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Uganda business leaders brainstorm over counterfeit goods

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|Date: August 17, 2018
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Uganda business leaders brainstorm over counterfeit goods

August 17, 2018---Ugandans have been asked to stop buying various counterfeit products as one way to curb ...

August 17, 2018---Ugandans have been asked to stop buying various counterfeit products as one way to curb the trade in the country and protect themselves from the possible harmful effects of these fak ...

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Central bank plays it safe to keep CBR at 9%

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|Date: August 14, 2018
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Central bank plays it safe to keep CBR at 9%

August 14, 2018---Taking a cautious stance after the recent rise of Annual Headline Inflation, the Bank o ...

August 14, 2018---Taking a cautious stance after the recent rise of Annual Headline Inflation, the Bank of Uganda monetary policy committee has decided leave the Central Bank Rate at 9 percent. Inflat ...

August 14, 2018
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Vehicle importers protest to parliament over inspection fee

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|Date: August 14, 2018
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Vehicle importers protest to parliament over inspection fee

August 14, 2018--- Several vehicle importers under their umbrella, Associated Motor Dealers 2015, have pe ...

August 14, 2018--- Several vehicle importers under their umbrella, Associated Motor Dealers 2015, have petitioned parliament over what they believe is the high import inspection fee charged by the Ug ...

August 14, 2018
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Rapid uptake vital in Uganda’s major infrastructure projects

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|Date: August 14, 2018
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Rapid uptake vital in Uganda’s major infrastructure projects

August 14, 2018---The pace of economic expansion stayed robust in the last quarter of the 2017 financial ...

August 14, 2018---The pace of economic expansion stayed robust in the last quarter of the 2017 financial year as the country closed with a GDP growth rate of 6.5 per cent writes Henry Kamuntu. With th ...

August 14, 2018
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Disagreements persist over mobile money transactions taxation

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|Date: August 09, 2018
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Disagreements persist over mobile money transactions taxation

August 9, 2018---Development Initiatives (DI), an international NGO that focuses on the role of data in d ...

August 9, 2018---Development Initiatives (DI), an international NGO that focuses on the role of data in driving poverty eradication and sustainable development, has joined the chorus of criticism agai ...

August 09, 2018
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Government steps in with $27m to shore up maize prices

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|Date: August 09, 2018
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Government steps in with $27m to shore up maize prices

August 9, 2018---The government has put aside UGX100 billion (just over $27 million) to shore up the depr ...

August 9, 2018---The government has put aside UGX100 billion (just over $27 million) to shore up the depressed price for maize to help farmers sell their crop for at least UGX500 (nearly 15 US cents) ...

August 09, 2018
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Private sector umbrella plans competitiveness expo in September

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|Date: August 09, 2018
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Private sector umbrella plans competitiveness expo in September

August 9, 2018---An event is being organised by one of Uganda’s leading business umbrellas to focus renew ...

August 9, 2018---An event is being organised by one of Uganda’s leading business umbrellas to focus renewed attention on sharpening local competitiveness in international trade. The Private Sector Fou ...

August 09, 2018
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Border processing quickens with purchase of scanners

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|Date: August 03, 2018
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Border processing quickens with purchase of scanners

August 3, 2018---FS6000 cargo scanners have been installed (one each) at Busia and Malaba main border poi ...

August 3, 2018---FS6000 cargo scanners have been installed (one each) at Busia and Malaba main border points with Kenya to boost Uganda Revenue Authority’s (URA) capacity for non-intrusive inspection ...

August 03, 2018
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Uganda gets new World Bank Country Manager

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|Date: August 03, 2018
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Uganda gets new World Bank Country Manager

August 3, 2018---Antony Thompson (pictured) is the new World Bank Country Manager for Uganda taking over ...

August 3, 2018---Antony Thompson (pictured) is the new World Bank Country Manager for Uganda taking over from Christina Malmberg Calvo who has held the position for the past three years. Thompson will ...

August 03, 2018
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Mobile Money transactions fall $154 million after new tax

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|Date: August 02, 2018
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Mobile Money transactions fall $154 million after new tax

August 02,2018 - Mobile money transactions in Uganda retreated by $154 million during the first two weeks ...

August 02,2018 - Mobile money transactions in Uganda retreated by $154 million during the first two weeks of July as users adjusted to a new 1pc tax on deposits and receipts over the money transfer pl ...

August 02, 2018
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