PostBank Uganda has been selected to provide interest-free loans to large-scale commercial farmers under a new government financing scheme aimed at enhancing food security and addressing supply chain challenges. The scheme, which is part of the government’s efforts to promote agro-industrialization and support the 10-fold growth strategy, will provide timely, affordable, and accessible financial resources to farmers. Speaking at the launch, PostBank Uganda’s Managing Director Julius Kakeeto emphasized the importance of financing large-scale farmers. “We are thrilled about the government’s initiative, which we believe will address two major challenges: food security and supply chain constraints,” said Mr. Kakeeto. “This initiative…
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Billionaire Ugandan businessman, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia who has made a USD1 billion fortune investing in Uganda since the 1980s, will be a keynote speaker at this year’s, 14th UK-Uganda Annual Trade Investment Summit, 2024. He will be speaking about how to unlock the various business opportunities in Uganda and how to unlock them. This year’s event shall take place on the 6th of September 2024 at The Mayfair Hotel, London under the theme: “Accelerating Growth Through Partnerships for Global Market Expansion in East Africa”. Other notable speakers from Uganda include Hon Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,…
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Uganda Breweries Limited hosted farmers to a forum to discuss the potential to scale up farming to supplement government efforts to see manufactures embrace full sourcing of raw materials they use in their production processes locally. The forum which run under the theme ‘Agriculture as an Enabler to the Buy Uganda Build Uganda Agenda’ brought together stakeholders from Government, Tax Body, Farmers Unions and the Private Sector Foundation. Uganda Breweries which already sources over 95% of its raw materials locally, hosted the forum to attract the different stakeholders to weigh in on how all entities can work together to support…
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Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture Minister, Animal Industry and Fisheries, has said Uganda’s successful coffee experience can be adopted by the African continent as a strategy in increasing production and supporting the value chain of coffee stakeholders in a sustainable way. The Minister made the remarks while speaking at the G25 Africa Coffee Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on 25th May 2022 under the theme “Sustainable Development and Economic Growth in the African Coffee Sector”. “Coffee remains Uganda’s priority commodity and plays a leading role in the livelihoods of many Ugandans. For the past two decades, coffee has contributed an…
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25 coffee producing African countries under the Inter- African Coffee Organisation (IACO) have officially signed the Nairobi Declaration to have coffee anchored as a strategic agricultural commodity under the African Union, in harmony with AU Agenda 2063. The ongoing Summit is being held under the theme “Sustainable Development and Economic Growth in the African Coffee Sector”. The African coffee producing countries consequently requested the African Union (AU) to adopt Coffee as strategic Agricultural Commodity in harmony with the Africa Agenda 2063. According to the G25 African Coffee Summit Nairobi Declaration on the adoption of coffee as a strategic Agricultural Commodity…
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Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Minister Frank Tumwebaze, has proposed the introduction of Hass avocado in Busoga to complement sugarcane growing. Hass avocado, a commercially popular and nutritious fruit is part of the 19 crops that the ministry is promoting under the Agricultural Value Chain Development Strategy. The other crops include cashew nuts, banana, cassava, beans, fish, cocoa, cotton and coffee among others. Tumwebaze and the Minister of State for Fisheries, Hellen Adoa, were on Wednesday, 19 January 2022 appearing before the Committee on Agriculture, to defend their National Budget Framework Paper for the Financial Year 2022/23. The sector has…
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If you are an ardent Twitter user, you most have likely seen, several times a day, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze’s tweets and or retweets, commenting about several topics, ranging from ICT, gender, labour, and national politics. He is an unapologetic and intense supporter of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and spends considerable time preaching about the achievements of the government. He is also not shy to admit mistakes where things have gone wrong. At some point you cannot help but wonder, when this 45-year-old Minister sits down to work. But for those who know him well, they will tell you…
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Hon Judith Nabakooba, the new Minister of ICT and National Guidance, together with her Minister of State, Hon Peter Ogwang took office today, pledging to continue executing Digital Uganda Vision, the ministry’s national policy and strategic framework that seeks to align all government agencies to drive universal connectivity, local ICT Innovations, e-government and cybersecurity in line with Vision 2040. While receiving instruments of office from the exiting Minister, Hon Frank Tumwebaze at a handover ceremony held at the ministry’s headquarters on Parliament Avenue, in Kampala, Hon Nabakooba said that while she would give the ministry and ministry agency teams all…
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As Tumwebaze leaves the ICT ministry for Hon Judith Nabakooba and Peter Ogwang, he leaves behind a solid foundation in form of plans, policies and actual achievements, but also a solid pillar of continuity in Hon. Bagiire and his team.
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today, officially opened the inaugural National ICT Innovation Expo with a pledge to cut down on imported solutions and increased funding for ICT innovators. President Museveni, who was the Chief Guest at the Expo that runs from today December 17th -18th commended the “different Ugandans who are embracing technology as a game-changer in the face of human and global needs.” “Technology is no longer a choice but a necessity, I would, therefore, like to assure Ugandans that we will work towards eliminating import solutions in the ICT sector, such money should be diverted to local innovators,”…
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