Finance, Policy

IMF provides emergency $491m to Uganda

May 7

The International Monetary Fund is providing Uganda with $491.5 million to help counter reduced foreign exchange […]

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Business, Companies, Energy, Infrastructure

UMEME mulls USD5 million Marshall plan for Kiwatule-Najjera cluster

April 27

Uganda’s national power distributor Umeme is planning a massive infrastructure upgrade to address the frequent outages  […]

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Business, Companies, Technology & Telecoms

Kiira Motors, Makerere University begin tests of home grown medical ventilator

April 11

Efforts by Ugandan engineers to put a homegrown medical ventilator to market reached a major milestone […]

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Communications, Companies, Technology & Telecoms

WhatsApp limits Covid-19 misinformation messages

April 11

WhatsApp has announced it was reducing the number of chats a “highly-forwarded” message can be forwarded […]

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Business, Companies, Financial Services

A friend in need? Stanbic extends loan relief to Covid-19 stressed borrowers

April 9

Ugandan lender Stanbic has revealed a range of packages to lessen the burden on borrowers whose […]

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Business, Finance, Financial Services, Markets, Policy

Bank of Uganda walks the high-wire amidst Covid-19 disruptions

April 8

Uganda’s central banker has moved to lower the cost of capital with an eye on the […]

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Business, Companies, Foreign News

Long story behind spectacular fall of Spencon

April 8

In much of the 1990s and at the turn of the century, Spencon was one of […]

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Business, Communications, Companies, Infrastructure, Technology & Telecoms

Proposed Raxio exchange point to streamline Uganda’s Internet traffic

April 7

Raxio Data Centre and the Uganda Internet Exchange Point (UIXP) have signed an agreement that will […]

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Trade & Industry

Uganda’s annual inflation drops during March

April 3

The true measure of Uganda’s consumer price index amid the coronavirus pandemic will not be known […]

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Opinion

By sticking together Covid-19 beatable towards better world

April 3

Only by coming together will the world be able to face down the Covid-19 pandemic and […]

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