The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (pictured) recently visited Rwanda. The IMF boss issued the following statement today in Kigali at the conclusion of her visit to Rwanda: “I wish to thank H.E President Kagame, Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente, Minister of Finance and National Planning Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Environment Jeanne
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Binance Charity, the philanthropic arm of Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, and Utiva, a technology education company in Africa that helps young people learn tech skills, today announced that they have selected the 1,000 Africans who will be taking part in a free 1-year intensive skill
Read MoreKanungu Grade One Magistrate's court has directed a woman to refund Shillings 10.43 million she received from her ex-lover toward her education after turning down his marriage proposal. The ruling arises from civil suit number 024 of 2022 filed by Richard Tumwiine in February 2022 against his ex-lover Fortunate Kyarikunda
Read MoreShadow Minister for Finance, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi speaking on the floor of parliament. The Opposition in Parliament has said that the proposed resource envelope for the next financial year 2023/2024 is unrealistic based on the proposed tax revenue collections and the country’s debt stock. This is according to a minority
Read MoreFarmers in Kazo are losing cows to Clostridia diseases Livestock farmers in Kazo district are counting losses after Clostridia diseases killed more than 500 cattle. Clostridia diseases that include Tetanus, Blackleg, pulpy Kidney, and Black disease is caused by bacteria of the genus Clostridium called anaerobic and spreads widely in
Read MoreFinance Minister Matia Kasaija Parliament’s Budget Committee has queried the conflicting public debt figures submitted to the House by two government entities. In the committee report on the proposed National Budget Framework paper for the next financial year 2023/2024, Members of Parliament queried the variance in figures submitted by the
Read MoreGlobal Coffee Consumption To Rise By 800,000 Bags As Uganda Earns Shs219bn From December Exports
Bros Coffee takes post harvest-handling seriously Uganda’s coffee exports in December 2022 amounted to 418,829 60-kilo bags worth US$ 59.54 million (Shs219bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its recently released monthly report for December 2022. This comprised 331,476 bags of Robusta valued at US $40.55 million and
Read MoreKenya gets the bulk of eggs from Uganda Kenyan consumers are paying more for eggs as the price of the commodity shoots to a high of KSh450 (about UShs13,000) a tray from KSh380 (UShs11,000) in November, amid scarcity and expensive imports from Uganda. The sharp rise in cost has been attributed to
Read MoreFlavia Kabahenda (DWR Kyegegwa) is chairperson Parliament's Committee of Gender, Labour and Social Development Uganda Parliamentary Forum on social protection has decried the budget cuts on Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) and has asked the government to allocate Shs121 billion in the 2023/24 FY to facilitate older persons . The chairperson of
Read MoreCarrefour To Reward Customers With Free Shopping Worth Shs150m To Celebrate Its Third Anniversary
Carrefour celebrates 3 years in Uganda with many rewards for their customers Ugandan shoppers are set to win free shopping and enjoy massive daily discounts as Carrefour celebrates three years in Uganda from 25th January, until 12th February 2023. To mark the occasion and growth, the retailer will check out 1,000 shopping
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