The program is voluntary and is based on the informed assessment and judgement of the participating financial institutions Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen Ugandan banks have signed onto the TradeClear platform to ease and boost interbank trade within the country. TradeClear is an interbank trading platform managed by …
Read More »‘Internet Explorer is dead’
Microsoft stops supporting infamous browser NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Tech giant Microsoft on June 15 stopped supporting the Internet Explorer web browser after nearly 27 years. By June 16, a day after the official end of the browser, the #RIPInternetExplorer hashtag was trending. “Sad to see it go,” tweeted …
Read More »Kampala- Entebbe Expressway receives 20,000 passages daily
Egis Road Operation was in May last year awarded a contract by Uganda National Roads Authority to operate and maintain the 26.2KM Kampala – Entebbe Expressway. It is expected to collect toll fees on behalf of government and provide high quality road management adding value to road users. The …
Read More »Kagame, Tshisekedi and Museveni meet in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has today hosted the EAC Heads of State Conclave on Inter-Congolese Dialogue of the Nairobi Process on the Peace and Security Situation in Eastern DR Congo. Today’s Heads of State high-level meeting hosted by Chairperson of EAC, is an …
Read More »NSSF boss challenges MPs to secure alternative sources of income
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Board Chairman Dr. Peter Kimbowa has asked MPs to embrace creation of alternative sources of income and ensure proper monetary discipline measures if they are to become financially independent. “The new poor are the immediate former MPs …
Read More »Uganda can resolve cooking oil crisis by promoting sunflower growing
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | I bumped into Businge Rwabwogo, General Manager Operations at Mukwano Group of Companies at Entebbe International airport recently. One area that naturally crowned our discussions was sunseed cooking oil scarcity in Uganda and the region at large. Sometime in March this year, I had actually approached …
Read More »10 years of budget show limited shift in national priorities
A huge chunk of 2022/23 Shs48.1tn budget will go to the usual sectors of works and transport, security, health and education NEWS ANALYSIS | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s national budget, read on June.14, has drawn mixed reactions from various players, with manufacturers partly welcoming it but the civil society …
Read More »‘Digital transactions set to change consumer behaviour for good’
NSSF in partnership with VISA and Centenary Bank unveiled the smartcard for its member, a first in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thembeka Ngugi, Senior Director, Marketing – Sub Saharan Africa, Visaspoke to The Independent about the latest innovation and the digital transaction space. ****** What does this partnership between VISA, NSSF and …
Read More »Gen Katumba wants coordinated rescue services on lakes and rivers
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Katumba Wamala says Ministries and agencies must work jointly to eliminate adhoc search and rescue operations on water bodies. He says agencies should support Marine Police and get involved whenever there are incidents and accidents on water …
Read More »CHINA: Uganda Airlines secures landing at Guangzhou Airport
Guangzhou , China | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines has secured departure and landing slots at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport as it prepares for the commencement of long-haul flights to the UK, Saudi Arabia and India. The airline announced the change through its social media handles on Saturday. ” …
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