Business

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE  | The Uganda Insurance Association (UIA) is sensitising importers of goods about marine insurance in a bid to complement efforts by the regulator –Insurance Regulatory Authority – in creating awareness and appreciation of the local purchase of this policy. This move is targeting different groups including; …

Nile Breweries Limited spending US$22million to match sales growth         Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | A few months ago, a highly respected and accomplished director for Nile Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of the Belgium based Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, popularly known as AB InBev, resigned. His name could be familiar to you …

The government expect to double electricity production to 2000 in the next two years Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda government is in the last stages of approving a free electricity connection fee policy for some parts of the country to increase domestic consumption, according to Irene Muloni, the Minister …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Saudi Arabia will supply Sudan with millions of tonnes of oil for the next five years to help it tackle a growing energy crisis, the African country’s oil minister said Monday. Sudan has been hit with an acute fuel crisis for weeks now, sending black …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Julian Byamugisha is the Head of Taxify Uganda, which also operates in 23 other countries globally. She spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about company operations What has business been like for the last six months you have been in operation? We have moved people …

Advised to partner with global firms in U.S., Europe Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA | Coffee farmers always complain of low farm-gate prices, saying they earn little compared to the efforts and resources invested in the crop. As a result, some farmers have abandoned the crop in favour of other cash and …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda needs to team up with other countries under the East Africa Community, the Great Lakes Region and other African regions in the oil development process ahead of oil production slated for 2020 if it is to benefit from the resource, according to the United …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coca-Cola Beverage Africa’s subsidiary, Plastic Recycling Industries (PRI) has unveiled a campaign of collecting plastic waste in Kampala and surrounding areas in a move to conserve the environment. The waste will be used to make other products such as chairs. Speaking at the launch …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cement consumption in Kenya dipped for the first time in 17 years to 6.2 million tonnes owing to depressed demand in the construction sector, Economic Survey 2018 shows. According to Business- Daily, which quotes data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, shows that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s fast growing carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has signed a purchase agreement with Bombardier for 10 new Q400 aircrafts. Bombardier Commercial Aircraft said on April 27 that the value of the transaction is worth US$332 million. “The Bombardier turboprops continue to deliver unmatched performance to our …