Right from the early stages of implementation of the Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job creation one of the most cross-cutting issues raised by beneficiaries has been inadequacy of the seed capital allocated to...
Beneficiaries of the Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation have mobilized over 40 billion shillings in savings over the past one year of Emyooga program implementation. One of the key prerequisites for any...
30th November 2021 – Kampala, Uganda; The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) - the country’s National Development Finance Institution – are set to co-host with their...
Following the success of the first two editions, TotalEnergies is relaunching the Startupper of the Year Challenge in 32 countries of the African continent. During the previous edition, TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda Limited rewarded four young...
Kampala. Monday, November 29th, 2021. On 25th October 2021, an application was filed by Male H. Mabirizi K. Kiwanuka (the applicant) seeking judicial review orders against the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) decision to approve the...
November 24th, 2021 having successfully launched the product in lira, Equity Bank Uganda has now moved to launch the same innovative product in Arua. The structural Commodity Finance Loan is a financing solution aimed at...
Ride-hailing services were first introduced to Ugandan citizens in the year 2014. Since then, increasing public demand has caused rapid growth, which was disrupted at the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Uganda has already had...
20th November 2021 – Kampala, Uganda. The Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has today unveiled a thematic campaign aimed at drawing attention to the national “can do” spirit with...
Motorists in Busia district, eastern Uganda are now fuelling from neighbouring Kenya so as to circumvent the hiked fuel prices in the country. A litre of petrol at fuel stations in Busia trades between Shs...
Agribusiness owners shall use either contracts, or their harvest as security with pilot project already kicked off in lira district.Equity bank aims to provide an innovative banking solution for alternative collateral finance. Structural commodity financing...
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