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Ugandans urged to embrace income-generating projects
KAMPALA, December 14, 2024 — Ramathan Ggoobi, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and Secretary to the Treasury, has urged Ugandans to focus on government initiatives…
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Minister Kasaija tips traders on gov’t low-interest loans at URA tax awards
KAMPALA, December 13, 2024: The Minister for Finance Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has asked Ugandan traders to approach the government for low-interest loans to boost their struggling businesses. Speaking at…
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Higher commodity prices drove up public revenues in Africa in 2022
KAMPALA, December 13, 2024: Tax revenues rose across African countries on average in 2022 due to higher commodity prices, according to new data published early this week. Revenue Statistics in Africa 2024…
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AfDB Group to extend facilities worth US$ 200mln and ZAR 3.6bln to Standard Bank Group to increase trade in Africa and support SMEs
PRETORIA, December 13, 2024 — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] has approved two financial facilities for South-Africa based Standard Bank Group to support economic development in…
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MUBS to improve the livelihoods of unserved and underserved communities through the E-Booster initiative
KAMPALA, December 13, 2024 – Makerere University Business School [ MUBS ] has launched the second phase of its E-Booster initiative, aimed at improving the livelihoods of unserved and underserved communities in…
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Museveni urges NRM leaders to prioritise grassroot accountability in wealth creation programmes
SEBEI, December 12, 2024: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday urged the National Resistance Movement [NRM] leaders to prioritise accountability at the grassroots levels in government’s wealth creation programmes. While meeting Sebei leaders…
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Nabbanja launches relocation of landslide victims in Bulambuli
MBALE CITY, December 12, 2024 – Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, yesterday arrived in Bugisu Subregion for a three-day working visit aimed at overseeing the relocation of residents from disaster-prone areas in Buluganya…
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Farmers embrace human urine as fertiliser, persticide
MUKONO, December 12, 2024 – The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum [ESAFF] Uganda has unveiled a practical guide titled “Human Pee is Liquid Gold” that advocates for the use…
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MASAKA: NFA and Bank of Baroda join forces to restore Jubia Forest Reserve
MASAKA, December 12, 2024 – – Under its slogan “Earth Banking for a Greener Planet”, Bank of Baroda has partnered with the National Forest Authority [NFA] and the local community to replant…
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Odrek Rwabogo inaugurates new coffee factory in Bugisu
MBALE, December 11, 2024 – The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development [PACEID], Odrek Rwabwogo, recently inaugurated the Balambuli Kwigatte Coffee [BKC] Factory and the Elgon Production…
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