Robert Wanok, Head of Business Banking dfcu Bank The last 12 months have been challenging for everybody; individuals, businesses and even large institutions have all been impacted in varying ways. To support individuals and businesses get back on track, dfcu Bank has rolled out the ‘Bounce Back’ campaign. The campaign complements
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Farmers have been urged to apply Good Agronomic Practices (GAPs) and pick only red/ripe cherries /Courtesy photo Uganda’s coffee exports have been increasing in recent years. In 2014, Government through Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) embarked on a countrywide drive to replant coffee in the country in order to revive
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Ms. Anne Abeja, the Company Secretary at Housing Finance Bank The theme of International Women's Day 2021 is “Choose To Challenge” The premise of this theme is the simple belief that from challenge comes change and people all over the world can choose to challenge gender bias and inequality in
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On February 3, 2021, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) launched a tax compliance campaign dubbed KAKASA-’You’re in charge’, an Integrated Communication and Marketing Campaign where URA will help usher in a new approach to doing business, allowing business men and women across Uganda to take full charge of their business destiny
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Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) extended the deadline for filing and payment of January 2021 tax returns from 15th of February, 2021 to 17th of February 2021. Business Focus interviewed Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA,
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Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) recently launched a tax compliance campaign dubbed KAKASA-’You’re in charge’, an an Integrated Communication and Marketing Campaign where the tax body will help usher in a new approach to doing business, allowing business men
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Josephine Mutabuza, Absa Bank Uganda’s Head of Bancassurance Bancassurance is booming and is expected to increase Uganda’s insurance penetrations that remains below 1% as banks increasingly sell insurance products to their customers. Bancassurance is a simple term coined by combining two words, bank and insurance. Commercial Banks are adopting it
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John Gemin, the Emirates Uganda Country Manager Emirates recently resumed flights to Uganda, albeit with a scaled down frequency. We caught up with John Gemin, the Emirates Uganda Country Manager to give us insights into what the aviation sector is currently going through and what it is that they have
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Ian Rumanyika, the Public & Corporate Affairs Manager at URA Should farmers pay taxes? How does Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) tax farmers? These are some of the widely discussed questions in many farming WhatsApp Groups. During the Economic Summit held at Serena Hotel on November 27, 2019, Finance Minister Matia
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World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart (pictured above) said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging. “This did not start as a financial crisis but it is morphing into a major economic crisis, with very serious financial
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