Energy, Finance, Financial Services, Hydrocarbons, Investment

Petroleum Fund revenues drop by $30m in 2017/18

March 20

March 20—Uganda’s Petroleum Fund, the depository for all revenues accruing to the government from petroleum and […]

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Business, Energy, Hydro

Uganda’s Isimba power station to be commissioned March 21

March 20

President Museveni is expected to preside over the commissioning of Uganda’s 183MW Isimba hydro-power station, on […]

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Business, Companies, Trade & Industry

Japanese lacquer maker pins regional hopes on anti-malaria paint

March 20

March 20—East Africa’s paints market is set for a shake-up. Japanese coatings maker, Kansai Plascon, is […]

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Business, Communications, Opinion

Chinese telecom solutions suit African pockets

March 20

March 20—Chinese ICT firms, like Huawei, suit African pockets. Writing for Foreign Policy this week, Amy […]

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Business, Land & Agriculture, Markets

Theft dampens farmers’ gain from vanilla price rise

March 20

March 20—International prices for vanilla, one of the most difficult spices to grow, have shot up […]

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Business, Companies, Transport, Travel & Tourism

Entebbe sees 10pc increase in passenger traffic, cargo dimmed by South Sudan suspension

March 20

Entebbe posted double-digit growth during 2018, handling 1, 840,264 international passengers compared to 1.65 million in […]

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Business, Companies, Travel & Tourism

Entebbe sees 10pc growth in passenger numbers

March 19

Entebbe posted double-digit growth during 2018, handling 1, 840,264 international passengers compared to 1.65 million in […]

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Business, Transport, Travel & Tourism

New pricey alternative to Kampala-Jinja traffic jam

March 18

March 18—A private company has come up with a way of make travelling between Kampala and […]

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Companies, Foreign News, Opinion

Despite a tragic start, the 737Max is an indispensable partner in the quest for sustainable aviation

March 18

Michael Wakabi The global grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max fleet by US regulators last week once […]

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Business, Companies, Travel & Tourism

Uganda postpones aircraft deliveries for second time

March 16

Uganda Airlines has for the second time deferred delivery of the first set of aircraft, from […]

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