Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much-anticipated East African SME Oil and Gas Conference kicks off Thursday this week, in Kampala, organized by Stanbic Uganda Holdings in partnership with Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, CNOOC, and the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA). Participation will be both …
Read More »Pader council allocates Agora ranch land to UIA for industrial park
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader district council has approved the giveaway of Agora ranch land measuring 500 acres to Uganda Investment Authority-UIA, for the construction of an industrial park that will be named after the late Deputy Inspector General of Police-DiGP, Lt. Gen Paul Lokech. The district LC V …
Read More »Rukungiri PWDs, district feud over land
Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A land dispute has erupted between Rukungiri district officials and People with Disabilities. Last month, Rukungiri district officials gave out 203 acres of land located in Kikomo village, Bwambara parish, Bwambara sub county adjacent to Bwambara sub-county headquarters to Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to establish …
Read More »UIA gets free land for development of industrial parks in Western Uganda
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local governments in four districts of southwestern Uganda have offered free land to Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) for the establishment of industrial parks in the region. The districts are Kisoro, Kabale, Mbarara and Rukungiri. Kisoro district alone has offered 620 acres of land located in …
Read More »UIA licenses new manufacturer of medical diagnostic products
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has offered an investment license to Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co. Ltd, one of the world’s biggest and manufacturers of medical diagnostic reagents and equipment. The company described as the fastest-growing point of care diagnostic testing (POCT) manufacturers in the world, …
Read More »Investment authority, UPDF in joint construction of industrial parks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has partnered with the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) to construct 25 industrial parks across Uganda. The partnership was Thursday formally announced in a meeting between UIA’s Director General Robert Mukiza and the Managing Director of National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), Lt …
Read More »Insurers adopt telehealth to widen access to healthcare
But there is little or no legal framework for telehealth in most Sub-Saharan African states Kamapal, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Globally, insurers have been perceived as slow to evolve and embrace innovation. But the coronavirus pandemic is flipping the narrative, as some insurers rapidly innovate to help consumers …
Read More »UIA to support Prof Ogwang in Covidex promotion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Investment Authority, UIA, has intervened to promote the herbal treatment solution Covidex, an innovation by Mbarara University of Science and Technology Professor, Patrick Engeu Ogwang. Ogwang caught the eye of the public, the government and the international community last month following testimonies about …
Read More »UIA to help private tertiary institutes embrace science and technology
Tertiary institutes should venture in innovative technology and skilling of human capital in existing investment opportunities for a sustainable future Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Investment Authority is urging private education institutes to embrace science, technology and innovations for an upgraded investment in the education sector. This comes barely a …
Read More »Rwakakamba confirmed new UIA board chairman
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Executive Officer at Agency for Transformation (AfT), Morrison Rwakakamba has been appointed as the new board chairman of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA). Rwakakamba who has also been a board member of UIA will start his term of office on June 1, 2021 …
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