Tropical Bank takes lead with more than 8000 customers interested in taking up Islamic banking services The Secretary General of the Association of National Development Finance Institutions in Member Countries of the Islamic Development Bank (ADFIMI), Nuri Birtek says Uganda’s commercial banks and investors need to support small and medium …
Read More »JOBS: General Manager Uganda National Pipeline Company
JOB TITLE: GENERAL MANAGER REPORTS TO: Board of Director of NPC (U) Ltd Deadline: May 12, 2017 Job description The General Manager (GM) will be the overall in charge of the administration of the National Pipeline Company (U) Ltd and is also the Accounting Officer of the Company. He/She will …
Read More »‘Uganda’s beer market still has room for growth’
Greg Metcalf has been at the helm of the Nile Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of AB InBev based in Belgium since 2014. He spoke to The Independent’s Isaac Khisa on the prospects of Uganda’s beer market. What is your assessment of beer market in Uganda? The market has been …
Read More »Murders touch off riots in DR Congo’s gold-rich northeast
Kisangani, DR Congo | AFP | Protesters angered by a string of unsolved murders threw up roadblocks and mobbed government offices in three days of riots in the restive gold-rich Ituri region of Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said Monday. The trouble erupted Saturday in the town of Mahagi …
Read More »Uganda mulls over drinking, gambling hours
Uganda is considering regulating drinking hours to check increasing alcohol abuse, which President Yoweri Museveni says, affects productivity at work. Museveni stated on Monday that one of the big challenges the country must address in order to improve productivity of labour, is the problem of alcoholism and gambling. “I note …
Read More »Uganda hosts 4th Africa meeting for accountants
Over 1000 participants from around the world will converge in Uganda May 2-5 to discuss matters accounting and finance. Speaking to journalists ahead of the meeting on April 30 in Kampala, Rachel Grimes, the president of the International Federation of Accountants (IFCA) said the meeting will serve as an opportunity …
Read More »IAN ORTEGA: Nation MG takes step to ‘Lean Production’ at Daily Monitor
Early this week, the Nation Media Group in Uganda started on its process of down-sizing that will also among other things see a merge of roles for employees at NTV Uganda and Daily Monitor. It will also see the two organizations move into the same location. Some roles will completely …
Read More »IAN ORTEGA: What is your story? Who is telling your story?
Of late, I enjoy asking a certain question; “What is your story?” It is a question that has helped me understand people better. Many times I tend to misjudge people based on what I have heard said about them. It is only after I have heard them tell their own …
Read More »MWENDA: Gossip dies when it hits a wise person’s ears!
MWENDA: Gossip dies when it hits a wise person’s ears! BE THAT WISE PERSON ON THIS, LABOUR DAY In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” …
Read More »ANALYSIS: After armyworm
Is Uganda ready for the next big attack? Uganda is under attack. It is under attack from the Fall Armyworm in what experts call a “biological invasion”. Unfortunately, it appears, the government was caught unprepared. It has reacted with a mixture of indecision, panic, bluff, and deployment of ineffective intervention. …
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