Youth empowerment has been at the forefront of the efforts of both the government and the private sector in Uganda. In 2014, the government responded to the high rates of youth unemployment and poverty with...
by Moses Maurice Mugerwa, Operations Manager Bolt Uganda Within a relatively short space of time, ride-hailing services have carved out a significant global market currently valued at $75 billion and, in the meantime, triggered other...
“This case will make people to lose confidence in the judicial system where they will now resort to jungle law to resolve disputes. This will increase socio-economic insecurity due to the absence of the rule...
By Julius Tumukunde based in USA: The National Unity Platfor presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine might not have been declared the winner of the January presidential election but this has never stopped him...
Stanbic Bank Uganda has officially launched the 6th annual National Schools Championship (NSC) to be held under the theme “Empowering the job creators of tomorrow with the main focus on agriculture, business innovation and IT Skilling”. The...
By Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia and Rajiv Ruparelia Your Excellency, I believe you very well recall the vanilla ‘madness’ of 2002-2005 when Ugandan farmers got rich overnight in Mukono and Masaka; those good old but short-lived days...
Have you ever wondered why you still get the same mediocre service despite the new facilities and the innovations that have been achieved within the health industry? “There isn’t a problem with medicine. There is...
The recently concluded commercial court ruling in the Ham Enterprises Vs DTB Uganda and DTB Kenya where court ordered Diamond Trust Bank to pay Ham Enterprises all the monies that were illegally and fraudulently debited...
The commercial banks in Uganda, largely multinationals, having lost Crane Bank and National Bank of Commerce under very controversial circumstances recently feel like a coveted old boys club of an ivy League school with all...
Crown Beverages Limited (CBL), the bottler of Pepsi, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Sting, and Nivana Water has today launched a new customer reward promotion dubbed Nyongeza Aya Bass. Nyongeza is a multi-ethnic Ugandan word that means, “give...
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