By Agnes Tumuheire on October 1, 2018
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The Uganda oil sector is likely to spend quite more money than the anticipated $4 billion for the construction of the Hoima-based oil refinery following the failure of the East African Community to buy the whole part of the share it was allocated. Although Total SA has taken up a total share of 10 per cent […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on September 7, 2018
2G and 4G coded welding levels, Albertine districts, Buliisa, Jean Yves Petit, Lwengo district, Tilenga and East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Projects EACOP, Total E&P Uganda, Total E&P Uganda Integrated Project Representative
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Total E&P Uganda, the mastermind of the Tilenga and East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Projects EACOP has started trainings on the first batch of students for the today welders training programme launched earlier this year. Over 200 students are targeted in the strategy and are to be divided into 8 groups of 25 for the 2G […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on September 7, 2018
assembling vehicles, in Kagogwa Village, Jinja Industrial Park, Kiira Motors business development manager, Kiira Motors Corporation, Lugogo Vocational Institute, Michael Okumu, Mr Allan Muhumuza, the DIT deputy director, welding and fabrication training
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Kiira Motors Corporation is to employ over 14, 000 people when it starts locally assembling vehicles. The firm has already started training some of its staff for competence certification as they prepare to begin production in 2020. Eight technical employees have been undergoing metal welding and fabrication training at Lugogo Vocational Institute for three weeks […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on August 22, 2018
Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, Geoffrey Olaka, Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Limited, President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
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President Yoweri Museveni last week ordered for the suspension of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) official Geoffrey Olaka together with other staff on allegations of refusing to clear the machinery of Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Limited officials at customs. Dongsong is the Chinese company developing a $620m (Shs2.2 trillion) Osukulu industrial complex in Tororo District which will include […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on August 14, 2018
NIKE, Serena Williams, The queen collection, Virgil Abloh
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Serena Williams has entered into a partnership with Nike and Virgil Abloh for The Queen Collection which will deal majorly in her sportswear. On Monday August 13, 2018, Nike announced that it has gone into a with the Olympic medalist and Off-White’s Virgil Abloh for the The Queen Collection. Serena is to appear in a set of attire […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on August 10, 2018
Chief Executive Officer of MTN Uganda, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, Hon.Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, peaker of Uganda Parliament, the Minister for ICT and National Guidance, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Wim Vanhelleputte
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The speaker of Uganda Parliament, Hon.Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, has ordered all telecom companies to return to the traditional way of loading airtime using scratch cards from the digitalized ‘easy go’. The speaker justified her decision saying that people in the villages are not well versed with the easy go method and therefore needed time to […]
By ruth sierra on July 24, 2018
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Jinja Municipal Council is organizing Uganda’s first ever Urban Expo to be held at Civil Service College Jinja which is expected to attract more than 10,000 visitors from over 50 countries. The event is expected to run from the 5th to 9th of September 2018. According to the statement realized, “the main aim of the […]
By ruth sierra on July 5, 2018
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This follows an outcry and anger from the citizens who, rather than make mobile money transactions as was before the taxes, prefer to use public means such as motorcycles, taxis to transfer money as they found it cheaper to travel than incur the extra costs that come with the tax. For social media, users have […]
By Isaac Senabulya on June 27, 2018
Bank of Uganda, Financial Sector Deepening Uganda, Kampala Serena Hotel, Louis Kasekende
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Financial Institutions have been encouraged to develop innovative ways of delivering financial services to more Ugandans. The call has been made by the deputy Governor Bank of Uganda Louis Kasekende while launching the Finscope 2018 Financial inclusion Survey at Kampala Serena Hotel. The survey showed that 22% of the country’s adult population is still financially excluded with […]
By Isaac Senabulya on June 26, 2018
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Telecommunication Company MTN Uganda has today signed a deal with pay TV giants StarTimes Uganda that will ensure that the firm offer special MTN TV bundles for viewers to watch TV content for as low as 2,000 Uganda shillings for two hours per day using the StarTimes app. According to MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer […]