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UP For Grabs: Over 150 Jobs in Ernst & Young, URA, National Oil Company, ERA & Other Corporate Organisations

BusinessFocus Reporter April 11, 2017April 11, 20170

A number of companies and organizations are recruiting. Ernst & Young is in massive recruitment for fresh graduates and finalists. Scan through the jobs available below and follow the provided links for details. ERNST & YOUNG Massive recruitment exercise in areas of Assurance (audit), Advisory (Performance Improvement-PI) and Tax Teams (Business

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New Microfinance Revolutionizes Uganda’s Business Financing

Taddewo William Senyonyi April 7, 2017April 7, 20171

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) recently selected Vendor Capital Finance Limited, a brainchild of Anne Hope Anguyo among Africa’s 1,000 growing enterprises to watch in the Financial Services category. After making to the list, Anguyo will receive seed capital worth US$10,000 (about Shs35m) in addition to training. Business Focus had

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Off Bank Loans: Top Nine Alternative Funding Sources For Business

Taddewo William Senyonyi April 5, 2017April 5, 20176

Many people have brilliant business ideas that never materialise due to limited funding. Quite often, these lack collateral and other key requirements to obtain a bank loan. However, besides banking, there are many alternative sources of financing your business. Business Focus brings you the top nine (9) alternative sources of

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Agency Banking: Stanbic Bank To Recruit 1,000 Agents

Taddewo William Senyonyi April 3, 2017April 3, 20171

Stanbic Bank Uganda (SBU) is set to recruit 1,000 agents as Ugandan banks ready themselves to embrace a new model of banking-agency (agent) banking, Business Focus has established. This was revealed by Patrick Mweheire, the SBU Chief Executive Officer at the side-lines of a press conference to announce the bank’s

Entrepreneurship Featured Success Story

From Shs2m, She Has Built a Shs5bn Hotel Business

BusinessFocus Reporter April 1, 2017April 3, 20171

By Peter Abaanabasazi Women are increasingly taking on business and managing them successfully. And while many civil servants and salaried people tend to believe that they cannot survive outside formal employment, Grace Koojo Akiiki, a resident of Kikwatamingo in Mparo division, Hoima Municipality has proved otherwise. Grace, the wife to

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74 Ugandans Named Among Africa’s 1,000 Upcoming Entrepreneurs

BusinessFocus Reporter March 24, 2017March 29, 20175

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced 1,000 African upcoming entrepreneurs who are set to receive seed capital worth US$10,000 (about Shs35m) each. These entrepreneurs are the 3rd cohort of the 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. In a March 22, 2017 statement sent to Business Focus, 74 Ugandan entrepreneurs

Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Featured

How Basangwa Earns Shs10m Weekly From Eggs

Richard Kamya March 24, 2017March 27, 201714

Johnson Basangwa, a resident of Bukwenge, Kamuli Municipal Town in Kamuli district is a true testimony of saying ‘start small and grow big’. Having started with 500 chickens in 2007, now he operates a poultry farm – JEKA – where he now owns 20,000 chickens which on average lay 200

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Revealed: Top 40 Profitable Business Start-Up Ideas (PART II)

Richard Kamya March 13, 2017March 16, 20170

In PART I published earlier, we unveiled 15 unexploited opportunities in Uganda’s trade sector recommended by Uganda Investment Authority. Some ideas can pay back investment money in three months and a profit margin for some ideas is over 90%. In PART II, we bring you more business start-ups that can

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UNDP Uganda Office Unveils Training Opportunities

BusinessFocus Reporter March 10, 20170

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is now accepting applications for the ‘Uganda Training on Environment, Community, Health and Safety’, Business Focus has established. The trainings will be delivered on a regional basis with Entebbe (Central), Kasese (West), Mbale (East) and Gulu (North) being the training hubs, UNDP Uganda office said

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Meet Nsimenta, 30, Who Quit Shs30m Job For Cosmetics Business

BusinessFocus Reporter March 8, 2017July 20, 201722

At 30 years of age, it is quite unbelievable for one to quit a job paying him or her Shs30m per month to venture into business-without guarantee of success given the high risks associated with business in Uganda and the high levels of unemployment. However, Maxima Nsimenta, 30, a graduate