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European Union, GIZ commit UGX 26 billion to skilling and equipping small scale miners

Mr. Jan Sadek, Ambassador of the EU to Uganda.

The European Union (EU) has partnered with the German Development Agency to commit a grant of EUR 6.25 million (UGX 25.7 billion) as a form of support for the formalisation, skilling and equipping of artisanal and small scale miners. His Excellency Mr Jan Sadek, the European Union Ambassador to Uganda revealed the details at the 13th Annual Mineral Wealth Conference held at Serena Hotel, Kampala last week.  H.E Sadek noted that a considerable portion of the grant will be geared towards increasing the capacity of artisanal and small-scale miners to process minerals and add value to them.  “Additionally, this programme…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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