Emerging technologies are playing a crucial role in shaping the future of countries worldwide ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Global Infrastructure and Services Company, NTT Limited, has announced its key technology predictions for 2024. NTT, Dimension Data’s parent company says as IT teams start planning, and organizstions adapt to 2023’s biggest disruptor …
Read More »ICPAU releases November exam results
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda has released the November 2023 examination results that had three diets in the year 2023 – in May, August, and November, running at seven examination centres across the country. The courses examined were Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD), …
Read More »10 healthy choices to make in 2024
ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Meaningful, small changes can have a big impact on your overall health and well-being. In 2024, commit to taking small steps to change your daily routines and habits to benefit your health. 1. Eat a healthy diet What a healthy diet looks like may differ from person …
Read More »Demand for loans surges as lending rates reduce
Bank of Uganda projects the economy to grow at 6% in FY2023/24 up from 5.2% a year before Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s consumers recorded a 7.8% increase in borrowings for the three months to October, while lenders’ approval rate for loans in value terms decreased since July 2023, …
Read More »Africa Pharma gets shot in the arm
Host country agreement singed as Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation gets underway ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Africa’s efforts to build a resilient and self-reliant pharmaceutical industry for the continent advanced significantly on Dec. 18 as the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation and the Rwandan Government signed the host country agreement paving the way for …
Read More »Visa-free regimes to boost African tourism
As more countries tear up visa requirements, major African markets are beginning to record rising numbers in Intra-Africa tourism, a trend expected to extend through 2024 SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African countries are set to record an increase in tourism numbers in 2024, as more countries continue to open …
Read More »Higher customer demand raises Stanbic PMI to 54.8 in December
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Greater customer numbers during December fed through to higher new orders and business activity as the headline monthly Stanbic Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 54.8 from 53.4 in November, the lender said on Jan.10. This was the highest reading since June 2023 and above …
Read More »Microsoft announces AI key on Windows 11 PCs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Microsoft has announced the biggest change to its keyboards in three decades with the introduction of an artificial intelligence (AI) key, the BBC reported on Jan.04. The key will allow users to access Copilot, Microsoft’s AI tool, on new Windows 11 PCs. Microsoft is a …
Read More »ATIDI backs 20MW solar project in Uganda
Project is part of moves by Gulf countries to establish themselves as Africa renewable energy market leaders Dubai, UAE | AGENCIES | African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) announced its intent to support the 20 MW Ituka West Nile Uganda Ltd solar project developed by AMEA Power, a Dubai-based Independent …
Read More »4 must-read books from east Africa: from Tanzanian masters to Ugandan queens
ART | PETER KIMANI | East African literature continues to grow and reshape itself in exciting new ways. The world really did take notice of the region when Tanzanian-British author Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. Interest in Gurnah’s work continued last year when he made a …
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