Yiga says his coffee is now his full time job after quitting mixing poultry feeds business Vincent Yiga, 47, is a renowned businessman in Mityana Municipality. He’s well known for mixing poultry feeds, a business he has done for about two decades. He has achieved a lot through this business.
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Equity Bank Listens To First Lady Janet Museveni, Opens 50th Branch In Ntungamo & Launches Product For Women in Business
First Lady Janet Museveni (R) is joined by Equity Bank staff led by MD Anthony Kituuka to officially open the Bank’s branch in Ntungamo and launch the Equi Mama product Equity Bank Uganda has today launched a women-based product dubbed Equi-mama. The bank also officially opened its new Equity Ntungamo
Read MoreEucalyptus Oil: How You Can Earn Shs36m From An Acre Of Eucalyptus Leaves
A farmer can easily earn more from eucalyptus leaves than poles or timber! This is because there is ready market locally and internationally for the eucalyptus oil which is extracted from eucalyptus leaves. Prof Bioresearch is currently buying a litre of eucalyptus oil at Shs300,000. Prof Bioresearch is a local
Read MoreInfobip Launches Live Video Support To Help Businesses Resolve Customer Queries More Quickly
Global cloud communications platform Infobip has launched live video support to help businesses resolve customer queries more quickly and shorten customer wait times. Designed for businesses with high customer contact, Call Link is the simplest way for agents to escalate customer queries to live one-to-one video and audible calls. When customer experience
Read MoreCourt Of Appeal Orders Businessman Drake Lubega To Pay Shs300M For Illegally Closing Tenants’ Shop
The Court of Appeal has ordered Kampala businessman Drake Lubega(pictured) to pay up to the tune of Shs 300million to tenants for illegally closing their shop. In a unanimous ruling, the court said Lubega had failed to prove that the High Court Judge Elizabeth Jane Alividza had erred in law
Read MoreAlbert Byaruhanga (L)- Absa Uganda's Business Banking Director & Rosemary Mutyabule (R) - Enterprise Uganda's Director of Business Advisory Absa Bank Uganda and Enterprise Uganda signed a Memorandum of Understanding today that will see the two organisations partner to offer Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprises (MSMEs) business development services and upskilling in financial
Read MoreWomen In Coffee: Kenyange Focused On Growing Domestic Coffee Consumption Through Value Addition
Jamillah Kenyange wants to grow domestic coffee consumption under her brand, Zion Coffee Ugandan women are increasingly joining coffee business. Jamillah Kenyange is one of the women entrepreneurs doing coffee value addition under Zion Coffee brand. Kenyange didn’t know much about coffee, but the fact that her husband is a
Read MoreOver 250 Women-In-Business Exhibit At The Second Edition Of The PSFU Women’s Day ‘Katale’
Minister for Kampala, Misi Kabanda (3rd Right) and Sarah Kagingo (2nd Right) visiting Hot Loaf Bakery at the Women’s Day Katale. On March 10th and 11th, 2023, the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation hosted the second annual Women's Day Katale at the UMA multi-purpose hall in Kampala. The event
Read MoreDigitALL: dfcu Bank, Gudie Leisure Farm Empower Women Entrepreneurs with Digital Skills
Women entrepreneurs during the training Globally, the month of March has become synonymous with celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, in tandem with International Women’s Day Celebrations held annually on 8th March. This year’s theme; “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for Gender Equality” highlights the need for inclusive
Read MoreSherinah Awori: A Young Barista Who Quit Her Fat Job In Kuwait To Focus On Adding Value To Uganda’s Coffee
Awori prepares to roast her coffee at Volcano Coffee Roastery Sherinah Victoria Awori is a budding entrepreneur with special interest in coffee value addition. She is the brain behind the Janam Coffee brand, a business she started in 2021 after she quit her well-paying job in Kuwait where she worked
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