The Uganda Manufacturer’s Association 18th international trade fair will focus on “Partnerships for Local and Global Economic Development” as its central theme. The fair set to take place from Tuesday 5th October 2010 to Monday 11th October 2010 is like to attract participants from over 30 countries. According to a news statement from the Uganda […]
The East African Internet Governance Forum has appealed to all East African Countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea. The Convention provides for the rights of landlocked countries to have full access to sea services and also fiber optic technology that is transmitted through the sea. The Coordinator of I […]
The Electricity Regulatory Authority has warned the consumers against joining illegal power suppliers that are operating in some parts of Uganda without the knowledge of the regulatory body. According to a press statement by the Management of ERA, these Networks are deemed illegal because the owners have never applied to ERA for a licence to […]
The Minister of Uganda for Trade, Tourism and Industry, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has urged Insurance companies in Uganda to extend their services to villages rather than concentrating in big towns. Speaking to journalists at Parliament in Kampala today, Otafiire said the people in villages found in rural areas want to access insurance services but […]
Food shortages are reported in different parts of Uganda year in year out. But the government has always insisted that Uganda is not food insecure, arguing that while some regions have food shortages due to drought and other reasons, many other regions in the country have surplus food. As a solution to this anomaly, the […]
The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry has urged the business community to be vigilant in reporting cases of Non Trade Barriers to the National Monitoring Committee on NTBs if the government is to effectively deal with the challenge of Non Trade Barriers in the country. After the opening of borders following the start of […]
Businesses undertaking or planning to undertake food processing and agriculture related businesses have a chance to win a funding price of US$15,000 at the 2010 Agribusiness Forum. Participants in the Agribusiness Forum will be eligible to enter their project ideas for the EMRC-Rabobank Project Incubator Award whose grand prize is US$15,000 so long as the […]
The role of information and communication technologies in development will further be underscored by the recent improvement of internet services and the decrease in internet access fees in Uganda. According to MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Themba Khumalo, the decrease in costs of internet access is going to lead to economic improvements at the individual, […]
President Museveni will open the fifth international conference on agricultural statistics in October this year in a bid to improve the quality of agricultural statistics. The national coordinator of international conference on agricultural statistics, James Mubiru says the conference is expected to lift millions of Ugandan and Africans in general out of poverty and hunger. […]
The UK Department for International Development has urged Ugandan that return from the Diaspora to invest in Northern Uganda since the north has enormous investment opportunities that such people may want to take up. While speaking to journalists in Kampala, the Head of Office DFID Uganda Jane Rintsul said that in May 2010, when DFID […]