dfcu Bank, a subsidiary of dfcu Limited, is set to accelerate the digitization of its operations and financial products by joining FMO’s “FinForward”, an acceleration program where global Fintech companies and Financial Institutions (FIs) and Mobile Money Providers (MMPs) in Africa are matched and integrated. FinForward is an initiative powered
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The Uganda Police has reportedly blocked attempts by the country's main opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) from carrying out a blood donation exercise. According to Ronald Muhinda, Kizza Besigye's Personal Assistant, police officers on Wednesday surrounded the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi where the activity was meant to
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Hundreds of residents of the Jonglei State capital of Bor are sleeping under the stars after local authorities demolished their houses Tuesday to make way for new roads. Residents awoke to the sound of a bulldozer destroying their houses in the Marol area, where many South Sudanese had settled illegally
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Uganda's tax body, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) officials are upbeat about the upcoming Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs) conference set to be held next month. While addressing the 4th WCO AEO Press Launch on Tuesday, the Acting Commissioner General, Patrick Mukiibi said the conference offers Uganda and Africa an opportunity
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The executive director of Oxfam International said on Sunday she was heartbroken by a sexual misconduct scandal in Haiti that prompted Britain’s government to threaten to cut off aid funding to charities. Oxfam, one of Britain’s biggest charities, has condemned the behavior of some former staff in Haiti after a
Read MorePreparations for UK Uganda Youth Convention are in high spirits as organisers revealed to us that all is set for the event. The convention will take place on 26th May 2018 at Royal Regency Hall, Manor Park in London. Registration for those who want to attend is ongoing on the
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Bill and Melinda Gates Tuesday shared their 2018 Annual Letter, "The 10 Toughest Questions We Get." In this year's letter, the tenth one that they've written, Bill and Melinda respond to 10 tough questions they've received over the years from nonprofit partners, government leaders, the general public - and supporters
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By Aloysious Kasoma Finance Trust Bank (FTB) has become 8th bank to receive the Bancassurance License from the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA). This innovation of banks selling insurance products is expected to increase insurance penetration in Uganda from the current less than 1%. Finance Trust Bank received the certificate on
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Captain Mike Mukula has revealed the loopholes in Uganda’s aviation sector. Appearing before the Parliament Committee of Physical Infrastructure on Tuesday to give his views on Civil Aviation Bill 2017, the former Health Minister said compared to the Aviation Authority of Kenya, Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is still lagging far
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Tanzania has burned 5,000 chicks that were illegally imported from Kenya into the country, the Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reports. The one-day-old chicks were brought into the country through the northern Namanaga border. An official in the ministry of livestock, Maria Mashingo, told the Daily Nation that the chicks were
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