PAU statistics show that more than 11,054 Ugandans are currently employed in the oil and gas sector Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s oil and gas sector has employed more than 11,670 people with local citizens taking more than 93% of the jobs at the end of May this year, …
Read More »MTN Uganda to pay an interim dividend as profits surge to Shs 292.7bn
MTN Uganda has declared an interim dividend of Shs 5.4 per share, a total of Shs 120.9billion, after its net profit surges 21% to Shs 292.7billion for the nine months ending 30th September 2022. | THE INDEPENDENT | This is the second time that MTN Uganda has declared interim dividends …
Read More »MTN Uganda to pay an interim dividend as profits surge to Shs 292.7bn
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has declared an interim dividend of Shs 5.4 per share, a total of Shs 120.9billion, after its net profit surged 21% to Shs 292.7billion for the nine months ending Sept.30. This is the second time that MTN Uganda has declared interim dividends to …
Read More »Commercial banks resume payment of dividends
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shareholders in banking service companies will in a month’s time start receiving dividends for their investments, for the first time since 2019. Stanbic Bank Uganda and Bank of Baroda will be the first to pay dividends to their shareholders, starting July 24th and August 4th, …
Read More »MTN to pay dividends despite poor show of stock market and global inflation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda shareholders are due to get their first dividends since the company listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange, with the register for those eligible closing June1. The shareholders will have their dividends paid on June 24, with each share earning the holder 4.706 shillings, …
Read More »BOU tells shareholders in banks to wait a little longer for dividends
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda insists its not yet safe enough for the banking industry to start paying dividends to their shareholders, two years since this was suspended. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, the banking industry was given guidelines to survive the pandemic, and …
Read More »No dividends for shareholders as Umeme concession uncertainty persists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distributor Umeme has decided not to pay out any dividends to its shareholders despite the significant recovery in business over the last one year, according to the performance indicators. The unexplained decision comes amidst what the company calls uncertainty created by the delayed government …
Read More »Stanbic Bank pays Sh110 billion in dividends to shareholders
Stanbic continues to support clients as the economy recovers Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda (SBU) has paid out a total of Sh110 billion to its shareholders for financial year 2019, continuing a long track record of returning consistently positive earnings despite prevailing challenges. At the peak of …
Read More »BATU hit by hard economic times
In recent years, shareholders of British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) have come to always look forward to the first two weeks of May, the period when the company has traditionally held its annual general meeting. It has now become a guarantee that they must hear some really good news that …
Read More »Use of ICTs can fetch farmers more dividends
By Ronald Musoke Judith Payne, the e-business Advisor at USAID in Washington has reminded agriculture-dependant countries like Uganda to harness the potential of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) if their farmers are to improve their livelihoods. With about 70% of Ugandans believed to derive their livelihood directly from agriculture, Payne said …
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