COVID-19- Page 8

Recently, ministry of health commissioned the 1st Port Health laboratory in Mutukula, Uganda. This is a gene expert laboratory with 2 machines and capacity to run 64 samples per hour.

Trucks to continue moving as positive COVID-19 cases stand at 457

Much as it has become clear that truck drivers are the main carriers of COVID-19, President Yoweri Museveni has maintained that Uganda needs the trucks coming until railway transport is functional. While
June 2, 2020
African woman wearing disposable medical mask and gloves shopping in supermarket during coronavirus pandemia outbreak. Epidemic time.

COVID-19 Creates Major Changes in Africa’s Consumers

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a new kind of African consumer who is already displaying changes in consumption and purchase behaviour driven by heightened health awareness, a focus on quality
May 27, 2020
Mr. Robert Kagimu (R), the Financial Inclusion Supervisor at Centenary Bank, a representative from Craft Silicon guiding Ms. Prisca Nakku on opening a CenteXpress Account. This was during Centenary Banks launch of the first of a kind CenteXpress Digital Account at Centenary Bank Head Office on 26th May 2020.

COVID-19: Centenary Bank Launches Instant Paperless Account to serve unbanked Ugandans

In order to serve the unbanked Ugandan population during COVID-19 and beyond, Centenary Bank has launched a paperless bank account opening service dubbed CenteXpress savings account. The launch according to Managing Director,
May 27, 2020
Sydney Asubo, the Executive Director of the Financial Intelligence Authority

REMAIN VIGILANT: Financial Intelligence Authority issues tips on spotting and avoiding financial crimes during Covid-19 pandemic

By Sydney Asubo With people facing confinement or strict social distancing measures, in-person banking and access to other financial services being difficult, and unnecessarily exposes people to the risk of infection. The
A largely empty Kampala Street. Uganda is implementing a 6-week phased lockdown of businesses. Interviewed business owners/leaders want the lockdown to end and government to intervene in saving up to 4.4 million jobs

UN and Makerere report says 100,000 formal sector and 4,400,000 informal sector jobs to be lost to Covid-19

62.3 percent of Ugandan business are considering or have already started cutting jobs as a result of Covid-19, a trend that could render up to 100,000 Ugandans jobless in the formal sector
May 22, 2020
SMEs pause for a group photo during a recent Stanbic Business Incubator graduation ceremony. In the two years he has run the programme, a total of 1,489 entrepreneurs from 650 SMEs have been successfully trained and graduated. Otoa has also been able to attract key partnerships with key entities such as Tullow Oil, GIZ, Mercy Corps and most recently United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).

Stanbic Uganda, ConsumerCentriX partner to launch COVID-19 Business Information Hub

To provide the much-needed information and solutions for Ugandan entrepreneurs struggling with the financial consequences of the pandemic, Stanbic Bank Uganda has partnered with ConsumerCentriX to launch the Covid-19 Business Info Hub. This

 

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