Civil Society organizations have joined the push for the revival of the defunct Uganda Cooperative Bank. The Bank, which provided low-interest loans to farmers through cooperative societies, was wound up in 1998 amid reports of...
Sudhir Ruparelia has rejected a claim by the Bank of Uganda, demanding that the businessman pays the central bank U$52 million, as balance accruing from a previous transaction involving US$60 million. In an affidavit sworn...
Uganda's market leader in digital financial services, MTN Uganda and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have today announced a partnership that enables payment of social security contributions using Mobile Money. The partnership enables NSSF...
In its effort to increase trade and investment opportunities from various markets, Equity Bank Uganda will hold an investment forum in the UK targeted towards Ugandan and other East Africans on Friday, 15th of September....
A new study has recommended floating cage fish farming to be promoted across Uganda's lakes and rivers as an alternative to declining fish stocks. The study by Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and National Fisheries...
It has been over a month since Japanese based paint company Kansai Plascon bought out Sadolin Paints and they have not gone to bed. Plascon experiential is going around the country sensitizing consumers and the...
Members of Uganda's Parliament have been asked by a whistleblower to investigate Vivienne Yeda Apopo, a Kenyan banker and business attorney who is the current Director General of East African Development Bank over operating against the...
Direct Pay Online Group (DPO) has become the first payment service provider (PSP) in Africa to receive the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Level 1 certification in 12 African countries. This comes...
The deadline for switch off of unverified, unvalidated, unregistered sim cards remains midnight 30th August 2017 tonight, a last since the fateful May 19 deadline. While telecommunication companies MTN, Airtel, Vodafone, K2 and Africell, among...
Embattled Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago says Ugandans are not putting enough pressure on President Museveni’s plan for the country’s oil wealth because “he is not understandable,” the politician said. Museveni and his entourage today...
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