By Francis Mangeni As Africa launches its massive Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) on 21 March 2018 in Kigali at an extra-ordinary Summit of the African Union to be hosted by President Paul Kagame, the most important priority for the last minute preparatory meetings must be to ensure good content and quality. This is to avoid […]
KAMPALA, Uganda–Stanbic Bank’s Purchase Managers Index (PMI) posted 51.1 in February down from 52.0 in January, signaling a moderate improvement in business conditions in the private sector, marking the thirteenth consecutive month of strengthening operating conditions since the survey was launched in June 2017. Commenting on February’s survey finding, Jibran Qureshi, Regional Economist East […]
KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda economy has continued to show positive indicators in the economic activity, this is revealed by the monthly performance of economy report for the month of January. High frequency indicators of economic activity remained positive. The Composite Index of Economic Activity (CIEA) improved by 0.62 percent to 210.34 in December 2017 from 209.04 in […]
KAMPALA, Uganda–Cotton farmers and Ginners in Uganda have been advised to add value to cotton by- products if they are to earn more from the crop. The call was made by the Undersecretary Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Ethel Kamba who delivered the key note speech on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Pius […]
KIGALI, Rwanda- The Mastercard Foundation has announced a commitment to enable 30 million African youth, especially young women, to secure dignified and fulfilling work by 2030. The Foundation also announced two new programs in Rwanda that will directly contribute to the overall goal of increasing economic opportunities for young people in Africa. The […]
KAMPALA, Uganda— Uganda will join the rest of the world to celebrate the international population day this year in an event that will be hosted in Omoro District in July 11th 2018. This was disclosed by the Director General of National Population Council Dr. Jotham Musinguzi during corporate social breakfast meeting for population partners where […]
KAMPALA, The Uganda Government has, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development together with the Uganda National Oil Company, today entered into the Project Framework Agreement (PFA) the with Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium(AGRC) for the development of the oil refinery. Government of Uganda selected the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium to negotiate the Project Framework […]
KIGALI, RWANDA- The Africa Innovation Summit (AIS II), which will take place from 6-8 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, under the esteemed patronage of His Excellences President Paul Kagame and Pedro Pires (ex-President of Cabo Verde), announced a call for applications to innovators across Africa whose solutions have the potential to solve the continent's […]
LONDON, UK–A landmark £2.9bn ($4.1bn) commitment was made to invest in ridding the Commonwealth of malaria. The collective commitments were made at the Malaria Summit London 2018, held the day before the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The event was hosted by the Governments of Rwanda, Swaziland and the United Kingdom, and was attended by […]
KAMPALA, UGANDA- Cavendish University Uganda has acquired a new Vice Chancellor – Professor John Francis Mugisha who holds a PhD in Health planning and management – Keele University, England, MSc. in Health Services Management – Uganda Martyrs University and Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences – Makerere University Uganda. The installation ceremony was […]