Many people around the world are familiar with Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian who is often described as Africa's richest man. But Isabel dos Santos (in featured photo), 45, an Angolan businesswoman, is Africa's richest woman and the eldest child of Angola’s former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who was in
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South Sudan refugees in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Western Uganda are visualizing enterprises that will transform their lives, thanks to a series of life skills training by Enabel, the development agency of the Belgian government, URN reports. The training, conducted from May to August 2018 was followed by one month
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Middle East Consultants Ltd (MECL), Uganda’s leading labour recruitment and exporting agency has revealed that it will soon start exporting Ugandans to China for lucrative jobs. This was revealed by MECL Managing Director, Gordon Mugyenyi in an exclusive interview with Business Focus at the sidelines of the National Symposium and
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Abdul Katumba, 36, was a boda boda rider in Kampala. He could only manage to feed his family from his tiresome job, leaving him with a number of financial issues. He couldn’t continue with this situation lest he would die a poor man! When opportunity knocked, he couldn’t resist grabbing
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dfcu Bank has been carrying out free business trainings for women entrepreneurs across the country. Under the initiative dubbed ‘Rising Woman’, aimed at recognizing, celebrating and promoting a culture of mentorship among women in business in Uganda, the trainings kicked off in August with the first session happening in Lira,
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The African Development Bank’s Fund for African Private Sector Assistance has provided funds totaling nearly US $2 million to its Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative. FAPA, of which the Government of Japan is a major donor, along with the Austrian Government and the African Development Bank, will contribute $923,570
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Opportunities for investment in Africa outweigh the obstacles, according to a report by leading African companies covered in the African Development Bank’s new Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report, the first ever report on inter-African trade published by the Bank. The report unearths the realities African companies face when investing in the
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In line with its focus on bringing people together and supporting the development of connected communities, Facebook has announced the names of 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Around a dozen African community leaders have been selected to become programme residents and
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The decision by Erick Kigula, a resident of Kitemu village in Wakiso district and a Primary School Teacher by profession to go for greener pastures in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is beginning to pay off. The future looked murky for him and his young family, a thing that prompted
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Third-place playoffs Zambia 0-1 Uganda Uganda has beaten Zambia 1-0 at the Wolfson Stadium in Nelson Mandela Bay to win the bronze medal of the on-going COSAFA Women championships, which ends tomorrow. The final will be contested by Cameroon and hosts South Africa. A first half penalty from Tracy Akiror
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