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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Read MoreNabuuma: Ugandan Innovator Shinning Globally By Reshaping Fight Against Cancer
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
Read MoreMichael K. Mugabi, Managing Director, Housing Finance Bank Housing Finance Bank (HFB), an indigenous finance institution is famous for its mortgage product in the banking sector. Herewith, the Bank’s Managing Director, Micheal K. Mugabi shares some of its milestone achievements in the implementation of National Development Plan (NDP II) which spanned
Read MoreAngela Ndawula, the Head Business and Institutional Banking at Housing Finance Bank Housing Finance Bank recently launched the Kingdom Development Organ aimed at stimulating community-based resource mobilization in partnership with the Church of Uganda. We caught up with Angela Ndawula, the Head Business and Institutional Banking at Housing Finance Bank
Read More25 Year Old Ssendegeya Ventured Into Coffee Value Addition To Change Lives Of Fellow Youth
Aloysious Ssendegeya wants to empower youth through coffee Ugandans are increasingly venturing into coffee value addition as the country’s volumes continue to increase. This is a result of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) efforts to increase coffee production to 20 60kg million bags by 2025. Aloysious Ssendegeya, 25, is one of
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Nangoli Shares His Journey To Exporting Ugandan Processed Specialty Coffee To UK
Nangoli besides his finished products. Kikobero coffee is now exported to UK Martin Nangoli, 47, was born in a poorly managed coffee garden and isolated family in Kikobero village, Masira Sub-county in present day Bulambuli district. He says his family and village were a laughing stock because his parents were hunters whose future looked
Read MoreInterview: How Businesses Can Benefit From dfcu Bank’s ‘Bounce Back’ Campaign
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
Read MoreFarmers 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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