Business

By Patrick Kagenda What is your day like? I wake up at 5 am, read my email, make a few communications and by 6:45am take my children to school. By 7:45am I am at the shop. After ensuring that all the shops are open and every thing is in order, …

By Magnus Mazimpaka More than 80% of customers in Rwanda lack alternative services and are forced to shop or visit the same businesses no matter how their services are. The Rwanda Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) released a report last month revealing the status of customer service delivery …

By Joseph Were Uganda is the easiest place on earth to hire and fire workers, has the most flexible wage policies, is favourable to foreign direct investment and ownership of businesses, and has limited restrictions on capital flows. But it also has high favouritism amongst government officials, limited public trust …

By Patrick Kagenda The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to Noah Senyondo the Public Relations Officer at HB Matovu Property Consultants about their new concept in the real estate sector. What makes HB property consultants unique? At HB Property Consultants we are for the ordinary Ugandans to acquire property. Our package …

By Patrick Kagenda & Agencies A report revealing the economic and social contribution made by Nile Breweries limited (a subsidiary to SABMiller plc) to Uganda was last week released at the Africa World Economic Forum. Nile Breweries supports over 44,000 jobs in Uganda directly or indirectly, according to a report …

By Independent team Kenya Budget read by Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, deputy prime minister and minister for Finance of Kenya. Theme: overcoming today’s challenges for a better Kenya tomorrow Economy expected to grow by 3% in 2009/2010. Total revenue target for fiscal year 2009/10 is Kshs.569.6 billion (or 22.4% of GDP) …

By Patrick Kagenda What is your day like? I am a religious man, I wake up at 5 am in the morning, have a short prayer; go to the gym, and by 6:30 am, tea is ready on my breakfast table. I personally arrange for my kids to take them …

By Magnus Mazimpaka On May 10, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his team had a luncheon with President Paul Kagame at state house in Kigali. Later, at a joint press briefing on Blair’s third visit to Rwanda, President Kagame told journalists that he was happy to have ”ur …

By Magnus Mazimpaka Rwanda increased its spending by 24%, the raise mainly acting as a stimulus package to protect the economy against the current global financial crisis. Expenditure increased to Frw838 billion this financial year 2009/10 from Frw674 billion last year. There was a slight increase of Frw26 billion from …

By Patrick Kagenda As Zain (U) last week launched its Zap Mobile Commerce, a mobile phone based money transfer servicein Uganda in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank, in neighbouring Kenya Safaricom was launchinga similar service, Hello Money in partnership with Barclays Bank (K) Ltd. In Uganda, Standard Chartered Bank becomes …