Fred Bamwesigye, the Director General at UCAA The new substantive Director General of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Fred Bamwesigye has pledged to restore public confidence in Uganda's aviation industry. Bamwesigye took charge at UCAA today, after the Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, appointed him as the substantive
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Prof Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo in an interview with URN The revelation by government that its preparing to amend the land laws has triggered anxiety in Buganda over the possibility of abolishing mailo land, a system of land ownership common in central region which the president has described as evil. But
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Ian M. Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner, Public and Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has informed the General Public that through a ministerial directive ref TPD.81/167/04 dated 4th August 2021, textiles and garments which are not manufactured in Uganda and as such cannot be adequately sourced locally
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Daniel Bukenya, the Managing Director at Goldstone Enterprise Consulting & Training Entrepreneurs from the renewable energy, water and sanitation, agribusiness and education sectors have an opportunity to apply for the Small and Growing Business Accelerator programme which entails coaching, mentorship, capacity building and access to finance. The programme which was
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Stanbic Bank’s Ronald Muyanja Satanic Bank Uganda recently hosted an investor conference to discuss the status of financial markets in Uganda and its future going forward. Business Focus caught up with Ronald Muyanja, the Head of Trading at Stanbic Bank to discuss the status of financial markets in Uganda and the
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Lloyd Jonathan Busuulwa, Head of Alternative Channels, dfcu Bank Digital technologies have dramatically reshaped industry after industry. Digital transformation is now universally regarded as essential for businesses to remain viable and competitive according to a digital transformation survey done my McKinsey Global. The survey also highlights that businesses are heading
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Even after borrowing one billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Uganda will continue borrowing. IMF Uganda Country Representative Izabela Karpowicz has told URN in an interview that Uganda still has a financing deficit of another one billion dollar about 3.5 trillion Uganda shilling at the current exchange rate.
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UCDA Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is doing everything possible to ensure that Uganda’s coffee attracts a premium price globally. This has been revealed by UCDA Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira in an interview. Iyamulemye says as Uganda pushes to produce 20m 60kg
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Richard Todwong, the newly-appointed National Resistance Movement (NRM) says corruption, greed, nepotism and among others are vices that everyone accuses NRM of need to address head-on. During his tenure as party SG, he says there is need to make the public know that these vices are not only limited to
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The 25-year-old Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa survived cancer Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa was Wednesday June09, 2021 named among the First Bloomberg New Economy Catalysts, a new global community of public and private sector innovators and entrepreneurs accelerating solutions to today’s greatest problems. The selected Catalysts are creating true impact at the cutting
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