Vipers Sports Club have announced the signing of Paul Mucureezi from Mbarara City FC on a three-year contract from January 3rd 2019, with an option for a further year, the Club's official website reports. The 27-year-old Cranes international winger is a versatile midfielder-cum-forward and joins us as a free agent
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A conglomerate run by Asia's richest man has started a service that aims to compete with Amazon in India. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries said it had been inviting people to sign up to its grocery delivery service. The company is aiming to use its massive mobile phone customer base as
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Coffee is a perennial crop. It is one of the most important cash crops in Uganda, playing a major role in the livelihoods of many poor people and is a major foreign exchange earner for the Country. There are two main types of coffee grown in Uganda namely Arabica and
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Equity Group Holdings (EGH)’s plans to acquire banking assets of Atlas Mara in four African hangs in balance after binding transaction agreements between the two parties expired. On 29 April 2019, EGH announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet (the Binding Term Sheet) pursuant to which EGH
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A packed Times Square in New York was set for its annual New Year's ball drop after crisis-marred celebrations in other countries ended a year of worldwide upheaval that saw strike-hit Paris welcome the new decade with fireworks, and London's Big Ben ring out after a long restoration. Billions around
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (pictured) has said he is ending the suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests put in place during talks with the US. Mr Kim also said his country would soon introduce "a new strategic weapon". But he left a door open for dialogue, and said
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By Denis Jjuuko Everyone wants to become rich... isn’t it? So as 2020 starts, what are you going to do about it? Here are 10 flaky ideas... 1. Open a foreign currency account preferably a US Dollar - whatever you want to save convert it into dollars and deposit it
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Applications for the 6th cohort of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme are now open. The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)—Africa’s leading philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—is looking for the most innovative business ideas across the African continent. You are eligible to apply if you have a business idea or
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the Uganda-Rwanda border impasse that has caused untold losses to traders will end soon. In a statement, the President said he received Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, who had gone his special envoy to President Kagame, on the issue of the tensions between our two countries.
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By Alex Masereka On Tuesday evening, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni met with the country's ex-premier and presidential candidate fueling speculation about a possible re-union of the two. Tongues in Uganda are now wagging on the possibility of former PM John Patrick Amama Mbabazi who contested against President Museveni in the
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