NEWS ANALYSIS | BAKER BATTE – URN | On Friday, May 13, 2022, Muwema & Company Advocates and Solicitors asked Monitor Publications to retract a story stating that High Court Judge, Musa Ssekaana had asked the Uganda Registration Services Bureau-URSB to consider documents in the Simba Telecom takeover. In …
Read More »Uganda Airlines makes sh7billion from chartered flights in three months
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines made about Sh7.6 billion in the first three months of the year. The money was collected from ten chartered flights. Six flights were paid for by mainly private clients to Mogadishu, Somalia while three were hired for the First Son Gen …
Read More »SMEs complete business survival, recovery and continuity training
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 60 decision-makers from 46 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises have graduated from the pandemic-response online Business Continuity and Survival Training that was organized by the Employment and Skills for Development in Africa Programme (E4D) in September 2020. The E4D programme is commissioned by …
Read More »What’s the right age to enter into business?
COMMENT | Michael Jjingo | True! Even as COVID-19 is easing out, after ravaging several sectors, the thought of being an entrepreneur and running a successful business remains the dream of every ambitious young person. However, when it comes to laying down the foundation of a business, a lot goes into …
Read More »Experts doubt Biden’s ability to keep U.S. businesses, schools open amid Omicron
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | While U.S. President Joe Biden has vowed to keep businesses and schools open, some experts wonder if that’s possible given the high infectious nature of Omicron and the lack of adequate measures to combat it, The Guardian said in a recent report. “The economy cannot stay …
Read More »Uganda Development Bank goes big on sustainability agenda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank Limited is fronting sustainability as a strategy to enhance business operations and secure opportunities for the future generation, according to Samuel Edem – Maitum, the bank’s director of credit. Edem was speaking to journalists in Kampala attending the 2021 World Development Finance …
Read More »SME body wants government to establish compensation fund for businesses that get hit by catastrophes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises – Uganda has asked the government to establish what it calls a ‘compensation fund’ to support businesses that get hit. Speaking to journalists on Nov.21 at the federation’s offices in Ntinda, Kampala, John Walugembe, the executive director, …
Read More »Kenya urges manufacturers to expand range of goods
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Friday urged the local manufacturing community to expand the range of products available in readiness for the expansion of market opportunities in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Betty Maina, the Cabinet Secretary at the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, called …
Read More »African small enterprises receive training on trading under AfCFTA
Johannesburg, S.A | Xinhua | The International Trade Centre (ITC) said on Tuesday that it has launched a training program for small businesses on how to export within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). “The How to Export with the AfCFTA training program is crucial in empowering African small businesses …
Read More »ICT minister directs NITA-U to reduce internet costs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Information and Communication Technology-ICT, Joyce Nabbosa Ssebugwawo has directed the National Information Technology Authority Uganda-NITA-U, to reduce the cost of internet in order to ease the cost of doing business. Recent research showed that Uganda has the most expensive mobile data …
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