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BoU, DPF to start paying EFC Uganda depositors next week
KAMPALA, January 24, 2024 – Depositors of EFC Uganda are to be paid by the Bank of Uganda [BoU] and the Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda [DPF] after the lender had its…
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Finance & Banking
IMF extends over Shs 400bln loan to Uganda
KAMPALA – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund [ IMF ] has concluded the fourth review of Uganda’s Extended Credit Facility [ECF], enabling the country to get an additional loan…
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Finance & Banking
“We have terribly missed him” BoU boss wails in tribute to Late Prof. Tumusiime-Mutebile
KAMPALA-Staff at the Bank of Uganda [BoU] still miss former governor, the Late Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile who died on January 23, 2022, according to the institution’s deputy governor Michael Ating-Ego. Atingi who…
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Finance & Banking
ECF: Uganda to receive over Shs 880bln from IMF
KAMPALA-Uganda stands to receive an additional US$ 240 million from the International Monetary Fund [IMF] under the Extended Credit Facility [ ECF ] approved by the IMF Executive Board on June 28,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BoU readying to regulate big SACCOs, pledges to work with UCSCU
KAMPALA– The Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institutions [Registered Societies] Regulations, 2022, will enable the Bank of Uganda [BoU] to license and supervise large SACCOs in the country as mandated under the Tier 4 Microfinance…
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Finance & Banking
World Savings Day: BoU boss urges Ugandans to save for the future
KAMPALA-As countries celebrate World Savings Day which falls on October 31 every year, the Bank of Uganda [BoU] Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego has urged Ugandans to start saving now, saying savings help…
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News
BoU urges WorldRemit clients to submit claims
KAMPALA– The Bank of Uganda [BoU] on Monday asked WorldRemit customers to submit to it the outstanding claims of monies given for remittance purposes to WorldRemit Money Transfer [U] Limited by July…
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BoU raises CBR to 7.5 percent in June
KAMPALA– The current global inflationary pressures have forced the Bank of Uganda [BoU] to raise the Central Bank Rate [ CBR ] by 1 percentage point to 7.5 percent, from 6.5 percent…
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