has maintained the Central Bank Rate (CBR), a benchmark lending rate for commercial banks at 10 percent in February 2019. This is according to a Monetary Policy Statement issued to the press today by Governor Bank of Uganda, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime - Mutebile. Mutebile said although inflation
Read MoreAfter twenty years of collective service with dfcu, the curtains finally came down on Juma Kisaame’s two decade illustrious career and leadership at an event that was well attended by customers, industry peers, business associates, friends and family. The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga who graced the dinner, held
Read MoreChicken has always been a popular delicacy in not only Kenya, but the East African region at large. But with changing times and fortunes, many people are forced to buy ready chicken from supermarkets and hotels rather than slaughter the bird at home. It is in this shift that Lazarus
Read MoreThe Africa Internship Academy (AIA) is a successful youth employment accelerator in Ghana, that provides work readiness and entrepreneurship programs for secondary & higher education students as well as graduates to gain entrepreneurial and employability skills: after proceeds to assign mentors to them: and either connect them to employers looking
Read MoreEighteen (18) dfcu Investment Clubs are set to spend three days in the Kenyan Capital Nairobi, on an all expense study excursion that will build their capacity in effective and efficient management of Clubs. The delegates, flagged off on Sunday 27th January, were part of the second edition of the
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