By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba If you want to make money during the oil boom, you had better start casting your nets right now or else you might end up watching everyone else become a billionaire while you scratch your head wondering where you went wrong. Have you thought about how
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Like Kenya, Uganda is currently experiencing a sugar crisis, with a kilogram going for as high as Shs7, 000. However, an innovative youth has come up with natural and affordable sugar from a plant called Stevia. Julius Nyanzi, 27, who graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Botany in 2014 from
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The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhugiang has said his country will do whatever it takes to help Uganda’s efforts of attainment of the middle income status. Speaking during a function to hand over two pickups to Operation Wealth (OWC) Creation on Monday, Zhugiang said they will always be available
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By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba Over the years I have interacted with hundreds of people that come to me for help with their investments and I have come to notice a consistent pattern of thought. Almost everyone I meet that has not yet started consistently investing their savings is waiting for
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Start small and grow big is one of the major advice given to start-ups by investment gurus. This is true to Zubairi Mukaaya, a resident of Nankandhulo, Kisozi Sub County in Kamuli district, who has grown from 10 chickens to become a millionaire-without using a bank loan. The Primary three
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By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba There is no such thing as job security because like it or not, one day you are going to lose your job. You could get fired or laid off or you could resign or even eventually retire but you would still have lost your job anyway.
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There are many unexploited business opportunities in Uganda. And for Assad Kisekka, opening up a poultry butcher was the unexploited idea that he decided to venture into. Kisekka aka ‘Owenkoko’ is a popular figure in Bweyogerere town, Wakiso District, thanks to his poultry butcher known for selling Turkey (Ssekoko) meat.
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As part of ‘Merck STEM Program for Women and Youth’, the UNESCO Merck Africa Research Summit – MARS 2017 will be held in Mauritius with the aim to empower Women and Youth in Research under the patronage of the Head of State of The Republic of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib Fakim.
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An 18-year-old student has designed a bra that can help in the early detection of breast cancer and has won top prize at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Julian Rios Cantu, a Mexican, said he was inspired by his mother’s battle with the disease which eventually led to both
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Uganda’s Shs30trn budget for the Financial Year 2017/18 is set to benefit farmers than ever before. The budget being discussed by Parliament is expected to be passed and approved soon. If passed in its current form, it will see a number of taxes on key agricultural items including irrigation equipment
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