Business, Markets, Opinion, Policy, Trade & Industry

May visit to Africa smacks of afterthought

August 27

August 27, 2018— This week, British prime minister Theresa May, is making  flying visits to the […]

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Business, Finance, Investment, Markets, Trade & Industry

China not at fault for lopsided trade with Uganda

August 20

August 20, 2018—At every opportunity African leaders like to ask their Chinese counterparts why the second […]

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Business, Companies, Markets, Transport

German container shipper to beef up East Africa route

August 17

August 17, 2018— In September, German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd, has announced plans to beef up […]

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Business, Markets, Policy, Trade & Industry

Uganda business leaders brainstorm over counterfeit goods

August 17

August 17, 2018—Ugandans have been asked to stop buying various counterfeit products as one way to […]

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Business, Land & Agriculture, Markets, Trade & Industry

US government to help improve regional grain standards regime

August 16

August 16, 2018—Early this week, the USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Hub) signed […]

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Business, Companies, Finance, Financial Services, Markets

Chinese financial services group looks to take on M-Pesa

August 16

August 16, 2018—Ant Financials, a subsidiary of the Alibaba group, and operators of Asia’s biggest payment […]

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Business, Companies, Markets, Transport

Air Tanzania returns to Entebbe as passenger traffic rises 8 percent

August 16

August 16, 2018—Air Tanzania will make a return to Entebbe International Airport (EIA) after an absence […]

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Business, Companies, Finance, Investment, Markets

Cipla-Quality Chemicals offers 650 million shares to public

August 14

August 14, 2018— Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Uganda, the region’s biggest maker of Anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs […]

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Business, Companies, Financial Services, Markets

Stanbic Uganda holds a firm mid-year amid pressures on yield

August 8

August 8, 2018 –Stanbic’s Ugandan unit defied declining yields across the industry to power to UGX […]

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Business, Companies, Markets

DFCU Bank weathers a season of negative publicity

July 24

JULY 24, 2018 – Listed lender dfcu Bank has emerged largely unscathed from months of a […]

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