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Uganda included in African bank $24b farming project

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|Date: October 19, 2017
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Uganda included in African bank $24b farming project

October 19---Uganda is among seven other countries, that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has chosen t ...

October 19---Uganda is among seven other countries, that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has chosen to showcase in a $24 billion 10 year project, to lift the profile of agriculture with a componen ...

October 19, 2017
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Large informal sector slows tax growth

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|Date: October 17, 2017
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Large informal sector slows tax growth

October 17--- African countries have made significant efforts to strengthen their tax policy and tax admi ...

October 17--- African countries have made significant efforts to strengthen their tax policy and tax administration capacity, but the presence of large informal sectors, and a narrow tax base, particu ...

October 17, 2017
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Ugandan youth unemployment tagged on skills deficit

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|Date: October 13, 2017
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Ugandan youth unemployment tagged on skills deficit

October 13--- Many young Ugandans remain unemployed not because jobs are not available, but because they ...

October 13--- Many young Ugandans remain unemployed not because jobs are not available, but because they lack the hands-on skills that can make them competitive in the job market. “What the labour mar ...

October 13, 2017
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Civil society group up in arms over foreign debt

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|Date: October 13, 2017
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Civil society group up in arms over foreign debt

October 13---The Uganda Debt Network (UDN), took the opportunity at a recent regional conference, to once ...

October 13---The Uganda Debt Network (UDN), took the opportunity at a recent regional conference, to once again query the government’s increasing foreign debt portfolio although the International Mone ...

October 13, 2017
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Leapfrogging remains only option for Africa

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|Date: October 11, 2017
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Leapfrogging remains only option for Africa

October 11---Makhtar Diop, the Vice President for Africa, World Bank Group asks: Can Africa leapfrog its ...

October 11---Makhtar Diop, the Vice President for Africa, World Bank Group asks: Can Africa leapfrog its way into the future? Below is the rest of his article published in the China Daily. There is no ...

October 11, 2017
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$4.4 million on table for young business people

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|Date: October 11, 2017
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$4.4 million on table for young business people

October 11---Centenary Bank has been designated by the government as the financial institution that will ...

October 11---Centenary Bank has been designated by the government as the financial institution that will manage the UGX16 billion (about $4.4 million) Youth Venture Capital Fund (YVCF) intended to pro ...

October 11, 2017
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Uganda mining talks highlight need for priorities

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|Date: October 05, 2017
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Uganda mining talks highlight need for priorities

October 5---Participants at the Sixth Annual Mineral Wealth Conference in Kampala have been regaled of Ug ...

October 5---Participants at the Sixth Annual Mineral Wealth Conference in Kampala have been regaled of Uganda’s opportunities to lucratively exploit its natural resources if the issue is given more pr ...

October 05, 2017
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$300,000 set aside to fund internships at various companies

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|Date: October 04, 2017
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$300,000 set aside to fund internships at various companies

October 4---Money has become available for selected students to get hands-on experience at various compan ...

October 4---Money has become available for selected students to get hands-on experience at various companies covering agri-business, construction and manufacturing which is expected to help their chan ...

October 04, 2017
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Bank of Uganda cuts base rate to 9.5% from 10%

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|Date: October 04, 2017
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Bank of Uganda cuts base rate to 9.5% from 10%

October 4---Bank of Uganda (BoU) has reduced the Central Bank Rate (CBR) to 9.5 per cent from the previou ...

October 4---Bank of Uganda (BoU) has reduced the Central Bank Rate (CBR) to 9.5 per cent from the previous 10%. The CBR is the benchmark on which commercial banks determine their lending rates. “The c ...

October 04, 2017
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UNDP in $13m scheme to train small-scale miners

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|Date: September 28, 2017
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UNDP in $13m scheme to train small-scale miners

September 28---Uganda’s mining artisans have been given a lifeline in the form of free know-how being off ...

September 28---Uganda’s mining artisans have been given a lifeline in the form of free know-how being offered by a UN agency. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is spending $13.1 million on ...

September 28, 2017
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