By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba A Salary Loan is one of the greatest opportunities that employed people have to start creating wealth for themselves, but many often squander this opportunity. Anyone that has ever approached a bank seeking a loan knows for a fact that qualifying for credit is indeed no
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Passion and determination are key ingredients in business. Peace Bampata, a resident of Nyabikyerere Central Division in the outskirts of Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality, Bushenyi district is one of the few making a killing from passion fruit farming. Bampata, who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in nursing from the United Kingdom and
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Equity Bank Uganda is ready to embrace and roll out agency banking across the country, Business Focus reveals. Anthony Kituuka, the Executive Director at Equity Bank Uganda says that they have systems and resources ready to roll agency banking, noting that they are only waiting for guidelines from the Bank
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Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni has promised the already existing commercial farmers lower interest rates in order to expand their operations and up production. The President made the revelation while delivering the State of the Nation Address to Parliament and the entire nation at Kampala Serena Conference Centre on Tuesday evening.
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Professor Lawrence Mukibi, the proprietor of the famous St. Lawrence Schools passed away on Sunday. However, since his death, a section of Ugandans have been discussing the ownership of his mega education empire, with some doubting whether the fallen professor was the rightful owner. “One of his close family members
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Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at The World Bank Group, Prof. Justin Lin has tipped Uganda on how to achieve double digit growth. During a guided tour of Namanve Industrial and Business Park (NIBP) on May29 2017, Lin said well-planned industrial parks can play a key role in
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Manchester United is the most valuable football club in Europe, being worth about 3bn euros (£2.6bn), according to business services group KPMG. The Europa League winners top KPMG's analysis of top sides' "enterprise value", putting it ahead of Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. The study analysed broadcasting rights, profitability,
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By peter Abaanabasazi Experts have attributed the continued collapse of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to lack of business management skills among entrepreneurs. This was revealed by experts from KCB Uganda in partnership with Uganda Small Scale Industry Association (USSIA) during a two-day training workshop held at Glory Summit Hotel
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Many successful entrepreneurs turn challenges into money minting opportunities. For Regina Nakayenga, 59, a former lecturer of Microfinance and Entrepreneurship at Kyambogo University, it was menopause that inspired her into business. She left the University four years ago to start Rena Beverages Limited, a company processing Hibiscus that comprise many
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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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