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Lusaka, Zambia | AFP |  Authorities in Zambia have banned an energy drink after laboratory results showed that it contained the active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra. SX Energy Natural Power drink, produced by Revin Zambia, is exported around the region including to Uganda, where a consumer recently complained …

Coffee companies reap from URA’s Electronic Single Window System Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Coffee exporters are now realising the benefits of the Electronic Single Window system that was unveiled across the region four years ago. The Electronic Single Window is a computer aided system that enables companies to …

Juliet Kyokunda is the Executive Director of the Uganda Biodiversity Fund. She talked to The Independent’s RONALD MUSOKE on why, among other issues, Ugandan manufacturers should join the conservation cause. What prompted the creation of the Uganda Biodiversity Fund? The Uganda Biodiversity Fund was established in 2016 following a meeting …

Amelia Kyambadde, the Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, has made no secret of her ‘Buy Uganda Build Uganda’ initiative. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | She took another step on March 07 to promote the country’s manufactured products with the launch of a three-day first expo and online portal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former employees of the Uganda Airlines have warned that the airline will not survive if factors that led to its collapse and cancellation of its Air Operating Certificate are not addressed before its relaunch this year. Several Ugandan former employees are still skeptical about the planned …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic bank has launched the 4th edition of its National Schools Championship under the theme ‘empowering the job creators of tomorrow.” The annual competition, according to officials, seeks to equip secondary school students with business and enterprise skills in a bid to nurture entrepreneurship, …

Cheesy listening: study says tunes change Emmental’s taste Bergdorf, Switzerland | AFP |  It may be grating for some, but hip-hop is music to the ears of Switzerland’s most famous cheese. According to research on the musical tastes of Emmental, the holey cheese changes flavour depending on the melodies played …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda in partnership with the Buganda Kingdom have launched the 2019 edition of the annual Airtel Kabaka run at the Buganda Kingdom offices in Bulange Mengo. This year’s run will be held on April 7, 2019 and the tickets are on sale at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six lucky Ugandans are set to win an all-expense paid trip to Greece – the grand prize in a brand new ‘Under the Crown promotion’ named Coca-Cola Coke Studio Promotion. The promotion, unveiled early this month in Namanve, will also see thousands of consumers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NC Bank and Ganatra Plan & Equipment, the sole distributor of the JCB brand Uganda and Kenya, have signed a partnership agreement that will see JCB customers receive financing for equipment with 5% subsidy on the customer’s contribution per equipment. The total subsidy, according …