Kampala City traders have indicated that they are not ready for the East African Common Market because of low levels of industrialization in Uganda. The spokesman of the Kampala City Traders Association Issa Ssekito says, the situation is further worsened by the nature of Uganda which is landlocked. The East African Common Market Treaty, which […]
The Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) is set to review the Uganda 2010/11 budget speech to enable it take note of the concerns of the Uganda private sector. The review conference dubbed ‘Post Budget Review Luncheon’ will take place on Friday June 11, 2010 at Uganda Manufacture’s Association (UMA) show grounds main exhibition hall. […]
Zain Uganda and other subsidiaries of telecom giants Zain in 14 other Africa countries have been sold to Bharti Airtel of India for a record breaking 10.7 billion US dollars transaction value. Bharti Airtel, which is India’s leading telecom services provider announced on Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of Kuwait-based Zain Group’s mobile operations […]
Uganda will host the 29th Annual General Meeting and Symposium of Shelter Afrique, a housing organization that has over thirty member countries in Africa. The conference is slated for 14th to 17th June 2010 at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala under the theme “Dialogue on Housing Policies in Africa. Shelter Afrique’s Annual General Meetings are […]
Ugandan mobile phone users can now sit back and smile as mobile telephone companies continue to make offers as competition in the mobile telephone industry intensifies. Zain Uganda on Monday announced it is offering 25 minutes to any of its subscribers who load 500 Uganda shillings, and an additional 30 free short message service or […]
The Uganda Coffee Development Authority has said bad weather experienced last year continues to affect the country’s coffee output and coffee exports. UCDA which had earlier forecast the 2009/10 exports to come in at 3.05 million bags has put that figure down, now saying Uganda will produce about 2.8 million bags of coffee . […]
The representatives of Uganda to the East African Legislative Assembly have hailed the budget for the East African Community for the financial year 2010/2011 saying it is sustainable and better than that of the previous financial year 2009/2010. This comes hardly a week after the budget speech for the community was delivered to the East […]
France owned mobile telecommunication giants Orange Uganda have introduced video calls in the Ugandan market to enable callers to see who they are talking to. In a message to customers today, Orange said its subscribers now have a chance to make video calls on the orange telephone network. Orange says their Video Calls will cost […]
Between 7th June to 30th July 2010 all roads will be leading to Uganda’s biggest and oldest University of Makerere for the ‘Micro-finance and Entrepreneurship Project-AIESEC Uganda’ conference. According to a statement from the University the conference will enhance the ability of students to explore their innovativeness in the fields of microfinance and entrepreneurship. The […]
Air Uganda and Rwanda air have signed a code share agreement that will allow their customers to use both airlines to fly to and fro Kigali and other destinations across East African countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi. The shared codes agreement is intended to help customers enjoy non stop flights between Kigali, Entebbe […]