Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPNDENT & URN | Makerere University Retirement Benefits Scheme (MURBS) has declared a record interest rate of 13.40% on members’ savings for the financial year 2023/2024. Dr. Elizabeth Patricia Nansubuga, Chairperson of the MURBS Board of Trustees, announced this while releasing the scheme’s performance report during …
Read More »Afreximbank expands container Guarantee Scheme in East Africa
Merchants in landlocked countries face the highest container deposit rates, typically around US$5,000 per container, due to extended turnaround times ANALYSIS | ISAAC KHISA | Africa’s multi-lateral lender, the African Export-Import Bank, has forged a partnership with BSMART Technology Ltd to extend the Afreximbank African Collaborative Transit Guarantee Scheme (AACTGS) to …
Read More »Tractor scheme launched in Karamoja
Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Karamoja sub region has received ten tractors to boost food production. The tractors mobilized from Namalere Agriculture Research centre were on Saturday handed over to Nabuin Zonal Agricultural Research Institute in Nabilatuk district where the government intends to start a pilot study for mechanized …
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