Some of the Council members interacting after their first meeting Victoria University Wednesday sworn-in 14 New Governing Council Members and has sets its eyes on attaining a charter status. The Council is made up of Joram Kahenano (Chairperson- Specialized in Leadership), Joseph Biribonwa (Vice Chairperson- Specialized in Governance), Rajiv Ruparelia
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Chen Lei, President of Huawei Southern Africa Region Technology is getting us through the pandemic, and technology can also drive our continent’s recovery in the post-pandemic era, writes Chen Lei, President of Huawei Southern Africa. For most of us, 2020 has been a year of almost dramatic, almost traumatic change.
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Dr. Mohammed Madkour There are significant business opportunities in the mobile-broadband space in building an ecosystem of affordable mobile devices to support user migration to 4G and 5G cellular network technology. This was the message emerging from the 5th Huawei Africa Mobile Broadband Salon taking place at the online Africacom
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Housing Finance Bank Uganda Managing Director, Michael Mugabi (L) and the AgenceFrançaise de Développement (AFD) country Director in Uganda, Hatem CHAKROUN after signing the agreements Housing Finance Bank Uganda Managing Director, Michael Mugabi and the AgenceFrançaise de Développement (AFD) country Director in Uganda, Hatem CHAKROUN, have signed two financing agreements
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The Ugandan Information and communications technology sector, including information technology (IT) and business process management (BPM) is “approaching maturity”, a report titled ‘African Market Trends In Technology Services’ released by International Trade Centre today has revealed. The report, based on research and interviews, analysed the tech sectors of 11 African
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The South African government is ramping up policies aimed at using digital technology to reduce inequality, create opportunities and reap the benefits of ICT for a post pandemic social and economic revival. This was the message from Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Service Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams today. The minister was
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Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced completion of sale of its assets in Uganda to Total with $500 million (Shs1.84 trillion) consideration received earlier today. Tullow is also due to receive a further $75 million (Shs277.4bn) when a Final Investment Decision is taken on the development project plus contingent payments
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Yusuf Babuwaire, Senior Manager Personal Banking at Housing Finance Bank With the Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimating that the housing deficit in Uganda is at 2.1 million units, experts have said that this situation needs urgent attention. The deficit is estimated to be highest in Kampala. We caught up with
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The Bank of Uganda Annual Report for 2019/20 has revealed that the slowdown in economic activity is likely to depress real estate prices and hence result in an increase of banks’ credit risk. “These vulnerabilities are likely to further increase the deterioration in asset quality with the ratio of NPLs
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The new Ford Ranger Raptor being unveiled in Busiika today The Cooper Motor Corporation (CMC) has today officially unveiled the all-new Ford Ranger Raptor at Busiika Motor Race Track. As one of the most highly anticipated new models for 2020, the all-new Ford Ranger Raptor is now officially available in
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