Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with Challenges Uganda has launched a 6-month youth employability programme under its Futuremakers initiative valued at Ugx 300,000,000. The “Youth-to-Work” initiative which has been unveiled at Kampala Serena Hotel to over 100 guests will benefit 40 young and enthusiastic out of university youths with an opportunity to work with Small […]
Dogo Singh has been appointed as the new head of Bancassurance at Stanbic Bank. His role is to oversee the Banassurance side of business of the bank. Stanbic was the first bank to receive a Bancassurance license in 2017. He is responsible for winning and growing the banks Bancassurance clientele. Work experience Dogo has over […]
German software company SAP and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) plan to jointly create 450 jobs for highly qualified personnel in the IT sector in ten African countries. The collaboration, which was presented in Berlin by German Development Minister Gerd Müller and by Michael Kleinemeier, member of the Executive Board […]
About 30 small scale business owners are set to benefit from financial literacy training that will be conducted by Makerere University Business School and Orient Bank under the Orient Business Academy. The business academy aims to help small and medium enterprises with a turnover of less than Ush120 million to grow their businesses to the […]
Uganda’s economy grew at 6.4 per cent in the first half of FY2018/19, up from 6.1 per cent in FY2017/18, according to the latest edition of the Uganda Economic Update released by the World Bank. The report, “Economic development and human capital in Uganda: a case for investing more in education” attributes the growth to […]
Virtual University of Uganda (VUU), Sub-Saharan Africa’s first private online-only university and a vanguard in the technological revolution in university education, has kicked off a campaign to raise USD 1 million in scholarships and bursaries for masters and postgraduate students in Africa. The backdrop of this initiative according to the university is the reality that […]
Smile Telecoms, a Pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has announced the appointments of Ahmad Farroukh as Group Chief Executive Officer and Irene Charnley as Deputy Chairman effective 1 June 2019. Ahmad Farroukh, who currently serves as Smile’s Group Executive Director Operations, is a seasoned […]
Tanzanian minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Co-operation, United Republic of Tanzania, Prof Palamagamba John Aidan Mwaluko Kabudi on Monday took Oath of Allegiance as an Ex-Officio Member of the Assembly. Prof Kabudi was sworn in by the Clerk to the Assembly at a brief ceremony witnessed by the Speaker and Members of EALA in line […]
The East African Development Bank Board of Directors has appointed Francis Ogwang as the new Country Manager. Ogwang has over 17 years banking experience, 8 of them at middle management and senior leadership levels. His banking experience ranges from Corporate and Investment Banking, Transaction Banking to Commercial and SME Banking, Credit/Risk management, Business Management growth […]
Girls have been urged to take up saving which will further propel them into entrepreneurs as they play an integral part in the nation’s economic progress. The was said by Anatali Nambooze the Project Lead Women for Her that will be implemented for 16 months and targets to reach over 25,000 young girls from 50 […]
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has launched a campaign supported by one of the largest ever global studies across the profession – on the skills accountants need as they head into the next decade. ACCA’s body of research shows there are diverse emerging issues where technical and communication skills will be vital by […]
RCS Consult On behalf of their client seeks to recruit a highly competent, motivated and professional individual to fill the position of corporate finance & strategy officer Key Duties and Responsibilities: To provide leadership and technical support for strategic human resources planning Leading effective talent acquisition Contributing to the successful delivery of all HR […]
The government of Uganda has said that it has no intention to ban Sports Betting in the country. Finance Minister Matia Kasaija said in Kampala that their intention is to have the activity limited to only Ugandans. “We don’t intend to ban the Sports Betting activity but what we want is the activity to be […]