Fraudsters have resorted to using simcards of dead people or old people in rural areas ignorant about transactions | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Payment Systems Services Association has partnered with Uganda Bankers Association to fight fraud that had become a threat to the financial sector and the growth in …
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Off-grid electricity sector can contribute to achieving most of the country’s development targets faster Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Over 5,000 jobs in Uganda’s decentralized renewable energy (off-grid power) sector have been lost over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new study published …
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Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan and South Sudanese authorities have committed to end the cross-border smuggling of fuel. The leaders made the pledge on Friday during a joint cross-border security meeting between the central Equatorial State and the West Nile districts of Moyo, Koboko, and Yumbe held in Yumbe …
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YOUNG MEN DYING: The puzzle of why numbers decline when they turn 20 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s demographic projections are interesting; particularly on population distribution by gender between ages 15-24 years. Demographers The Independent has talked to say it is a well-known fact that women in Uganda …
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MasterCard Foundation, NSSF 2028 Target: To create 500 startups and up to 132,000 jobs ✳ Support 500 startups ✳ 100 startups to scale ✳ Create132,000 jobs ✳ 132,000 new NSSF members ✳ Use $10million ($5m Mastercard Foundation + $5m NSSF) ▶ In the past 14 months ✳ 8,039 entrepreneurs …
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⛳Uganda Amateur Golf Open 2022 💠 TOP FIVE➡🏌️♂️ 1⃣ A Ssekibejja 71,76,75,73 | 295 🇺🇬 2⃣ M Tumusiime 72,73, 80, 75 | 300 🇺🇬 3⃣ J Cwinya-ai 80,69,78, 75 | 302 🇺🇬 4⃣ G Nsubuga 75,77, 76,83 | 311 🇺🇬 5⃣ I Bagalana 77,75,80,81 | 313 🇺🇬 CLICK FOR LIVE …
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Health Minister Aceng’s recipe for success or failure? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has the ability to effectively respond to its first Ebola virus outbreak in more than a decade and to curb its spread to other regions and neighbouring countries. That is the expressed view of the …
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⛳Uganda Amateur Open Golf Championships 2022 ✳️ Sept 19-22 💠 LEADERBOARD ➡🏌️♂️ 1⃣ A Ssekibejja 71,76, 75 | 222 🇺🇬 2⃣ M Tumusiime 72,73, 80 | 225 🇺🇬 3⃣ J Cwinya-ai 80,69, 78 | 227 🇺🇬 4⃣ G Nsubuga 75,77, 76 | 228 🇺🇬 5⃣ J Kasozi 78,73, 81 | 232 🇺🇬 …
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A biography of Uganda’s leading art educationist and artist who inspired artists like Joseph Ntensibe, General Elly Tumwine and Fabian Mpagi ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The Uganda art industry has been recently touted to have a lot of potential and to grow exponentially in the next decade. But it …
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Namanve-based Yuti Breweries is frothing with excitement over its latest accolades. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Highly consumed brand Torrero Liqueur has for the second year running awarded best locally blended liqueur at the People’s Choice Quality Awards presided over by Hon. Amos Lugoloobi – State Minister of Finance Planning …
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