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Britam unveils new offices with promise to further invest in Uganda.

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News Technology & Innovation The Big StoryDecember 8, 2017December 8, 2017

Philomena Matsiko. Britam Insurance Company (Uganda) yesterday unveiled their new offices located in the prestigious Nakasero suburb in Kampala. The offices, which were acquired from AIG, will host both Britam…

Satellite broadband to unlock economic growth in rural Uganda

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryDecember 6, 2017December 6, 2017

By Juliet Hildah N. According to Farhad Khan, Chief Commercial Officer, Yahsat, the African Development Bank projects that Uganda’s GDP will grow from 5.1% in 2017 to 5.8% in 2018….

Uganda launches online platform to promote tourism

Paul TentenaCompany News The Big StoryDecember 4, 2017

BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- Dei Group of Companies International Ltd under Dei Technologies Ltd has launched an online social networking platform Dei Places where people can post photos and…

Uganda Society of Architects get new president

Paul TentenaCompany News The Big StoryDecember 4, 2017December 4, 2017

BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- Edward Golooba was elected the new President of the Uganda Society of Architects after defeating Jancita Kabarungi in an election that took place over the…

Kenya, Tanzania seek $1.2b for power interconnector

Paul TentenaCompany News The Big StoryDecember 1, 2017

BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- A financers ‘conference for the 2,300km Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya (ZTK) power interconnector ended recently, where the three project countries presented their status of implementation…

Hima Cement, SOS partner to improve community livelihoods

Paul TentenaCompany News The Big Story The Executive TravelerDecember 1, 2017December 1, 2017

BY OUR REPORTER Fort Portal, UGANDA – Building solutions company, Hima Cement Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SOS Children’s Villages Uganda in a move aimed at improving…

French investors converge in Kampala for oil

Paul TentenaCompany News The Big StoryDecember 1, 2017December 1, 2017

BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- The biggest ever French business delegation to Uganda, made up of more than 45 executives representing more than thirty French companies active in the oil…

Infrastructure vandalism keeping Uganda’s internet costs high

Paul TentenaCompany News Technology & Innovation The Big Story The Executive TravelerDecember 1, 2017December 1, 2017

BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- The continued vandalism of bandwidth cables and the entire internet infrastructure is the reason why Uganda’s internet costs remain higher with in the East African…

dfcu Bank & Rabobank Foundation inject USD 2.8million into ADC

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryDecember 1, 2017

By Juliet Hildah N Farmer Based Organization’s (FBOs) that have potential to contribute to the agricultural value chain finally have a chance at improving their operations and ultimately become bankable….

UgShs 600 million raised from 2017 MTN Marathon.

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryNovember 30, 2017December 1, 2017

By Juliet Hildah N. MTN Uganda has today announced that as a result of the overwhelming turn-up for the MTN Kampala Marathon, Ugx.600m was raised to support two different causes….

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Unresolved Commercial Disputes Climb to UGX 3.5 Trillion as Chief Justice Zeija and BoU Governor Atingi-Ego Push for ADR

Kenya’s High Court Clears Path for KSh 300 Billion Asahi–Diageo Deal Despite Ongoing Distribution Dispute

Nigeria’s Zenith Bank Acquires Kenya’s Paramount Bank as Profits Hit ₦1.04 Trillion

Debt, SGR and Uganda Airlines: How Government Will Spend UGX 17.4 Trillion in Q4