➡️ 3.5 kilometers runway ➡️ Long enough for: ✅Boeing 777 ✅Antonov 124 Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Hoima-based Kabaale International Airport will be completed in 16 months from now. The contractor-SBC and Uganda Refinery Holding Company say slightly above 30 percent of the work is yet …
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New boss determined to pump out Uganda’s oil in four years Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Philippe Groueix took over from Pierre Jessua on Sept. 01 as the General Manager of TotalEnergies EP Uganda with one critical goal on his mind: commercializing Uganda’s oil resources by 2025. Uganda first …
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This will potentially be the largest IPO on the Ugandan market and will be delivered primarily through a digital paperless/ green platform which is the first of its kind in East Africa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has today announced intentions to float 20% of their shares …
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COMMENT | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court on Monday delivered yet another ruling in favour of Sudhir Ruparelia in which it emphasized that the appeal filed before it by Bank of Uganda had no chance of success. This is the fourth application that has been won by …
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Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija on Monday morning signed the first investment deal at the Dubai Expo, with global financing company, Modha Investments which focuses on commercial agriculture and food processing. Modha’s license in Uganda targets the development …
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San Francisco, USA | Xinhua | Global users on Monday experienced outages on Facebook, including social networks the company owns, such as Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. Service has not yet been restored. Navigation to these websites lead to the prompt of server error. Instagram shows a “5xx server error.” The …
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BGP ISSUES: When one types Facebook.com into a web browser, the browser has no idea where to find Facebook.com, and so returns an error page San Francisco, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Facebook and its sister properties Instagram and WhatsApp are suffering from ongoing, global outages, according to tech investigators …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to support the green agenda, Umeme in partnership with Gulu City have launched a tree planting drive aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and effects of climate change. The company will plant 200 Tabebuia chrysotricha (pink trumpet) trees along Ring Road as …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | At least one politician and eight companies whose beneficial owners are in Uganda have been cited in the Pandora Papers released today by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists-ICIJ. Journalists from across the world including Uganda reviewed 11.9 million records from 14 different offshore …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Naigobya Technical institute in Luuka district is to be relocated to pave way for the construction of a government-sponsored sugar factory. This was resolved in a meeting by residents of Naigobya parish, in Bukooma sub-county, in Luuka district on Sunday afternoon. The technical school …
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