Gold is Uganda’s top foreign exchange earner/ photo from Blessed Riverstones Uganda Ltd website Blessed Riverstones Uganda Ltd, a Ugandan gold trading company, has unequivocally dismissed allegations circulating in certain media outlets linking its Chief Executive Officer, Jailes Bahati Mumbere, to a purported $2 million gold fraud. In an official
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Glovo and Haba na Haba team together in Kampala Glovo, a leading technological platform connecting customers, businesses, and riders, offering multicategory on-demand services from local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, announced a significant milestone in its partnership with community-based organization Haba Na Haba. By leveraging Glovo’s technology and extensive courier network,
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Participants in a group photo The Director General of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), Mr. Fred K. Bamwesigye, Tuesday morning, opened the 20th NAFISAT Supervisory Board Meeting, taking place from 14th to 17th October 2025 at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala. The meeting, organized by UCAA in collaboration with
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Women at Heritage Kanaani Farms sorting and drying coffee. Export earnings from coffee partly contributed to the BoP surplus/ Business Focus photo Uganda has largely been recording Balance of Payments (BoP) deficit for many years. However, in FY 2024/25, Uganda recorded an overall Balance of Payments (BoP) surplus of USD
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Participants in a group photo on day one of the three-day workshop Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, in partnership with the European Union - Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (EU-CORSIA) Africa and Caribbean Project, on October 6, 2025, opened a three-day national workshop at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The
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Angola’s Ministry of the Environment, through the National Waste Agency (ANR), will host the 4th Edition of Expo Recicla from October 24 to 25, under the theme “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle for a More Sustainable Angola.” More than just a fair, Expo Recicla stands as a national platform for dialogue,
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Robusta coffee in a Brazil plantation/ Courtesy photo Summary Brazil's robusta coffee production driven by climate resilience and global demand Rabobank projects Brazil's robusta output to reach 24.7 million bags in 2025 High productivity offsets robusta's high implementation costs, Rabobank estimates payback in four years Brazil is positioning itself to
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Coffee lovers tasting Uganda’s coffee at the SCAJ World Specialty Coffee Conference & Exhibition in Japan Uganda has made a powerful statement at Asia’s biggest coffee gathering, the SCAJ World Specialty Coffee Conference & Exhibition in Japan, positioning itself as one of the world’s fastest-rising coffee exporters and a reliable
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Coffee remains Uganda’s reliable top foreign exchange earner Uganda’s coffee exports in August 2025 amounted to 855, 441 bags worth US 202.75 million (UGX722.58 billion), Ministry of Agriculture has revealed in its Monthly Coffee Report for August 2025. This comprised of 797, 363 bags of Robusta valued at US180.79 million
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Airbus A330 soaring through the skies on its maiden flight to Mumbai Uganda Airlines passengers on international routes have been facing delays and cancellations of flights since yesterday. Complaints first came from Entebbe-Dubai (United Arab Emirates) passengers who reported getting several flight reschedules until, according to one affected passenger, they
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