Wakiso District has appealed to the Government for support in raising Shs7 billion to purchase land for an industrial park. The District speaker, Simon Nsubuga, said five square miles had been identified but there was...
Today, Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark the International Civil Aviation Week that runs from December 1-7 annually. Civil Aviation Authority Public and Corporate affairs manager Vianney Luggya said that the week...
“Are splashing more million dollars to find your back onto the top in the Ugandan market,” Deon Nieuwoudt, the planning and execution manager at the Dutch based AkzoNobel Coatings International BV, which owns the Sadolin...
The bidding process to sell shares in the insolvent Uganda Telecom Limited has so far attracted five multinationals with President Yoweri Museveni okaying his ministers to take up 56% of the company. "It is still...
In the shadow of a week (and weekend) filled with Facebook-related news, a Ugandan technology solutions firm, DEI Technologies has quietly launched its own social network that has been in development for almost a year....
Bank of Africa, today, joined the Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) to celebrate the international world Aids day with the aim of empowering people to fight for their right to be healthy While Uganda has started...
Cross-Border Traders from both Uganda and Kenya have applauded both their governments for implementing the Electronic Single Window; a paperless platform that leverages technology to facilitate private sector trade through allowing for electronic submission of...
A new children's program which involves parents, teachers and elders to help and motivate young ones to save by setting an example, has today (Monday, 28th) concluded a 30 day-long phase. Dubbed the Koin Challenge, it...
The real estate business in Uganda is one of the fastest growing sectors today, almost everyone dreams of building and owning a house someday. Peter Wasswa, a construction engineer, says one can go commercial, build...
Power distribution giant UMEME is in talks with government body Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) to consider the resultant costs as Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) moves to have all electricity meters to be retested....
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