Business, Companies, Investment, Policy

Ugandan cut-flower exporters get free zone status

October 30

October 30—Rosebud and Premier Roses, two of Uganda’s largest exporters of cut flowers, have been granted […]

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Business, Finance, Financial Services

Ecobank makes $227m profit after tax

October 27

October 27—Ecobank Transnational Inc, the Lome-based financial institution with  subsidiaries across East Africa, made a profit-after-tax […]

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Investment, Policy

New report downplays importance of incentives

October 27

October 27—Tax incentives is the favourite bait thrown at prospective foreign investors, but according to a […]

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Foreign News, Markets

World Bank expects higher oil prices in 2018

October 27

October 27—Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel in 2018 from $53 this […]

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Land & Agriculture, Policy

Potato farmers put on alert

October 27

October 27—Officials from the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) have asked farmers to immediately stop importing potato tubes […]

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Business, Infrastructure, Investment, Real Estate & Property

Expensive credit lines limit commercial development

October 26

October 26—It took the developers of the proposed Arena Mall in Kampala four years to put […]

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Business, Investment, Trade & Industry

Iranian investors invited to Uganda

October 26

October 26—Iranian business enterprises have been invited to set up operations in Uganda, because the private […]

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Business, Policy

Guidelines for local content contracts launched

October 26

October 26— The government has officially launched the guidelines in a reservation scheme under the Public […]

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Business, Companies, Finance, Financial Services

Stanbic beats competitors to Bancassurance license

October 26

October 26— Stanbic Bank Uganda (SBU) has become the first bank in Uganda to be granted […]

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Business, Infrastructure, Investment, Opinion, Transport

Uganda SGR becomes casualty of Kenyan uncertainty

October 25

October 25—A major casualty of any long term uncertainty in Kenya is yet more delays in […]

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