Tigo Tanzania launched a service that allows all Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive cash on their mobile money wallets from M-PESA in Kenya, MTN in Uganda and MTN and Airtel in Rwanda. The service now ensures that Tigo Pesa customers are connected to all major mobile money serivces across the East African region a move that will grow…
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) in line with Uganda standards US EAS: 386:2005 and US EAS: 356:2004, has suspended the importation of second hand footwear and clothes in a bid to curb the spread of corona virus, and to uphold the many measures put forth by the president of Uganda. This is on the presumption that those products,…
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When I got pregnant, the only thing I was prepped about were the cravings; that I would crave the weirdest of foods. There was not much else, at least not in the detail that the cravings were being talked about. From the time I conceived to date, I have read extensively about these baby things and would like to share…
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Can you adapt? In my career as an entrepreneur I have often had to adapt to very dramatic and drastic changes in circumstances, again and again. Usually it is not of my making. Today, the 22nd of March, it will have been 20 years since I was told that if I did not get out of my country that day,…
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As an entrepreneur, if someone asks you, “How does the Clean City or a similar ‘Uber type’ business model actually make money?” would you be able to take a pen and paper to explain how it works? This week I have asked the CEO of Clean City, one of our companies in Harare, to do just that. First the backstory:…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, women and girls are more vulnerable than ever. With the world staying at home due to the pandemic, we see a rise in sexual and gender based violence including domestic violence. It is a double pandemic for women and girls. Domestic violence keeps exponentially increasing and faster than the COVID -19 in…
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Governments across the globe are doing everything possible to protect jobs and ensure certainty amidst #Convid-19 pandemic. One of the strategies is to keep businesses intact, so that they can hit the ground running (to the greatest extent possible) when the economy reopens, instead of leaving behind mass business casualties and an economic depression in the wake of the virus.…
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By Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba, Chairman Board of Directors UTAMU In December 2019, UTAMU acquired 20.43 acres of land on Block 82 Plot 6 Kkungu, Matugga, Kyaddondo, Wakiso District on leasehold register of 49 years from the Kampala Catholic Archdiocese Land Board for the UTAMU Research and Innovation City. The UTAMU campus in Kkungu, Matugga, Kyaddondo, Wakiso District, which is approximately…
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The coronavirus outbreak is affecting all of our lives in one way or another. The biggest effect is that many people are now working from home or just stuck at home to stop the spread of the virus. Thankfully, many companies have been offering free access to games and apps to help keep you productive and entertained in these strange…
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