Sale of leaf business takes toll as Tobacco Control Act also gets set to bite By Patrick Kagenda In December last year, British America Tobacco Uganda (BATU) issued a public statement warning shareholders and potential investors that their profits would be significantly lower (by about 20%) than the previous year’s …
Read More »NSSF’s stock market woes
2015/2016 has not been a good year for investors in listed companies on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). Given that the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is the biggest holder of shares in locally-listed companies, there is anxiety. Some 21% of NSSF’s total value is in equities, with 73% …
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 …
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