200 Ugandan returnees get financial training as government pledges Shs2bn Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | A group of 200 Ugandans who returned from South Africa have undergone financial literacy and business training as they seek to rebuild their livelihoods and establish income-generating enterprises back home. The …
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Over 30 Businesses Explore Australian Market Partnerships Brisbane, Australia | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | More than 30 tourism businesses gathered at the Brisbane Convention Centre this week as Ugandan tourism institutions and tour operators held business-to-business meetings with Australian travel companies, presenting Uganda’s attractions and exploring commercial partnerships aimed …
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Sulah Lumu: A businessman’s public identity takes shape Kampala, Uganda | NEW CORRESPONDENT | In Kampala, where small businesses, retail traders and ambitious entrepreneurs form an important part of the urban economy, public recognition can develop in different ways. Some entrepreneurs become known through established companies, others through …
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Businessman Kimuli Urges Uganda Govt to Attract Italian Investors at Uganda–Italy Business Summit Rome, Italy | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Ugandan businessman Louis Kimuli has urged the government to attract Italian investors into coffee processing, manufacturing and mineral beneficiation, saying Uganda must move beyond exporting raw materials and …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Her name is Alma Daizy Namunswa. Online, she is known as Mummy Gadgets What began in the boot of her car during Uganda’s COVID-19 lockdown has grown into Mummy Gadgets, a Kampala-based retail brand. Her journey mirrors the wider transformation of Uganda’s retail …
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PROFILE | THE INDEPENDENT | To understand the modern Ugandan entrepreneurial spirit is to look past the bustling traffic of downtown Kampala and examine the structural shifts happening across the country’s core industries. At the center of this economic evolution is Sulaiman Bukenya, a 40-year-old business executive whose diversified conglomerate, Uganda …
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Kolawole Adeniyi has spent the past four months leading Glovo Uganda as its general manager. A trained pharmacist from Obafemi Awolowo University, he holds an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid. Before joining Glovo Uganda, he held leadership positions at Danone, Airtel and Jumia in Nigeria. He also …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to gain greater visibility on the international golfing circuit this September after the Pearl of Africa Golf Series became the country’s first professional golf tournament to attain Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) status under the Sunshine Development & BET Tour. The recognition …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Rice importers say brokers are allegedly working with officials in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives to take control of the country’s rice import business through a permit allocation system. They claim that the permit allocation system has locked genuine traders out of the …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile Breweries Limited has trained 230 retailers in Masaka district in practical business, financial and digital skills, as the company’s Growing Retailers Innovatively Together (GRIT) programme continues to expand across Uganda, it said in a media release on Aug.6. The Masaka sessions, drawing bar …
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