Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Outgoing Vision Group Managing Director and CEO Robert Kabushenga has hailed David Chandi Jamwa as one of the key persons behind the success The New Vision has enjoyed over the years. Speaking at a farewell luncheon organized for him by the company on Friday, Kabushenga outlined the …
Read More »Uganda Airlines CEO fired amid huge shake-up
Entebbe, Uganda | AIRSPACE AFRICA .COM | Unease, shock and nerves describe the current mood at Uganda Airlines where a shake-up is currently underway. According to sources, the top hierarchy including the CEO, Cornwell Muleya have been sent packing after a dramatic intervention by my Works and Transport Minister Gen. …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Matia Kasaija’s tax burden
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Kasaija’s tax burden: How to raise money from ideas that failed THE LAST WORD Paved with good intentions: How Western interventions in African affairs, even when well intentioned, produce bad results ANALYSIS Saving …
Read More »UWEP championing employment creation among rural women
LABOUR DAY 2021 🇺🇬 | BY FRANK MUGABI | Over the years, majority of women in Uganda have been disenfranchised from the formal business sector due to limited access to affordable credit, limited technical knowledge on business entrepreneurship and management, limited access to markets as well as information regarding business opportunities. To …
Read More »MUST hails Founder, and Visitor
The chancellor, chairman council, senate, staff and students of Mbarara University of Science and Technology congratulate their founders H.E Yoweri K. Museveni Upon his election as the president of the republic of Uganda. LABOUR DAY 2021 🇺🇬 | The Chairman Mbarara University Council Dr. Warren Naamara said MUST has just celebrated the …
Read More »MGSL: Enhancing innovation for increased for employment creation and labour productivity
STATEMENT: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social development on the Occasion to Mark the International Labour Day, 2021 LABOUR DAY 2021 🇺🇬 | The Covid-19 pandemic has had profound impact on economies around the world. Labour Markets have been severely impacted as a result of the containment measures. Not …
Read More »URSB: Commercializing intellectual property while creating employment
LABOUR DAY 2021 🇺🇬 | As Uganda celebrates the International Labour Day on 1st May, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) celebrates the Workers of Uganda for being the champions of our nation’s national development. At the national level, the theme earmarked for the International Labour day celebrations falls within …
Read More »UIA promoting innovation, productivity and employment through MSME development
LABOUR DAY 2021 🇺🇬 | BY DAVID RUPINY | Shillat Nambooze Kauma is a young graduate who, instead of looking for a job, opted to plunge right into the realm of entrepreneurship. Two years ago, Shillat and her friend set up Puristry, a firm that makes high-end cosmetics from shea butter. The …
Read More »COVID VARIANT: Uganda bans flights from India
Travelers from US, UK, UAE, Turkey, South Africa, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Tanzania will also be subjected to PCR COVID-19 tests Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | All passenger flights between Uganda and India have been suspended as a control measure against a deadly new COVID-19 variant. No …
Read More »Othieno Mayende is new Chairman of KCB Bank Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCB Bank Uganda Limited has appointed Constant Othieno Mayende its chairman Board of Directors. Othieno Mayende will replace Aga Sekalala Jr, whose term recently came to an end. Othieno Mayende has over 23 years’ experience in banking, strategy formulation, business development, financial management, …
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