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VIDEO: Uganda falls seven steps down in business index Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Development partners are puzzled at Uganda’s dismal performance in the just-released Ease on Doing Business Report 2018. Authored by the World Bank annually, Uganda fell back 7 places from position 115 to 122, leaving businesses with …

Museveni finally commissions Fort Portal—Kamwenge road Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Sept. 7, President Yoweri Museveni finally commissioned the 66km Fort Portal—Kamwenge road, almost 18 months after it was expected to be completed. The class two tarmac road which runs from Kamwenge District to Fort Portal town in Kabarole …

World Bank upbeat about economy | Says Public Private Partnerships on large projects could spur economy Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The Uganda economy could grow at a rate of 5.2% during the current Financial Year 2017/18, according to the latest World Bank update released on July 25. That …

After the Rwanda Convention Bureau was established, visitors for conferences nearly doubled from 17,950 to 35,100 and revenue from MICE events increased from US$29.6 million in 2014 to US$47 million in 2016. Washington, US | THE WORLD BANK |  Rwanda is shaping up as one of East Africa’s premier business tourism …

 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |  The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$40 million equivalent IDA credit to Uganda for strengthening social risk management and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response project, it said in a press release dated June 22. The bank said that this credit …

Historic ground breaking ceremony completed for Rusumo dam to serve Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have launched the construction activities of the regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project in Ngara, Tanzania. The project, first conceived two decades back, will when completed deliver a shared hydropower plant with installed capacity …

World Bank describes impact on business growth, spending, saving culture. The banking segment is the most visible face of Uganda’s financial sector. So could the bad name it currently carries be hurting individuals and the economy generally? The World Bank Manager in Kampala, Christina Malmberg Calvo, thinks so and she …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than a half billion people live without electricity, trails the world in government policies that promote sustainable energy, according to a new World Bank report Wednesday. Much of the rest of the world, however, has made strides toward making energy …

Christine Lagarde says government need to focus on reducing inequality The International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Jan. 27 found herself on the defensive as the audience sought for the global fund’s roles on Uganda’s development. This was during a public lecture held at the Kampala Serena Conference …

As a way of improving the country’s ability to provide reproductive, maternal and child health services, the Ministry of Health has tabled before Parliament a proposal to borrow $110m (390bn) from the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank. Dr Jane Aceng, Minister for Health while appearing before …