By Aloysious Kasoma A number of Ugandans are increasingly using phones for online transactions, a new Jumia report has revealed. According to the 2018 Report on Uganda’s Mobile Sector by Africa’s e-commerce company, 77% of customers who visited Jumia website last year used their mobile phones against 23% the number
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President Yoweri Museveni has directed all District Medical Officers in the country to maximize efforts in the eradication of malaria. He also said that there should be mass action by all stakeholders, including all households and communities, in the eradication of malaria. “I direct all the District Medical Officers to
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By Aloysious Kasoma Uganda is in the final stages of constructing the oil pipeline, but has a deficit of 1,500 qualified welders to handle the project. These are required to fulfill the local content laws. The required welders must have an American Welder’s Certificate and a wealth of experience. The
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By Simon Carpenter A lot can happen in a year. And when that year is 2018, a year in which we stand on the threshold of an exponential future driven by technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, IoT and blockchain, the world may look very different by the end
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Huawei, one of the leading global ICT solutions providers is the corporate sponsor of the ongoing World Customs Organization’s 4th Authorized Economic Operator (‘AEO’) global conference hosted by Uganda Revenue Authority in Kampala. The 4th WCO global AEO conference is being hosted at Kampala Serena Hotel from 14th to the
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The Health Committee of Parliament has directed private health facilities in the country to immediately stop Hepatitis B Vaccinations pending approval from the Health Ministry. The decision was reached at during a meeting held at Parliament on Wednesday with officials from the National Drug Authority (NDA). This follows reports of
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The National Drug Authority (NDA) has confirmed that there are fake Hepatitis B drugs on the Ugandan market, urging the public to be extra vigilant. This is after NDA confiscated the fake drugs from private health facilities. Hellen Ndagigye, the director in charge of product safety at NDA told the
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Kenya emerged the third most preferred real estate investment destination globally for the super-rich after the UK and the US in a study that also shows that nearly a quarter of Africa’s rich have property locally, the Daily Nationreports. According to Knight Frank’s Attitudes Survey 24 per cent of Africa’s
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The MTN Group on March 8, 2018 released financial results for 2017. The results indicate that at 31 December 2017, MTN Group had 217 million subscribers based on the “new modernised definitions”. We will provide comparisons for full year 2018 using the new base. The results further indicate that MTN
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Francophone West Africa leads in intra-regional trade with trade hotspots around Dakar, Abidjan, Cotonou and Lomé, according to analysis by Ecobank’s (www.Ecobank.com) research team in its new website. The team has updated Ecobank’s flagship Africa Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Guidebook (FICC) and made it available as an online resource:
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