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UDB helps cover costs for undergraduates on European internship

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|Date: November 08, 2018
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UDB helps cover costs for undergraduates on European internship

November 8, 2018---Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) has joined forces with an institutional Europea ...

November 8, 2018---Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) has joined forces with an institutional European partner to enrich the learning experiences of two young undergraduates who will spend time at ...

November 08, 2018
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Government looks to digital stamps to curb fake goods

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|Date: November 07, 2018
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Government looks to digital stamps to curb fake goods

November 7, 2018---The proliferation of counterfeit goods in Uganda, many of them sub-standard and a pote ...

November 7, 2018---The proliferation of counterfeit goods in Uganda, many of them sub-standard and a potential health risk, has forced the government to make plans for introduction of digital stamps t ...

November 07, 2018
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New orders keep business owners upbeat in October

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|Date: November 05, 2018
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New orders keep business owners upbeat in October

November 5, 2018---Sustained new orders are helping to maintain optimism in Uganda’s private sector as th ...

November 5, 2018---Sustained new orders are helping to maintain optimism in Uganda’s private sector as the Stanbic Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for October reached 56.6. This is compared to 5 ...

November 05, 2018
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Online job placement platform by-passes Uganda

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|Date: November 01, 2018
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Online job placement platform by-passes Uganda

November 1, 2018---Young Ugandans are missing out on a job placement online platform that started out in ...

November 1, 2018---Young Ugandans are missing out on a job placement online platform that started out in Ghana and is now touting its success at helping people find jobs since setting up shop two year ...

November 01, 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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UK backs improving Uganda small business fortunes

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|Date: November 01, 2018
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UK backs improving Uganda small business fortunes

November 1, 2018---The total British government financing package for Uganda during 2018/19 amounts to ab ...

November 1, 2018---The total British government financing package for Uganda during 2018/19 amounts to about 100 million pounds ($128 million) and a portion of that money will be targeting improving t ...

November 01, 2018
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Business survey has Uganda trailing Kenya as Rwanda excels

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|Date: November 01, 2018
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Business survey has Uganda trailing Kenya as Rwanda excels

November 1, 2018---Rwanda is the one of the easiest countries in the world to do business while neighbour ...

November 1, 2018---Rwanda is the one of the easiest countries in the world to do business while neighbouring Uganda is at the other end of the scale. Rwanda tops Kenya, the East African Community’s (E ...

November 01, 2018
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Movement towards single East African currency in offing

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|Date: October 29, 2018
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Movement towards single East African currency in offing

October 26, 2018---Progress towards a single currency for the East African Community (EAC) will take anot ...

October 26, 2018---Progress towards a single currency for the East African Community (EAC) will take another step forward when the East African Legislative Assembly passes the East African Community S ...

October 29, 2018
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Donors support for East African Community tops $500m

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|Date: October 26, 2018
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Donors support for East African Community tops $500m

October 26, 2018---The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat’s top donors, who to date have handed ove ...

October 26, 2018---The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat’s top donors, who to date have handed over half billion dollars in five years, were in Arusha this week to finalise a financial package ...

October 26, 2018
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Ugandan researchers hampered by under-funding

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|Date: October 25, 2018
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Ugandan researchers hampered by under-funding

October 25, 2018---Uganda is among the countries that spends the least on research as a ratio of its Gros ...

October 25, 2018---Uganda is among the countries that spends the least on research as a ratio of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Dr. Gertrude Ngabirano, Executive Secretary of the East African Commi ...

October 25, 2018
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