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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the governments of Uganda and Tanzania ready with oil companies to sign the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of the oil fields and the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), experts have warned that Ugandans might miss out on employment opportunities. …

Reopening of school boosts confidence of private entities and posts a growth in businesses activities ✳ Companies optimistic of the future outlook ✳ Schools reopening and increase in new business supports higher output ✳ Employment rises for first time in three month Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private sector …

✳ Business activity declines in January – first time in seven months in Uganda ✳ New orders and employment fall ✳ Companies still optimistic regarding 12 months outlook Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business conditions deteriorated for the first time in seven months for the  Ugandan private sector in …

COMMENT | Onyango Owor | It is no news that COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the world with the World Health Organization reporting more than 130,885 deaths globally.   In these unprecedented times, how you protect yourself and your business from the legal implication of a virus with no vaccine should be …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Companies hired more staff in the month of November as demand for their products increased, a new survey has shown. The Purchasing Managers Index, published by Stanbic Bank and IHS Markit shows that the business environment improved to 58.6 points in November from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans might have to acquire more skills especially in the technology sector if they are to sustain their jobs or find employment in high paying sectors, the CEO of the European Organisation for Sustainable Development (EOSD) Arshad Rab, has said. Arshad Rad said that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans seeking employment in the nascent oil and gas sector can now apply online to the National Oil and gas Talents Register unveiled by Petroleum Authority of Uganda(PAU), Executive Director, Earnest Rubondo on Friday. The register according to Dr Rubondo is aimed at registering all …

Washington, United States | AFP | Job creation slowed unexpectedly in the United States last month as the service sector added fewer workers, but the unemployment rate held steady at a 49-year low, the government reported Friday. The new numbers fell below recent trends and avoided another blow-out result, denying …

Montreal, Canada | AFP |  A business group warned on Tuesday that a labor shortage in Canada is deepening, with more than 430,000 jobs at small and medium-sized firms remaining unfilled for at least four months. The job vacancy rate has risen to 3.3 percent, from 2.9 percent a year …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After consulting a good number of its members, the National Social Security Fund has put in place a benefits payment plan that will allow qualifying members to retain part of their savings with the Fund at the point of exit so as to avoid misappropriation …