Lomé, 22 July 2021 – The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group, in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy is set to provide training to equip Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan Africa. This training will provide SMEs with digital skills and knowledge to succeed in today’s digital world. SMEs have been significantly […]
At KIU Main Campus – On Friday, July 23, 2021, Kampala International University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Huawei Technologies Uganda Company Limited on the establishment of an ICT Academy with KIU, a school-enterprise cooperation project that helps higher education institutions to build talent ecosystem. The representatives from Huawei were well received by the […]
Kampala – 8th June 2021: With schools closed in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus disease, learners in rural areas have been able to continue learning through a network of internet hubs provided by Roke Telkom, a home-grown Ugandan public service provider for voice and data communications services, and Hello World, a UK-based charity. […]
Abidjan, 4 June 2021 – The African Development Bank Group has approved a $1 million grant to boost local content and development of Small and Medium-Size Enterprise (SME) initiatives in the southern African nation of Mozambique. The grant, from the Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund (YEI MDTF), will provide technical and institutional assistance to […]
Youth in Uganda Among the 40,000 to Benefit from Free Digital Training Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is announcing a timely collaboration with IBM to empower young women and men in Africa and the Middle East with the digital skills, workforce readiness proficiencies, and business knowledge needed for successful careers, social wellbeing, and economic growth. DOT […]
Buliisa, May 20, 2021 – Total E&P Uganda, through its contractor Mota-Engil Uganda has commenced site preparation activities for the Industrial Area in Kasenyi village, located in Ngwedo Sub-County, Buliisa District. The site preparation activities include bush clearing, fencing, construction of drainage and internal roads are aimed at preparing the site for the establishment of […]
Connie Nshemereirwe, KAMPALA – International concerns over the state of education in Africa center on the large number of children who are out of school – currently about one-third of the global total. But while expanding access to education on the continent must clearly remain a priority, policymakers should also pay much closer attention to what […]
BY SAMUEL NABWIISO, The Insurance Training College and Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) have unveiled the commencement of a trustees training and certification programme intended to improve and enhance the professionalism of pension saving scheme trustees. According to the press statement, the training will be conducted by the institute on behalf of URBRA. The […]
As the month of March which celebrates women winds up, Nellie Mwandha, the Head of Customer Value Management (CVM) at MultiChoice Uganda (MCU) has challenged women to leverage their unique natural skillsets to succeed in their places of work. This was during a Raxio Data Hour Interview. At the Pay TV giant MCU, Nellie oversees […]
Kampala, 30th March 2021– Sanlam Uganda, one of the leading insurance providers in Uganda has today announced that it is rebooting its business to become a purpose-led organization, focused on giving millions of Africans the chance to live with financial confidence. In the next two to three years, the continent’s largest non-banking finance group plans […]
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 29 March 2021 – The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative has named a women-led Kenya shoe design house as the winner of its competition to support producers of sustainable fashion. Pine Kazi, which converts pineapple leaf and recycled rubber into fashionable footwear, won the $2,000 Fashionomics Africa competition cash prize. In addition, the business […]
Excerpts by Arjun Mallik, Managing Director Prudential East Africa. Historically the extended family is consulted to solve problems and unfortunately, that network is not as reliable as a result of COVID. As a result, organisations should provide support for employees as a routine aspect of their operations – if staff are cared for, the wider […]
Ramla is a seasoned Banker with significant industry-wide experience in corporate and SME business development, having worked in financial services for over 13 years. She also has vast experience in strategy formulation and implementation, relationship management, credit risk management and structured financing, among others. She joins KCB Bank from NCBA Bank (formerly NC Bank) where she was […]