Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent COVID-19 worldwide lockdown has not affected the building of Uganda Airlines’ two A330-800 planes ordered from Airbus. Despite a two month delay, one of the two Airbus planes is in the final stages of completion, with its manufacturers sharing a photograph 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 »Police raids Bobi Wine’s NUP headquarters
Security seizes Kyagulanyi’s nomination documents, CCTV camera monitors Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Police has raided the National Unity Party (NUP) offices in Kamwokya, and are searching through election documents. NUP were holding a meeting of some of its top leaders when police arrived. “The military, police …
Read More »Pearl Dairy 5 year growth projection
New markets, increased consumption, and stable EAC economy will boost returns, company executives say Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Executives at Pearl Dairy Farms Limited expect a boom in business in the next five years supported by an increase in milk consumption, new markets and the easing of trade …
Read More »Bank of Uganda issues statement on loans
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Bank of Uganda (BOU) has stated that foreign banks lending deposits held in jurisdictions other than Uganda are regulated and supervised by their home authorities, and it is not mandatory for a foreign bank to establish a representative office in Uganda in …
Read More »Come to the stock market for capital
Uganda Securities Exchange tells manufacturers recovering from COVID-19 pandemic stress Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As manufacturers weather the tough times caused by COVID-19 lockdown and related restrictions, executives at the Uganda Securities Exchange say, doors are open for raising capital to reboot business activities. Speaking on behalf of …
Read More »Can MTN’s new CEO fix current troubles?
The South African telecom firm plans to refocus on Africa and mobile money | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Group’s new CEO Ralph Mupita is expected to manage by capitalising on technological growth and demographic dividends within Africa to cement its position as the continent’s largest telecom services provider. He comes …
Read More »Japan gives Uganda exports zero tariff and zero quota
Kameda Kazuaki, the outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Uganda spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about his four year stay in the country. You are leaving Uganda after close to four-and-half years. What are some of the memories you carry back home? Uganda is such a nice country to live;especially when …
Read More »Jubilee insurance sells majority stake to Germany’s Allianz Group
Currently, the regional insurers commands the largest market share in Uganda’s general insurance business Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Regional insurer, Jubilee Holdings Ltd, is selling between 51% and 66% stake of its operating subsidiaries engaged in short term general insurance business across the region to the Munich-based Allianz …
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