The Senior Presidential Advisor on Diaspora Affairs, Amb. Abbey Walusimbi has called upon Ugandans living abroad to consider taking up investment in the agriculture sector given the condusive environment created by the NRM government. The call was made during the Ugandan Diaspora Agri-food Investment E-Conference 2020 organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diaspora Department in Partnership with Food and…
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The newly constructed Soroti Main Market is expected to boost local revenue collection in Soroti City. The 27 Billion Shillings market was constructed under the Market and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program Project-2 MATIP-2 with funding from the African Development Bank. Constructed by TECHNO 3 Uganda Ltd, Soroti Main Market is expected to accommodate at least 2,000 vendors with provisions for…
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Social media has very many positives and negatives and the choice of what we want to follow squarely lies with us as individuals. I for example follow people for different reasons, others just make laugh, some because they are my friends and keep up with what they are doing through Social media . I follow others because they are so…
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An inspiring story of a young gentleman who quit his highly paying Job to start a manufacturing plant. Manufacturing has always been synonymous with old people, but one Joseph Kawombe got out of his comfort zone to fill a gap of manufacturing High Performance Tile Adhesive and Grout as he shares his experience with Dickson Mushabe In this Episode of…
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Civil Society Organisations championing the preservation of wetlands have called upon government to expeditiously consider and pass the Wetlands policy and Bill so as to improve on the conservation and management of wetlands in Uganda. The call was made during Uganda’s wetlands policy and legislation review process that was held in Kampala by the Partners for Resilience (PfR) lead by…
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The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRDU) has called upon government to expeditiously appoint a substantive chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) following the increased human rights abuse during the general elections campaigns. While addressing the media in Kampala, the Human Rights Defenders (HRD) noted that the absence of a substantive Uganda Human Rights Commission Chairperson…
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The Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) which brings together all local government has called upon government to expedite the operationalisation of the newly created administrative units as a way of increasing service delivery to the people. This was during a meeting held at Fairway hotel in Kampala where members discussed the several factors that affect effective service delivery in the…
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Covid19 pushed me into thinking about diversification of business after it hit home in March that all the good projected business for this year was no more. Isaiah Rembo had for years asked me to diversify into agro-processing but tourism was doing very well for us and we had grown over the last 19 years anyways. I was a little…
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Dickson Mushabe, Chief Executive Officer Hostalite, has been appointed as International Partner for Uganda by the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), a global platform that provides funding opportunities to entrepreneurs and businesses. The appointment means Mr. Mushabe will now represent Uganda at the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum. The inclusion of Uganda in WBAF provides…
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East African Partners (EAP) a company that market the region as a viable investment destination has once again ushered into the country a delegation of American Investors who are ready to take up investment in the health sector. The American delegation is led by Lisa Stark Hughes a reknown investor in the health sector as well as her business partner,…
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