On 28th August 2019, at a press conference held at the Provincial Secretariat, Namirembe, the Rt. Rev. Edison Irigei, Dean of the Church of Uganda, announced that the Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba was elected the 9th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The election was held during a
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African enterprises are excelling in their efforts to establish Intelligent Enterprise capabilities and take advantage of the immense opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This was one of the key outcomes at the 2019 SAP Quality Awards, which were held in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, and which recognised some of
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Leading Pan African entrepreneurship and innovation non-profit, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the top finalists in its annual awards to celebrate women leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa. Promoting excellence in entrepreneurship and innovation amongst women-owned businesses in all sectors and across all 54 African countries,
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos sold over 530,000 Amazon shares in the first two days of August for $990 million (UShs3.6 trillion). After taxes, he will net an estimated $750 million (UShs2.76 trillion) in cash from the sales. The sales on August 1 and 2 followed $1.4 billion (after-tax)
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On Tuesday fans of one of Tanzania's oldest clubs will gather at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam to celebrate "Simba Day". It is the culmination of "Simba Week" and features a friendly for the senior team against Zambia's Power Dynamos as well games for the under-20 and women's
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He's worked on Windows Mobile for Microsoft. He was cofounder of a company that sold to Russia's Google, Yandex, in a reported $38 million deal that made him wealthy. But Yaroslav Goncharov's biggest success (and stress) has come with a company that's miniscule by comparison: FaceApp. Leading a staff of
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If you are a frequent user of taxi-hailing apps in Nairobi, Mr Samuel Gachini, who is almost completing his doctorate, is arguably the most educated driver you will ever meet. Mr Gachini (in featured photo), who is pursuing a PhD in business administration, is among the growing list of young
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A jack of all trades. entrepreneur. Crazy business adventurer. Daring businessman. Never-say-never opportunist. These are some of the words that have been used to describe one man in the past. But yesterday, he officially launched a project that made him put pen to paper describing his journey so far. Trained
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)’s Commissioner for Customs Dicksons Kateshumbwa (in featured photo) has today been elected as the Chairperson of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council after defeating his Russian counterpart Ruslan Davydov during the annual WCO Council session that ended today at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Kateshumbwa
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Ruparelia Group of Companies has officially launched in Speke Apartments located in Kitante, a Kampala suburb. Speaking at the opening event yesterday evening, Rajiv Ruparelia the Managing Director of Crane Management Services said that the rooms are fully serviced, noting that any client will just come with personal stuff and
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