Business, Finance, Financial Services, Investment, Policy, Trade & Industry

Uganda relaxes terms for women groups to access $155m credit

April 10

April 10—The government wants to ease the conditions in which recognised women groups across Uganda can […]

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Foreign News, Investment, Policy, Trade & Industry

Half of Africa takes on riskier debt as growth slows in 2018

April 10

April 10—The external debt of nearly half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, covered under the […]

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Business, Companies, Finance, Financial Services

Insurers told to be more flexible to attract wary Ugandans

April 8

April 8—Insurance brokers brainstormed various ways to stimulate business in Uganda during their inaugural annual conference […]

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Business, Companies, Energy, Finance, Hydrocarbons, Infrastructure, Investment

Annual oil convention due next week amid rising expectations

April 5

April 5—The 200-member Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) will be holding their annual oil […]

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Business, Companies, Finance, Foreign News, Infrastructure, Transport

Djibouti slapped with $385m bill for breach of port contract

April 5

April 5—Authorities in Djibouti have been put in a tight and expensive spot after an arbitration […]

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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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Policy

Uganda eyes Tanzania for bench marking small scale mining

April 2

April 2—The government wants to benchmark some areas of the local mining sector on the Tanzanian […]

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Business, Finance, Policy

Bank of Uganda leaves base rate unchanged at 10 pc

April 2

April 2—Bank of Uganda has decided to keep the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 10 pc […]

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Business, Companies, Finance, Financial Services, Investment

With another solid year, Stanbic Uganda’s 2018 dividend overtakes growth in income

March 28

Stanbic’s Uganda unit has is proposing an 8pc increase in the dividend payable to stockholders against […]

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