MultiChoice Uganda, a pay TV provider, officially launched its new corporate headquarters and Customer care Centre in Kololo. The ceremony doubled as their 20th anniversary celebration and was presided over by the Prime Minister of Uganda Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda. The new headquarter, which was constructed over the last 12 months includes offices for key management staff, […]
Farmers and co-operators in Uganda are advising government to use the current co-operative banks run by farmers to replace the fallen Co-op bank saying to resurrect the fallen one will instead drag the whole system and operations back, rendering no service to the beneficiaries. The CEO Uganda Central Co-operatives Financial Services, Patrick Bakunda, noted that currently farmers are operating […]
The Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has applauded the existing cordial and mutually beneficial relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the Government of Uganda. Dr Rugunda said Uganda was happy to benefit from China’s expertise in environmental conservation and technology. The Premier made the remarks while receiving the visiting Chinese Minister for State […]
Prime minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has urged the academia to device powerful initiatives to discover new knowledge to support business development in the region. While as trade has existed for ages, most people still use traditional methods which are not sustainable, bear less profits, and require modification. According to the Prime Minister, the global challenge […]
President Yoweri Museveni urged elders in the fishing communities of Uganda to take a leading role in protecting the lakes from overfishing and the catching of immature fish because it has led to the depletion of stock and pledged to deploy the army to support them. “Lake Victoria is here but it’s a dead lake […]
President Yoweri Museveni has highly commended the Mehta Group, a multi-national and multi-activity enterprise, for reviving the factories in Uganda which had collapsed. He said that the revived factories do not only belong to Mehta but to Ugandans who are really the main beneficiaries. The President was commissioning a new US$50 million food grade carbon […]
The Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked investors from Gulf countries to bring their business to Uganda to enable Ugandans get jobs. Kadaga made the call while meeting the Ambassador of United Arab Emirates to Uganda Abdulla Mohammed Al Takkawi who had paid courtesy call to the Speaker. Kadaga said that the United Arab Emirates embassy […]
According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO) Statistics, Uganda upstaged Ethiopia in 2014/2015 to become Africa’s number one coffee exporter and seventh globally. Approximately 2.24million 60kg bags were exported by Uganda in the period. In order to consolidate these gains, Uganda has also received a $1.3 billion grant from USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative which seeks to […]
Government has authorized a total of 24 exporters to sell overseas fresh fruits and vegetables to European markets after meeting the required minimum standards. This happened as government examines the quality of agricultural produce being exported to the European market following reports of noncompliance to EU standards by a number of Ugandan exporters. Several EU member […]
The Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has hailed the outgoing Eskom (U) Limited Managing Director Ms. Nokwanda Mngeni, for her dedicated work that has contributed to improved power generation in Uganda. He pledged Government’s total support to the new Managing Director Ms. Thozama Gangi. The Prime Minister met the team from Eskom (U) Limited, who […]