Business, Markets, Travel & Tourism

Uganda scoops gold at Indaba tourism fair

May 8

May 8—For the third time in four years, Uganda won gold in the South African Development […]

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Business, Companies, Investment, Markets

NIC sounds profit warning

April 28

Listed underwriter NIC Holdings Limited has issued an advisory to stockholders warning of a negative balance […]

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Business, Finance, Financial Services, Markets

African Alliance pulls out of the stock brokerage business

April 17

April 17—Financial services firm, Africa Alliance Uganda Limited is pulling out of the stock brokerage business […]

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Business, Investment, Land & Agriculture, Markets, Policy

Vietnam agrees to give Uganda’s coffee sector renewed push

April 15

April 15—Last month, Uganda was in talks with Vietnam, the country that overtook it in the […]

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Business, Land & Agriculture, Markets, Policy

Uganda gets Dutch know-how to limit bugs in $100m exports

April 10

April 10—The Netherlands Embassy in Kampala is helping the agriculture ministry limit rising cases of non-compliance […]

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Business, Land & Agriculture, Markets, Trade & Industry

Annual maize crop under threat from Aflatoxin attacks

April 4

April 4—Nearly half of Uganda’s annual maize production and 92 pc of the sorghum is contaminated […]

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Business, Companies, Markets, Trade & Industry

Dry spell dampens economic activity to push down March PMI

April 4

April 4—The continued dry spell into March hurt farming which in turn dampened general business activity […]

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Business, Foreign News, Markets, Travel & Tourism

African tourism rakes in $58bn as Cape Town marketing fete looms

March 26

March 26—Tourists spent $58.5 billion in Africa last year. Africa is expected to attract 81.3 million […]

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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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Markets, Policy

Museveni spells out bottlenecks to African growth

March 13

President Yoweri  Museveni has highlighted Africa’s lack of quality manufactured products that can compete in international […]

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