Uganda’s sustainable investment in trade facilitation and the positive strides undertaken by local manufactures in improving the quality of local products has contributed to Uganda’s readiness to conquer bigger markets especially the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Amelia Kyambadde, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperative, has said. Kyambadde
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Halima Aliko Dangote (pictured) has been appointed as the Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), one of Africa's largest and most diversified business conglomerates. According to a release by the company, Halima Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian businesswoman and daughter to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is
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The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in ICT has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) inviting growth-stage, educational technology (EdTech) innovators to apply for an opportunity to grow their ventures while contributing to improving the quality of education in Africa. The deadline for submissions is November 21,
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Absa Bank Uganda, a subsidiary of Absa Group Limited has today received the license to operateand trade under its new name from Bank of Uganda. Formerly known as Barclays Bank Uganda, the name change marks the start of a new era for the bank’s operations, one that sees the realisation
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Police in Uganda say they have arrested 120 people at a bar in the centre of the capital, Kampala, and are holding them for "frequenting a smoking place". Authorities say narcotics were seized during the Sunday night operation. Members of Uganda's LGBT community patronise at the bar which hosts a
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Deepak Malik (pictured) has been coopted to the Board of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group as a Non-Executive Director. Deepak Malik joins the ETI Board of Directors as a nominee of Arise B.V. (“Arise”) which now holds a 14.1% equity stake in ETI following
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has advocated for tree planting at every public or social gathering as a way of mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. Making reference to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference that took place in September 2019 in Kampala, which was attended by over 800
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Zimbabwe's central bank is due to begin circulating new banknotes on Monday, which it says will help to ease a severe cash shortage as the country suffers a deepening economic crisis. The bank has played down fears that the move will fuel inflation, insisting that the new two- and five-
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The Electoral Commission should be facilitated to procure public digital display screens at every tally centre ahead of the 2021 general elections, Bunya East MP, James Waira Majegere has suggested. In his proposal to the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee that was tasked by Parliament to scrutinize the five electoral
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Many Ugandans have heart related complications but are not aware, Dr Emmy Okello, a Lead Cardiologist at Mulago’s Uganda Heart Institute has said. Speaking at the close of the 3-day health camp organized by Prudential Insurance at Constitution Square on Saturday, Dr. Okello said about 64% of the people who
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