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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Drug manufacturing company, Abacus Parental Drug Ltd is the overall Winner of the inaugural Energy Management Awards (EMAs). The EMAs 2018 were held on Friday evening August 31, 2018 at Nakasero based Pearl of Africa Hotel. Organized by Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development with support from GIZ, Electricity Regulatory
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, Doris Akol has yet again scooped a continental award- the African Woman in Leadership Award. Akol was recognised last night September1, 2018, with the African Virtuous Award for African Woman in Leadership at the Women Development Centre, Abuja Nigeria for demonstrating exemplary selfless
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Anti-Apartheid icon the late Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela Mandela (in featured photo) was awarded the Revolutionary Leader award at the 3rd Pan-African Pyramid Global Awards 2018 and Bonfire dinner hosted last Saturday at Fairway Hotel, Kampala. Mama Winnie Mandela, as was commonly known in South Africa was recognised for her
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In the spring of 1994, Abdoul Salam Nizeyimana’s executioners arrived. It was about two weeks after the Hutu majority-controlled government stepped up its decades-long persecution of the Tutsi minority, calling on citizens to slaughter all Tutsis. Nizeyimana’s family was Tutsi, and it didn’t take long for the killers to come
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In a move aimed at promoting customer service excellence among its staff and employees, Stanbic Bank Uganda has recognized its Bugolobi branch for excellence in customer service delivery. The branch beat 6 finalist branches out of 70 participating ones. The ceremony which took place during the customer service week aimed
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Four years ago, Tartan Burners Club (TBAC) was born to deal with the alien idea of having a world class competition held annually in Uganda. But the dream came to life last year when the inaugural TBAC invitation meet was held. "We have the cash prizes as well as an
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Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika has said she was surprised to hear her name called as this year's winner of the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing at Monday night's award ceremony. She was among a shortlist of five authors in the running for the £10,000 (UShs51m) literature award Onjerika's story,
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After their opening-match defeat to Mexico, Germany are on the verge of making unwanted history. Saturday's 2-1 win over Sweden means they will likely avoid failing to qualify from the World Cup group stages for the first time ever - assuming they beat South Korea this afternoon - but they
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