Drug manufacturing company, Abacus Parental Drug Ltd is the overall Winner of the inaugural Energy Management Awards (EMAs). The EMAs 2018 were held on Friday evening August 31, 2018 at Nakasero based Pearl of Africa Hotel. Organized by Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development with support from GIZ, Electricity Regulatory
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, Doris Akol has yet again scooped a continental award- the African Woman in Leadership Award. Akol was recognised last night September1, 2018, with the African Virtuous Award for African Woman in Leadership at the Women Development Centre, Abuja Nigeria for demonstrating exemplary selfless
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Anti-Apartheid icon the late Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela Mandela (in featured photo) was awarded the Revolutionary Leader award at the 3rd Pan-African Pyramid Global Awards 2018 and Bonfire dinner hosted last Saturday at Fairway Hotel, Kampala. Mama Winnie Mandela, as was commonly known in South Africa was recognised for her
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Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Irene Muloni, will lead a delegation of private and public-sector players from Uganda’s oil and gas sector to the Africa Oil Week 2018 which will be held between 5 – 9 November, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. “Uganda is open for business
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The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has adopted a new system that will see local/district based suppliers given priority unlike in the past where suppliers would come from far away districts. This is aimed at solving procurement problems the agency has been facing. This was revealed by NAADS Executive Director,
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About 150 Ugandans living in Schengen countries have converged at Novotel hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands to discuss investment in agriculture. URA is fully engaged in the convention. We have set up a hub to facilitate participants with tax services and information. In a presentation on the performance of agriculture and
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Commercial banks and microfinance deposit taking institutions have been advised to lower interest rates and other bank charges in a bid to allow Small and Medium Enterprises get credit to boost their businesses, Writes Felix Oketcho The State Minister for Cooperatives, Frederick Gume says current interest rates offered by banks
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In the spring of 1994, Abdoul Salam Nizeyimana’s executioners arrived. It was about two weeks after the Hutu majority-controlled government stepped up its decades-long persecution of the Tutsi minority, calling on citizens to slaughter all Tutsis. Nizeyimana’s family was Tutsi, and it didn’t take long for the killers to come
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Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropic organisation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has announced October 25, 2018, as the date for its 4thannual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum. The largest gathering of African entrepreneurs and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem will unite over 5,000 entrepreneurs, global investors, leaders from the African public and private sectors
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In a move aimed at promoting customer service excellence among its staff and employees, Stanbic Bank Uganda has recognized its Bugolobi branch for excellence in customer service delivery. The branch beat 6 finalist branches out of 70 participating ones. The ceremony which took place during the customer service week aimed
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