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Commemorating the World Environment Day 2023: Forging Solutions to Plastic Pollution

Commemorating the World Environment Day 2023: Forging Solutions to Plastic Pollution

The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the World Environment Day. Celebrated annually on 5th June over the past five decades, the day has grown to become one of the largest global platforms for

Business
Stanbic Uganda, Opportunity International, announce Ush. 30bn partnership to benefit 90000 smallholder farmers, women

Stanbic Uganda, Opportunity International, announce Ush. 30bn partnership to benefit 90000 smallholder farmers, women

KAMPALA—At least 90,000 smallholder farmers are set to benefit from a new UGX 30 billion partnership between Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited (SBUL) and Opportunity International (Opportunity) a leading American global non-profit that works to build

Business
Cyanase is making investment accessible to underserved and underdeveloped markets

Cyanase is making investment accessible to underserved and underdeveloped markets

With the world swiftly shifting into cashless economies, one of the areas of concern is digital trading and investment. Many people are still skeptical of digital phenomena such as cryptocurrencies and even Mobile Money. Other

Business
World’s pioneering fully electric courier, Emergen8 launched

World’s pioneering fully electric courier, Emergen8 launched

On May 8, 2023, the Emergen8 App went live on Google's Play Store, offering users a convenient and eco-friendly solution for their delivery needs.The App is now available for download, and it will also be

Breaking news
Shilling strengthens on dollar inflows

Shilling strengthens on dollar inflows

Healthy inflows from commodity exporters, interbank and NGOs led to a marginal strengthening of the shilling to close Wednesday’s session at the 3710/3720 levels from the day’s opening of 3725/3735, a report by Catherine Kijjagulwe,

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Shilling shaken by surge in dollar demand

Shilling shaken by surge in dollar demand

The Ugandan shilling edged down on Wednesday, undercut by demand for hard currency from players in the interbank market looking to beef up their positions, a report by Centenary Bank said. Centenary Bank quoted the

Legal
COMESA Competition Commission Inks Deal with Eurasian Economic Commission on competition law enforcement

COMESA Competition Commission Inks Deal with Eurasian Economic Commission on competition law enforcement

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission (CCC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (‘MoU’) with the Eurasian Economic Commission. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the United Nations Conference

Markets
“Set up tourism fund” Bankers say as industry explores tourism at annual meet

“Set up tourism fund” Bankers say as industry explores tourism at annual meet

“Set up tourism fund” Bankers say as industry explores tourism at annual meet With travel bans now lifted, and both foreign tourist arrivals and domestic tourist movements expected to grow in coming months and years,

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Consortium funds study to define agriculture, housing opportunity linkages to oil and gas sector

Consortium funds study to define agriculture, housing opportunity linkages to oil and gas sector

A consortium of five organizations has today commissioned two studies to define business opportunities in the agriculture, and housing sectors linked to Uganda’s emerging oil and gas economy, a day after government signed the Final

Business
Stanbic Uganda Profits up 11% to Ugx269b in 2021

Stanbic Uganda Profits up 11% to Ugx269b in 2021

Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) has announced it grew its net profits by 11% in 2021 to earn Ushs.269billion from Ush.242bn in 2020, driven mainly by strong growth in non-interest income earned by mostly Stanbic

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