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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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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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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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has today recognized Stanbic Bank for being among the top key tax payers in Uganda. The recognition is in line with the Authority’s tax appreciation week set for September 26th to 28th that aims at paying accolades to every tax payer in Uganda who has paid
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A number of Ugandans working abroad are not only making significant financial progress at a personal level, but also contributing to the country’s national development. Professional labour exporting agencies like Middle East Consultants have played a big role in connecting Ugandans to lucrative jobs abroad. Benon Kunywana is one of
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The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) Thursday announced its top 10 nominees for its prestigious US$185 000 (Shs702m) Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2018 awards. This year’s Call for Applications with its theme “African innovation: Investing in Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems” attracted more than 3 000 applications from 52 African countries. Building
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Two Ugandan young entrepreneurs have been named among the top five African entrepreneurs to watch by Forbes. All the five remarkable entrepreneurs are aged 45 and under and have built 8 and 9-figure fortunes. Ali-shah Jivraj, Ugandan Jivraj (in featured photo), a 32-year-old third generation Asian-Ugandan entrepreneur, is the founder
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The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy has announced the four regional winners for their 2018 global economic prize, the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) in Africa. The winning organizations were selected from 9 IIC finalists and from 10 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion finalists at a summit
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