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Government swift on compensation for new Kampala-Jinja Expressway

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|Date: January 16, 2019
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Government swift on compensation for new Kampala-Jinja Expressway

January 16, 2019---Half of the people along the proposed $1.1 billion Kampala-Jinja Expressway (KJE) have ...

January 16, 2019---Half of the people along the proposed $1.1 billion Kampala-Jinja Expressway (KJE) have been financially compensated for the 77 kilometre Public Private Partnership project. French d ...

January 16, 2019
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Rising maize prices drive up cost of poultry feeds

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|Date: January 14, 2019
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Rising maize prices drive up cost of poultry feeds

January 14, 2019 - The cost of poultry feeds is edging up in Uganda as farm gate prices for cereals rise ...

January 14, 2019 - The cost of poultry feeds is edging up in Uganda as farm gate prices for cereals rise following a shrinkage in supply. Maize prices have moved up from UGX300 to 650 for a kilogram ...

January 14, 2019
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African bank commits $131 million to Rwanda water upgrade

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|Date: December 19, 2018
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African bank commits $131 million to Rwanda water upgrade

December 19, 2018---, The African Development Bank (AfDB), Rwanda’s main partner in the water and sanitat ...

December 19, 2018---, The African Development Bank (AfDB), Rwanda’s main partner in the water and sanitation sector has approved additional funding support of the €115 million ($131 million) to the co ...

December 19, 2018
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Uganda’s exports remain limited with COMESA main buyers

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|Date: November 01, 2018
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Uganda’s exports remain limited with COMESA main buyers

November 1, 2018---Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) are Uganda ...

November 1, 2018---Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) are Uganda’s leading export destination, but just two of them, Kenya and South Sudan, make up 60 pc of th ...

November 01, 2018
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Lack of testing facilities hampers Uganda minerals sector

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|Date: October 03, 2018
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Lack of testing facilities hampers Uganda minerals sector

October 3, 2018---The Uganda government has been asked to fast-track setting up a national certified mine ...

October 3, 2018---The Uganda government has been asked to fast-track setting up a national certified minerals laboratory instead of the continued reliance on South African and Tanzanian facilities whi ...

October 03, 2018
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$4.6m raised to boost agro-processing in northern Uganda

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|Date: October 01, 2018
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$4.6m raised to boost agro-processing in northern Uganda

October 1, 2018---Selected farmers in northern Uganda are to benefit from a €4 million (about UGX17.7 bil ...

October 1, 2018---Selected farmers in northern Uganda are to benefit from a €4 million (about UGX17.7 billion) fund intended to provide both money and technical know-how to help improve agro-processin ...

October 01, 2018
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Government to expand insurance scheme for farmers

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|Date: August 31, 2018
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Government to expand insurance scheme for farmers

August 31, 2018---Plans have been mooted by the government, to expand this financial year (2018/19), an i ...

August 31, 2018---Plans have been mooted by the government, to expand this financial year (2018/19), an insurance scheme for farmers to make it easier for them to borrow money since banks consider agr ...

August 31, 2018
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Stanbic Bank offers finance to acquire title deeds

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|Date: August 23, 2018
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Stanbic Bank offers finance to acquire title deeds

August 23, 2018---Most of us know land is an important factor of production. Many of us will even let it ...

August 23, 2018---Most of us know land is an important factor of production. Many of us will even let it lie idle thinking it will appreciate in value as time goes on writes Jackson Emanzi. But how ma ...

August 23, 2018
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US government to help improve regional grain standards regime

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|Date: August 16, 2018
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US government to help improve regional grain standards regime

August 16, 2018---Early this week, the USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Hub) signed a gran ...

August 16, 2018---Early this week, the USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Hub) signed a grant with the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) to facilitate the review and revision of existin ...

August 16, 2018
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Government steps in with $27m to shore up maize prices

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|Date: August 09, 2018
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Government steps in with $27m to shore up maize prices

August 9, 2018---The government has put aside UGX100 billion (just over $27 million) to shore up the depr ...

August 9, 2018---The government has put aside UGX100 billion (just over $27 million) to shore up the depressed price for maize to help farmers sell their crop for at least UGX500 (nearly 15 US cents) ...

August 09, 2018
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