Private Sector COVID-19 Response Archives

Mohamad Khadr, Country General Manager MAC East Africa & Mantra EA Ltd (3rd right) hands over the UGX80 million Cheque to Uganda’s Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng.

MAC East Africa and Isuzu East Africa donate UGX. 80 million to Ministry of Health for Covid-19

MAC East Africa & Isuzu East Africa has donated UGX. 80M (Eighty million Uganda shillings) towards the COVID-19 response efforts in Uganda. This donation, made to the Ministry of Health (Covid-19 Task

April 17, 2020

Company News

AIGP Asan Kasingye (left) receives an assortment of supplies worth USD10,000 from Letshego Uganda CEO Giles Aijukwe (right)

Letshego donates USD10,000 to Uganda Police’s Covid-19 security efforts

Kampala, Uganda: Letshego Holdings Ltd, under its subsidiary Letshego Uganda, has today handed over a consignment of water, sanitizers and food rations worth USD10,000 (UGX38,000,000U) to the Uganda Police Force in support

April 16, 2020

Banking & Financial Services·Company News

Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia and his Meera Investments have continued to defeat BoU severally in court.

Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia’s easy to understand thoughts about business and investment during and after Covid-19

By Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia We are entering into recession period globally and the exception is likely to be India and China with approximately 2% GDP growth in 2020 which is way below

April 7, 2020

The Big Story·Thought Leadership

The Ruparelia has through its charity arm, The Ruparelia Foundation, donated two new Tata Xenon XLT S.CAB pickup trucks to assist the government of Uganda deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Ruparelia Group donates two pickup trucks to government

Despite coming under pressure from Covid-19 itself, last week the group shut down four of its hotels, The Ruparelia has through its charity arm, The Ruparelia Foundation, donated two new Tata Xenon

April 4, 2020

Company News

Allan Rwakatungu, Chief Executive Officer, Xente

COVID-19: Africa e-commerce fintech, Xente offers to digitise Ugandan small businesses for free

As Uganda’s 14-day lockdown enters into day 2 and businesses generally suffer from Covid-19 related travel restrictions, Xente Tech, an African e-commerce, and financial services fintech has offered to migrate Ugandan micro-businesses

April 2, 2020

Banking & Financial Services·Company News·Technology & Innovation·The Big Story

James Byaruhanga is the General Manager of Raxio Data Centre, Uganda's first privately owned Tier III datacenter. He is also a technology enthusiast.

COVID-19 & BUSINESS CONTINUITY: 7 tips on how to work safe and smart and beat the lockdown

By James Byaruhanga The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in various industries – not only in Uganda and the region but worldwide. Industries such as tourism, hospitality, logistics, production, technology, sports, and

April 1, 2020

Technology & Innovation·Thought Leadership

“We shall cancel your trade licenses,” President Museveni warns traders hiking prices over COVID-19

A day after Uganda confirmed eight new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases to nine, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured Ugandans that the situation is still manageable if only the

March 24, 2020

The Big Story

Robert Kabushenga, Judy R. Kyanda and Barbara Mulwana picked to spearhead private sector COVID-19 response

Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Ugandan Minister of Health, has appointed a number of prominent business leaders to spearhead a private sector response against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Details of their terms

March 23, 2020

Company News·The Big Story