Business, Finance, Financial Services, Policy

Uneven recovery restrains Central Bank from changing 7pc base rate

December 15

Bank of Uganda (BoU) has kept the benchmark Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 7 percent in […]

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Business, Companies, Travel & Tourism

Uganda Airlines firms up Dec18 for Kinshasa service, Johannesburg slips to January ’21

December 14

Uganda Airlines has confirmed December 18, as the start date for its long-awaited inaugural service to […]

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Business, Companies, Energy, Finance

Power utility Umeme presents UGX813 billion budget for 2021

December 12

Umeme, Uganda’s main electricity distributor has announced a UGX813.2 billion ($219 million) budget for 2021 that […]

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Business, Investment, Technology & Telecoms

The Innovation Village teams up with Facebook to lift SMEs

December 10

A series of webinars, ‘Boost With Facebook’ under the theme ‘Leveraging digital platforms for Covid-19 SME […]

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Business, Companies, Investment

Lato Milk processor walks away with visionary award

December 10

Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, the manufacturer of Lato Milk branded products, was awarded ‘Best Dairy Processing […]

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Business, Financial Services, Policy

Ugandan Bitcoin dealers given December 27 deadline to register

December 10

Ugandan companies that deal in bitcoin and blockchain technology have been directed to register under amended […]

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Financial Services, Land & Agriculture, Policy

Small scale farmers given credit lifeline to ease collateral worries

December 10

Small scale farmers who usually miss out on commercial loans due to lack of adequate collateral […]

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Business, Policy, Trade & Industry

Kenya gets new guarantees to sell duty-free in UK market

December 9

Early this week, Kenya and the United Kingdom sealed a new agreement that guarantees continued duty-free […]

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Business, Markets, Transport

African airlines outperform other regions in post-Covid recovery

December 9

African airlines’ traffic sank 78.6 pc in October, improved from an 84.9pc drop in September, but […]

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Business, Companies, Technology & Telecoms

MTN Group restructures to implement revised African strategy

December 9

Multinational mobile telecom network provider, MTN Group has restructured its operations across Africa and last week […]

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