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    COVID-19 effects on Uganda tourism sector

    Uganda Tourism Association sees 2022 as Recovery Year for Hospitality Sector

    CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJanuary 1, 2022January 1, 2022

    Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) is optimistic that the New Year 2022 will see business look up for hospitality sector in Uganda. In his new year message to Members of the…

    Fort Portal Resort Owner Wins 5,000,000 in MTN MoMoNyabo Together Promo

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsAugust 5, 2020August 5, 2020

    The tourism industry is one of the sectors that has been greatly affected by the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hotel owners are faced with the challenge of keeping…

    Uganda urgently needs a coherent stakeholder-driven Covid-19 tourism recovery strategy

    theceomaThought LeadershipJune 18, 2020June 18, 2020

    By Rudi Veestraeten & Richard Gafabusa Muhumuza The Ugandan tourism sector is in a major crisis. National Parks and lodges have remained empty for three months, since mid-March. Worse even:…

    Sheraton Kampala Hotel reopens under strict Standard Operation Procedures

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsJune 13, 2020June 13, 2020

    Kampala Uganda, June 10th, 2020: With Uganda easing the lockdown restriction on the hospitality sector, Sheraton Kampala hotel which opened its doors early this week has tightened and elevated its…

    BOU’S DR. ADAM MUGUME: The 29 things lenders and borrowers must know about BoU’s credit relief measures

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryMay 26, 2020May 26, 2020

    1. What does Credit Relief mean? It is a re-organisation of a debt obligation through concessions or accommodations that provide borrowers with some form of relief in how and/or when…

    VOTE OF CONFIDENCE: 80% of Ugandans confident about gov’t efforts to stop Covid-19 spread

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 28, 2020April 28, 2020

    80per cent of Ugandans who took part in a Geopoll Survey say the government has done enough to stop Covid-19 spread. The survey, titled: Coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa; how Africans…

    TOURISM & COVID-19: This is the time for government and private sector to craft and implement a recovery master plan

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThought LeadershipApril 21, 2020April 21, 2020

    In Uganda, Tourism has been the leading foreign exchange earner, accounting for US$ 1.6 billion. The sector has been contributing approximately 8% of the GDP and supports 667,600 jobs directly…

    Word Bank predicts the first Sub-Saharan Africa recession in 25 years over Covid-19

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 10, 2020April 10, 2020

    WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020—Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1%…

    How Covid-19 will change our way of life forever

    Innocent NahabweThought LeadershipApril 8, 2020April 8, 2020

    A few years back, one wonderful lady Carol, who I didn’t know personally came out suffering from Cancer. People mobilised by my friend Muhereza Kyamutetera, came together and collected money…

    COVID-19: Uber suspends services in Kampala indefinitely

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 1, 2020April 1, 2020

    Car hailing service, Uber has suspended its services in Uganda following the announcement of a 14-day lockdown in Uganda that went into effect, yesterday, March 31st 2020. The statement released…

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