The countdown to Black Friday has begun already. And retailers across Kampala led by online marketplace Jumia are preparing for an influx of shoppers on the busiest shopping day of the year world over. Other...
Locals have applauded the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development’s strategic interventions required to summersault to middle income status by 2020. Indeed, officials from the ministry are currently out in the field to collect...
The Uganda Shilling started this week a 12-month low. On Monday November 21, 2016, the Uganda shilling is trading at an average of 3,585 against the U.S. dollar, a significant weakness from the UGX3,400 average...
Here are facts about the heist that you might not have known: Evalisto Mucunguzi, the manager for Nyarwanya Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Sacco) in Ruhinda sub-county in Rukungiri district is on the run after allegedly...
Moris Atwine 21, Kabwama Alvin Leonard 22, Lwangwa Mwesigwa David 22 are all fresh graduates of Information Technology at Makerere University. The trio developed an app that diagnoses and prevents breast cancer. The mobile application...
Uganda Telecom teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Budadiri West MP, Nandala Mafabi on Thursday alleged years of corruption and mismanagement. His report tabled in the House claims that the company loses 1.5 million dollars,...
Despite being out of the country, Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has scorned accusations pointed at him and the Inspector General of Police General Kale Kayihura over the misappropriation of at least sh19 billion collected...
Giving up smoking is tough, but quitting the tobacco industry may prove even harder. The government has waged a very public war against smoking. Billion-shillings lawsuits, in-your-face anti-smoking campaigns and rigid marketing restrictions have reduced...
Battle for beer market in the country is set to turn a new heat as Heineken Uganda Ltd signed a new deal with the Dutch brewers of Primus Lager Beer to enter the Ugandan market....
Plenary has resumed today after a month in recess with Members of Parliament discussing, among other things, the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, popularly known as the GMO bills which was tossed around by the...
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