Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | XENO Investment Management Limited has reported Shs8bn as assets under management for the year ended December 2019. Speaking at the virtual Annual General Meeting held today (Oct.26) in Kampala, Aeko Ongodia, founder and chief executive officer at Xeno said, the company recorded …
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It restores the Rwandan Bloc vote for Museveni in 2021 and smoothens CHOGM2021 preparations for Kagame COMMENT | SIMON KIMOYI | It is not far-fetched for Kigali to postulate that promoters of the Uganda-Rwanda conflict are top officers in the Ugandan security system, seeking to cause regime change in Kigali. …
Read More »Eskom refurbishes Njeru primary school
Bwikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | Eskom Uganda Limited has renovated the main administration block for Njeru Primary School in Bwikwe district (Eastern Uganda) under its corporate social responsibility programme, it said in a notice dated Oct.16 The block cost Shs44million and is expected to improve the schooling environment as …
Read More »Jumia officially unveils one month food festival
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge| E-commerce platform, Jumia has officially announced the launch of a Food Festival Campaign which is running up to the end of this month (Oct.31). Conducted via the Jumia Food app, the campaign is being done in partnership with local restaurants, supermarkets and fresh produce …
Read More »INSPIRATION: Was Charles Dickens writing about 2020?
Sharing gems of wisdom for this pandemic BLOGS | DR Freddie Rabelas Obligacion | In 1859 when the novel A Tale of Two Cities was published, Charles Dickens mused on the status quo in his iconic and unparalleled opening lines: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of …
Read More »World needs more food, requires sustainable food systems
Celebrating World Food Day COMMENT | Phomolo Maphosa | The world will be celebrating World Food Day on October 16. As the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) rightly states, this is no ordinary World Food Day. It’s the first World Food Day that our generation is celebrating amid a global …
Read More »How businesses can survive Post-COVID
How to win back lost customers and drive new loyalty COMMENT | Nellie Mwandha | At the start of this year, while the coronavirus was ravaging the foundations and systems of the world, there’s no part of our core as the human race that was not tested and suffocated in the …
Read More »Why is over 70% of arts and crafts sold in Uganda imported?
COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa | Did you know that over 70% of the crafts sold around Uganda to Ugandans and foreign tourists are actually imported from Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Congo? One can only imagine the number of jobs Ugandans are losing as a result of this trend, and therefore, the …
Read More »Vivo Energy unveils ‘fuel the feeling’ campaign
Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | On Oct.12, fuel distributor, Vivo Energy Uganda announced a three-month nationwide campaign for motorists who use Shell V-Power, a premium fuel that cleans and protects drivers’ engines, whilst giving the ultimate performance benefit. The campaign dubbed “Fuel the Feeling” will include a number of …
Read More »The Catholic challenge
The French Revolution toppled the authority of the Catholic Church; many yearn to restore it COMMENT | IAN BURUMA | In his quest for the secret of U.S. democracy in the 1830s, the French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville reflected on the important role played by religion in American life. Having …
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