Don Wanyama, the Vision Group Chief Executive Officer Vision Group, Uganda’s largest media conglomerate, announced yesterday, that it had made UGX396.5 million in half-year profits, for the 6 months to December 2021. This is a 129% recovery from a loss of UGX1.37 billion registered in the same period in 2020. Although
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Don Wanyama, the Vision Group Managing Director/CEO The Board of Directors of New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited has issued a profit warning informing Shareholders, Potential Investors, and the General Public that based on the preliminary assessment of the Company’s performance, the results of the Company’s earnings for the
Read MoreThe newly upgraded Gulu substation. Umeme has invested massively in infrastructure The Board of Directors of Umeme Limited have issued a profit warning, informing the shareholders of the Company, prospective investors, and the general public that based on the assessment of the Company’s performance for the year ending 31st December 2020, it
Read MorePaul Bwiso, the USE CEO The Uganda Stock Exchange (USE) has launched a new electronic account opening system for investors aimed at dematerializing operations for a more efficient and faster automated settlement under a new central depository and automated system. Speaking at the virtual launch on Tuesday, Paul Bwiso,
Read MoreCOVID -19 Crisis: Companies Postpone Annual General Meetings, Dividend Payments
Trading at USE The COVID -19 pandemic has disrupted holding of Public listed Companies’ 2020 Annual General Meetings (AGMs) per their respective planned calendars. On 17th April 2020, Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) issued a market notice recommending interalia the deferral of scheduling AGMs which had not yet been called, postponement
Read MoreUganda Loses 165bn In A Month As Investors Flee Country Over COVID-19 Uncertainty
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty, leaving investors fleeing Uganda for safer havens. “The COVID-19 pandemic has also caused a lot of panic and uncertainty in global financial markets, with some markets experiencing unprecedented dramatic declines, resulting in a significant loss of wealth. In times of such turbulence and uncertainty,
Read MoreDrug maker, Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited commonly known as Quality Chemicals, has issued a profit warning, informing shareholders and people who intend to buy its shares that it recorded a loss in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a profit posted over the same period in 2019. In
Read MoreTrading taking place at Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) The majority of the world’s wealthiest investors are waiting for stocks to drop further before buying again, on concerns about the pandemic’s impact on the global economy, according to a poll by UBS Global Wealth Management. Among the surveyed investors and business
Read MoreNairobi Stock Exchange Halts Trading As Share Prices Collapse On Virus Scare
Trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was Friday suspended towards the close of the market as panicky investors made indiscriminate sale of shares. Total market capitalisation dropped by Sh120 billion – one of the largest declines in a single day in the history of the bourse. The value of
Read MoreUhuru Opens Trading At London Stock Exchange, Launches Kenya’s First Green Bond
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday rang the bell to kick off the trading of Kenya’s first green bond at the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Speaking during the launch, the President urged UK investors to use Kenya as a gateway to investing into Africa and a bridge to the emerging market
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