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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Fuel distributor, Vivo Energy Uganda has launched new fuels with additives to give motorists best and extra levels of performance. Speaking to motorists during a tour of the company’s depot in Namuwongo near Kampala city on Nov.12, Gilbert Assi, the company’s managing director said the …

Experts want more from her new term as URA boss Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Doris Akol, the Commissioner General for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) must be a happy woman at the moment. While on a six months maternity leave that ends in February next year, she recently got the …

Busy customers will no longer have to drive to markets for foodstuffs Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A new app to be launched next month will boost the fortunes of market women who operate in areas like Nakawa, Kalerwe, Ntinda and Nakasero. The app is meant to eliminate the role …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was on Nov. 14 declared the overall winner of the 2018 financial reporting awards organised by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPA-U) at Serena Hotel, beating several other participants. The organisers said the Fund won because …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Wim Vanhelleputte, the MTN Uganda CEO says that they have committed Shs1billion commitment towards the MTN Startup Fund which forms part of their ambition to continue supporting local innovators. In a press release, Vanhelleputte encourages as many startups as possible to participate in the several …

New partnership announced at AfricaCom 2018 brings together Liquid Telecom’s award-winning VSAT service with Kymeta’s high throughput satellite communication system Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is extending its award-winning VSAT service through a new partnership with Kymeta, enabling it to deliver enhanced satellite mobile …

Tokyo, Japan | AFP |  A Japanese minister in charge of cyber security has provoked astonishment by admitting he has never used a computer in his professional life, and appearing confused by the concept of a USB drive. Yoshitaka Sakurada, 68, is the deputy chief of the government’s cyber security …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has allocated 37 billion shillings to divisions in the 2019/20 financial budgeting process. This is the first time that KCCA has created budget votes for the divisions since its creation in 2011. The division mayors have been lobbying for creation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A storm is brewing in over a name adopted for the Total’s oil northern Albertine Graben project located in Buliisa and Nwoya district. Total Exploration Uganda faces off with local opponents angered over the project name Tilenga. The name Tilenga is derived from two local …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Rashmi Pillai is the programs director at Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU). She spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about the recently held Financial Inclusion Week and related sector issues. What was the financial inclusion week about? The Financial Inclusion Week begun as a concept …