Stanbic increases prize money for Uganda Cup
December 19, 2018—Uganda’s biggest and oldest knock-out football competition, the ‘Stanbic Uganda Cup,’ is back with more prize money on offer and exciting spin-off...
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African airlines to lose less money in 2019
December 17, 2018 – African airlines are expected to narrow their loss to $300 million in 2019, from the $400 million they are expected to lose this year, according...
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Akuna Muchezo overcomes all to win dfcu Bank Battle for Cash
December 14, 2018—Akuna Muchezo Development Club walked away with a UGX 30 million ($8,000) dummy cheque after emerging winners in this year’s ‘Battle for Cash Cha...
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Oil and gas companies fixed on African bankable projects to cut costs
December 14, 2018—Regulatory uncertainty, political instability, corruption and fraud together with a lack of infrastructure rank as major challenges for oil and ga...
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Ecobank signs up fintech MFS Africa to ease mobile transfers
December 14, 2018—Ecobank, the Togo-based multinational with operations across Africa, has announced that customers can now send and receive money to and from over...
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EU offers money to boost Uganda coffee market access
December 14, 2018—The European Union (EU) is providing Uganda’s coffee sector with a financial package to help increase market access to the largest and most lucrat...
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Panic over interception of telecommunications
December 12, 2018 – A wave of panic is sweeping across social media in Uganda, after a post suggesting that the government had started intercepting private communic...
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Bejeweled Emirates Boeing gets tongues wagging
December 12, 2018—Emirates Airlines with its hub in Dubai, the commercial capital of wealthy United Arab Emirates (UAE), is known for firsts. But the latest photo o...
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AIF’s feeble effort undermines ‘Made in Rwanda’
Michael Wakabi December 12, 2018 – One mid-morning in 2017, two gentlemen from Kigali based African Improved Foods, met me at my offices on Mercy Bodifa House in K...
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Museveni queries manner of central bankers’ probe
December 12, 2018—President Yoweri Museveni has expressed his concern over the public grilling of Bank of Uganda top officials by a parliamentary committee in a bid...
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Africa home to world’s five fastest growing economies
December 12, 2018—Africa is currently home to five of the world’s fastest growing economies, and only four African countries out of 54 will record negative growth i...
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Mismatch in Uganda electricity sector causes consumption gaps
December 12, 2018— Affordability together with the limited capacity in the efficient transmission and distribution of electricity in Uganda is creating a mismatch s...
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Uganda contraceptive use rises 10pc
December 11, 2018 – Uganda’s Contraceptive Prevalence Rate registered a near double-digit increase in the three years to November 2018, as Population Services internation...
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Uganda Airlines sticks to April service launch as first CRJ delivery slips to February 2019
December 10, 2018 – Delivery of Uganda Airlines first CRJ-900 airframe has slipped to February 2019 after Ugandan authorities delayed to appoint a Designated Manufacturin...
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National oil company in second bid to sell off test crude
November 21, 2018—The high cost of putting to use several thousand barrels of crude the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) wants to sell off, is causing several maj...
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Stanbic Bank offers high profile services to grow clients’ money
November 21, 2018—Stanbic Bank Uganda (SBU) is now offering a wealth management service that cuts across a range of other products and intended to focus and harness...
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Minet Uganda cautions on cyber-crime risks to businesses
November 21, 2018—Uganda’s legal system is falling short in providing deterrence amidst rising criminal cases associated with the fast changing technology environme...
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Face Technologies loses Uganda driving permits contract
November 9,2018 – Uncertainty surrounds the future of computerised driving permits in Uganda as the Ministry of Works prepares to take over the process from contrac...
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Investment agency reassures amidst Director’s exit
November 8, 2018—Uganda’s front office for attracting new business, the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), has assured the public all is well. This is in an effort...
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UDB helps cover costs for undergraduates on European internship
November 8, 2018—Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) has joined forces with an institutional European partner to enrich the learning experiences of two young und...
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