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Uganda improves in ICT development index

Jacobs Odongo SeamanThe Big StoryDecember 18, 2017

The ongoing debate on Age Limit Bill as Ugandan legislators weave their way around a sticky matter of amending Article 102b of the Constitution might have damped every socioeconomic fabric…

Kenya wins World Top Safari Destination Award. Here is how the rest of East Africa performed.

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryThe Executive TravelerDecember 18, 2017December 18, 2017

Our Reporter. A few days ago, the winners of the 24th World Travel Awards were announced, with Kenya named as the World’s leading Safari destination. It was the fourth time…

Advertisers, overloaded truckers in the face of new UNRA road regulations

Jacobs Odongo SeamanBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2017December 14, 2017

BY FAITH ATHNUS Erecting billboards and hoardings along roads managed by Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will no longer come without some sweat as the Authority moves to toughen regulations…

What shaped the economy, business in 2017?

Jacobs Odongo SeamanThe Big StoryThought LeadershipDecember 14, 2017

If there were going to be signs that Uganda’s economy was to improve from the 2016 sluggish growth, interest rates, inflation and better rains provided that indicator. In 2017, the…

The Most Influential Women in Private Sector Business 2017

Jacobs Odongo SeamanBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsThe Big StoryThought LeadershipWomen In LeadershipDecember 14, 2017February 7, 2018

BY JULIET HILDAH NAMULUNDU The past two decades have seen several women venture in to big businesses in Uganda’s economy. Much of this ‘women emancipation’ has been attributed to changing…

Airtel renews Uganda Cranes sponsorship with Shs10 billion

Jacobs Odongo SeamanThe Big StoryThe Executive TravelerDecember 14, 2017

By JULIET HILDAH NAMULUNDU Federation of Uganda Football Association’s partnership with telecom giants Airtel Uganda received a boost on November 5 as the official sponsor of national football team, the…

Kagina’s Dott Services woes

Jacobs Odongo SeamanBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryThought LeadershipDecember 14, 2017

BY FAITH ATHNUS If there was anything that Allen Kagina had not anticipated when she was appointed the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), it is that one company, Dott Services,…

Parliament queries Housing Finance Bank’s Shs61 billion recapitalisation request

Jacobs Odongo SeamanThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2017

BY FAITH ATHNUS The government plans to recapitalise Housing Finance Bank to a tune of Shs61 billion faces tough talking shop as the parliamentary Finance Committee scrutinises the request. Housing…

Parliament probes MTN over MoKash

Jacobs Odongo SeamanTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2017December 14, 2017

BY FAITH ATHNUS In August 2016, MTN Uganda, together with Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA Bank), launched MoKash, a digital service that allows mobile money subscribers to access microloans and…

Opinion: Here is how to manage the Ugandan labour market

Jacobs Odongo SeamanThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2017

BY MATSIKO KAHUNGA Nkore-Karagwe wisdom has it that ebibibihitahitana amatamagahitaamashuyo (someone with chubby cheeks is less ugly than one with permanent mumps). And this wisdom aptly applies to the question…