East Africa’s most promising young entrepreneurs in 2018 have been named. The list of these innovative entrepreneurs is derived from Forbes’ list of the 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa 2018. Forbes says the 30 most exceptional young innovators and disruptors in African business today were chosen from more
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Uganda and Kenya have shockingly resorted to importing doctors from Cuba despite the high unemployment levels in the East African counties. The move has received a lot of position from local medics and the public. On Wednesday 18, 2018, Uganda’s Minister of State for Health Sarah Opendi revealed that government
Read MoreEcobank Uganda’s game-changing mobile app has attracted 32,000 customers in a short period of time as the Pan-African bank takes centre stage in Uganda’s online banking market. The app that has been applauded for revolutionizing banking in Africa combats many of the financial inclusion barriers such as dearth of rural
Read MoreThe Ugandan government has apologised for delayed enactment of the National Health Insurance Scheme Bill into law which would allow Ugandans have affordable medical care. In July 2017, the Ministry of Finance awarded a certificate of financial implications to the National Health Insurance Bill, 2012 paving way for the creation
Read MoreGovernment has revealed plans to recruit 850 medical workers in a move aimed at improving health service delivery in public hospitals. The Health Services Commission says recruiting each medical personnel will cost tax payers Shs500, 000. Prof. Pius Okong, the Chairperson of Health Services Commission made the revelation on Wednesday
Read MoreBy Judy Rugasira Kyanda Over the past few weeks, the media (both print and digital) has been awash with news about the Landlord and tenant Bill that was drafted by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban development, seeking to appease a group of tenants / traders under an umbrella
Read MoreA $117 million (Shs431.9bn) verdict against Johnson & Johnson and a supplier in favor of a man who said his asbestos-related cancer was caused by long-term use of J&J’s Baby Powder could open a new front for thousands of cases claiming the widely-used product caused cancer, legal experts and plaintiffs
Read MoreOPINION: Why Rent Control Spells Doom For The Real Estate And Financial Sectors
By Muzamiru Kibeedi The demand for a law to be made by government to impose a ceiling on the rent that the landlords can charge for commercial properties has been around for some time. In the last five years, it has been spearheaded by KACITA (Kampala City Traders Association), the
Read MoreAt least 3000 people were able to receive free treatment from a twoday medical camp organized by Hima Cement Limited in partnership with Case Med care and medical personnel from and within Tororo district. Nicolas George, the Country Chief Executive of Hima Cement said the two-day medical camp is part
Read MoreThe ten Ugandan ICT students who are on a two-week technological study trip in China under the Huawei “Seeds for the Future” Programme 2018 have expressed happiness at the opportunity to learn the Chinese Language. The students whose ICT related proposals were chosen as the best from the 35 presented
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