VIDEO: Export Strategy to Cost Uganda 2.7 Trillion Shillings Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Government has in an effort to improve the country’s trade balance turned focus on products where Uganda has a comparative advantage. Trade Minister Amelia Kyambade says the newly approved export promotion strategy will help government promote …
Read More »VIDEO: Twenty five countries’ delegates meet to create continental force
VIDEO: Twenty five countries’ delegates meet to create continental force Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The third Ministerial Meeting of the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crisis commenced on Sunday in Kampala with 25 member countries in attendance. The meeting was held to discuss the creation of a functional …
Read More »Hardy Zimbabwean farmers take on Nigeria’s challenges
Farming in Nigeria is not for the fainthearted. Ilorin, Nigeria | AFP | Intermittent electricity means generators are needed half the time. Chronically potholed roads make transport slow and expensive. Fake fertiliser has previously devastated crops, while toxic feed ruined one dairy farm. But for a group of 13 hardy farmers …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Rwanda President Paul Kagame inauguration
Kigali, Rwanda | PICTORIAL | Paul Kagame was sworn-in Friday as President of Rwanda during a colourful ceremony that was attended by over 20 heads of state and Government. ALL PHOTOS VIA FLickr.com/paulkagame **** The glamour, colour, the occasion! **** The presidents and leaders of delegations….many old faces, some new ones! **** Family…… very …
Read More »VIDEO: ‘Africa Loses 136 Shillings Trillion in Tax Incentives per Year ‘
VIDEO: ‘Africa Loses 136 Shillings Trillion in Tax Incentives per Year ‘ Kampala, Uganda | NBS | African countries lose more than over 136 trillion shillings (the equivalent of 38.6 billion dollars) a year in tax incentives given to foreign investors. This revelation was made by Logan Wort, the executive secretary …
Read More »LIVE: Inauguration ceremony of Rwanda President Kagame
LIVE: Inauguration ceremony of Rwanda President Kagame Kigali, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda’s President-elect Paul Kagame will be sworn in for another seven-year term in office today at a ceremony that will be attended by Ugandan and Kenyan leaders Yoweri Museveni and Uhuru Kenyatta. The ceremony will take place …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs to Receive Cash for Consulting Voters on Constitutional land Amendments
VIDEO: MPs to Receive Cash for Consulting Voters on Constitutional land Amendments Kampala, Uganda | NBS | Parliament has earmarked unspecified amounts of money for legislators to consult their voters on the proposed constitutional amendments on government forceful acquisition of private property prior to compensation. This development comes at a time …
Read More »VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again
VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The High court in Kampala sat yesterday to hear another application for bail filed by Mathew Kanyamunyu , who is accused of the shooting of a social worker Kenneth Akena in November. Justice Yasin Nyanzi, who is one …
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandan exporters to engage Gulf importers to increase exports
VIDEO: Ugandan exporters to engage Gulf importers to increase exports Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | In an effort to grow the value of exports to the United Arab Emirates from the current 83 million, Uganda exporters will engage Gulf importers in Dubai in an expo and convention scheduled for October …
Read More »VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat
VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Financial institutions, public institutions and security organs are being advised to carryout daily audit of their systems in the wake of cyber threats. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT, Vicente Bagire says the increasing technological …
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