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The lender is seeking opportunities for collaboration while becoming more agile to serve customers beyond traditional banking Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | ABSA Bank Uganda, a subsidiary of ABSA Group, a financial services conglomerate based in South Africa, has seen its profit more than double riding on the rebound …

The contractor set to come up with a new commissioning plan Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Karuma Hydropower Dam, the country’s flagship power project, now has all identified defects fixed but it is likely to miss the June 2022 target date for commissioning. Executives at the state-run Uganda Electricity …

The lender recorded 11% growth in net profits to Shs269bn in 2021 Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Stanbic Uganda Holdings Ltd, a mother company for Stanbic Bank – one of the country’s oldest banks, which for nearly two decades served corporate clients, is now trying to remodel. The country’s …

Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda has unveiled the first ever mortality table for life insurance companies in the country to help determine pricing, which may decrease or increase payments popularly known as premiums for new life insurance products and annuities. The table dubbed Uganda …

But the recovery in the economy is expected to boost growth in 2022 Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | dfcu bank’s net profit fell 46% for the year 2021 to Shs13.2billion due to the increase in non-performing loans but the management believes that the recovery of economy that had been …

The company’s net profit more than tripled to Shs139bn in 2021 Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s electricity distribution firm, Umeme, has seen 2021 net profit more than triple to Shs139bn owed to increase in customer base and electricity sales. This is the similar profit earned in 2019 during …

The government took over operation and maintenance of a 50MW Namanve Thermal plant last month Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | South African electricity firm, Eskom, will cease to operate and maintain Kiira and Nalubaale Hydropower Dams in eastern city of Jinja once its concession comes to an end next …

But the telco recorded 5.8 % growth in net income to Shs 340.4 billion Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s biggest telecom firm, MTN Uganda, said a one-off payment for interim operating license and contract termination of a service provider saw its full year income reduce by Shs 62.3 …

Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Uganda’s urban households have relied on charcoal as their source of energy for decades but there has been no deliberate efforts to facilitate sustainable production practices and technologies to conserve forests. The good news now is that the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United …

But the cost remains high for most households Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | A new solar energy project is using green technology to improve lives of isolated villages living far beyond the reach of Uganda’s electricity grid. The Gomba District Farmers Association members have relied on firewood to cook and …