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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the Uganda Tourism Board to promote the Capital City as a key tourism destination for local and foreign tourists. The KCCA Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka, says that Kampala has a lot of tourism sites …

The company is in the process of formulating a strategy to enable it achieve short term and long-term goals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shareholders of Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CQCIL) are waiting to see how their company performs during the reign of the new chief executive officer …

  Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beneficiaries of the Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation (Emyooga) have mobilized over sh40 billion in savings over the past one year. One of the key prerequisites for any member to borrow from an Emyooga SACCO is regular and consistent saving. Going by …

Since the rolled out of mandatory mobile motor third party insurance in 2019, 414,550 policies have been issued through the system worth Shs 30.6bn in premiums Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The Insurance Regulatory Authority has linked its third party insurance platform to the police’s Express Penalty Scheme system …

  Butambala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butambala Member of Parliament Muwanga Kivumbi has expressed appreciation to Government for introducing the Emyooga initiative which he says is a great step towards achieving the much desired economic transformation in Uganda. He said this, during a monitoring visit to Butambala Constituency as …

However, the trade volumes between the two countries are in favour of the Asian nation Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | China plans to deepen its influence in Uganda with the implementation of the China-Africa Digital Innovation initiative alongside other pledges in investment, trade and access to coronavirus vaccines. Chinese …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Last Friday night, Uganda Airlines flight to Dubai had some of its passengers engage in what I would descirbe as comedy. The drama had a one Paul Mubiru selling Nsenene ( fried long-horned grasshoppers) to his colleagues and other passengers on board. The short stunt which was …

    Best business creation project Best startup under 3 years old Best female entrepreneur Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  TotalEnergies has today re-launched the Startupper of the Year Challenge in 32 countries of the African continent – following the success of the first two editions. For this edition, the Startupper of the Year Challenge …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leading Ugandan poultry industry players have urged the government to hold talks aimed at resolving the persistent trade wrangles, the latest being the continued ban on egg imports by Kenya. Kenya issued the ban in January this year affecting all poultry products including eggs and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commercial banks and microfinance institutions are yet to to officially hear about the 200 billion shillings for lending out money meant to rescue Ugandan small enterprises that were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic which was commissioned early last week. A check at two government-owned financial …