The exit of a lottery operator exposes both the strain and the strength of a booming digital gambling industry Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The exit of ITHUBA Uganda Limited from the National Lottery business has drawn fresh attention to the stability of Uganda’s fast-growing gaming industry, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s construction sector is being held back by weak regulation, inadequate political commitment, a shortage of skilled labour and bureaucratic procurement processes, limiting its ability to create jobs and drive economic growth. Although the sector contributes between 12 and 17 per cent of the country’s …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | South Africa is in the news, unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. Imagine Black Africans chasing and lynching fellow Africans, who are seeking economic fortunes, out of their country. For some time, South Africa has been the number one economy in Africa because of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Technology services provider, Dimension Data Uganda has rebranded to NTT DATA, aligning its local operations with the global technology group as demand rises for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cybersecurity services in Uganda’s expanding digital economy. The change, announced June 25, brings the Ugandan …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | MTN Uganda Limited has been ordered to pay more than 2.3 billion shillings to its former Senior Manager, Richard Mwami, after finding that the telecommunications company maliciously instigated his prosecution in the MTN Mobile Money fraud case. Mwami, who served as Senior Manager for MTN …
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UBL’s Learning for Life Programme Equips 100 Young Adults with Hospitality and Entrepreneurship Skills Jinja, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) celebrated the graduation of 100 young adults from Jinja on Friday, marking the completion of a three-day Learning for Life hospitality and entrepreneurship training programme …
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dfcu’s Inaugural CEO Masterclass Redefining Leadership Through Impact Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | What if the true measure of a leadership programme was not the certificates awarded at the end, but the difference its graduates create long after? For the first cohort of the dfcu CEO Masterclass, …
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Why the treatment of Muganga’s citizenship question is suspect and echoes deep-seated anti-Banyarwanda prejudice COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | For all its legalistic shadings, the recent citizenship controversy faced by Dr Lawrence Muganga, the vice chancellor of Victoria University, who was appointed State Minister for Internal Affairs by …
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The sub-sector continue to grapple with high production costs, limited access to long-term capital, dependence on imported inputs and fragmented supply chains Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s manufacturers are calling for deeper collaboration across supply chains, innovative financing mechanisms and greater investment in value addition as …
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24 Boys Step into the Shoes of Absa Senior Executives for a Day Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Twenty-four secondary school students from across Uganda have spent a day shadowing senior leaders at Absa Bank Uganda as part of a mentorship initiative aimed at exposing young people to …
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