Business & Finance

Tullow oil changes presentation on currency figures from Pound Sterling to US Dollar

United Kingdom based Tullow oil plc has announced a change in the currency in which it presents its results from Pound Sterling to the US dollar. The company in a statement on Tuesday said the change takes effect from January 1st 2010. Tullow says since the majority of Tullow’s activities are in Africa where oil […]

Minister Otafire urges women to embrace co-operatives

  The Minister for Trade and Tourism Kahinda Otafire has urged women in Uganda to embrace co-operatives as they are a tool that can foster women’s quick progress in enterprise development. Ottafire has told Journalists at Parliament that enterprises provide an equitable form of enterprise development for both urban and rural areas. He says enterprises […]

Uganda Communications Commission working for uniform calling rates

The Uganda Communications Commission is in discussion with mobile telecommunication service providers in Uganda to ensure interconnectivity rights between Uganda’s telecom in order to see have flat call rates across all mobile phone networks. Fred Otunu, UCC’s Consumer Affairs Officer says the communications regulatory agency wants to ensure mobile phone subscribers in Uganda do not […]

Ugandans asked to take advantage of WFP’s Purchase for Progress

Farmers in Uganda have been called upon to plant maize, beans and other cereal crops that are bought by the World Food Programme in order to benefit from the agency’s new initiative to purchase food commodities directly from farmers. Stanlake Samkange, WFP Country Director in Uganda says under Purchase for Progress WFP is buying commodities from […]

Uganda Business outlook good, Uganda economy to grow above 7%

Experts have given an above average ranking for Uganda’s economy saying the East African country’s business outlook is positive, despite an expected decline in the global economy. Companiesandmarkets.com which rates economies all over the world said in their quarterly report that Uganda’s economy will continue to experience growth, in big part due to being domestically […]

Makerere’s Augustus Nuwagaba says Uganda 2010/2011 budget theoretical

A Lecturer at Makerere University, Prof Augustus Nuwagaba has criticized the government for always making what he called highly theoretical budgets. This comes hardly a month after the reading of the National Budget of Uganda for the financial year 2010/2011 by Finance Minister Syda Bbumba, which though revealed that Uganda’s economic growth had continued to […]

Uganda Wildlife exhibition at Nomo Gallery Kicks off

The Annual wildlife exhibition organized by Nomo gallery kicked off on Saturday July 3, 2010 at the Nomo Gallery offices in Nakasero. The exhibition that will take place every day up to 30th July is an exhibition that is aimed at creating awareness on the wild life industry in Uganda. The organizers of the exhibition […]

Best Africa wear clothes, African necklaces, Africa fabric bags

Webtorial Grace Africa Fashions is a registered Africa wear designs company based in East Africa and California, USA. We are the leading providers of African cloth, bags, necklaces and accessories which we make and sell on whole sale and retail to clients in Uganda, Africa and United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. We bring […]

ACDI/VOCA Development Projects Manager, Uganda

Apply by July 31st 2010 Job Description For over 46 years and in 145 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development […]

FINCA International job for Africa Regional Operations Coordinator (ROC) in Uganda

Apply August 02 2010 Description FINCA International, one of the world’s leading MFI, provides financial services to more than 700,000 clients through 21 wholly-owned and operated subsidiaries in Africa, Eurasia, Latin America and the Greater Middle East. FINCA International is currently looking for a Regional Operations Coordinator (ROC) at its Africa hub, based in Kampala. The […]

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