Category: Business

Ghana fans in Accra celebrating their team’s 3-2 victoory over South Korea on November 28. Ghana play Uruguay in the final group game December 2 ACCRA – The streets of Accra – known for their traffic gridlock – were suspiciously quiet on Monday as Ghana...

Minister Betty Amongi launching the finance model last week Over 73,500 people are set to benefit from Shs 88.8 billion Social Finance Model which aims at fighting child labour in Uganda. A brainchild of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Social Finance Model was launched...

Aaron Wasswa (in yellow jumper) Mukono chief magistrate, Racheal Nakyazze has remanded a 21-year-old student to Kauga prison for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. Aaron Wasswa, a student of community development at Kyambogo University was arrested last month for allegedly defiling the victim, a pupil...

Museveni getting vaccinated against Covid-19 The High court has dismissed an application by Monitor Publications Limited (MPL) to halt the hearing of a defamation suit filed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni against the newspaper in 2021. In his ruling delivered today Wednesday, civil division High...

BAT Uganda gives URA cigarette destruction machine to combat illicit trade Officials from URA, BAT Uganda and KACITA in a group photo after the handover of the machine at the URA Headquarters on Wednesday (PHOTO/Nelson Mandela). KAMPALA – British American Tobacco Uganda Limited (BAT Uganda),...

dfcu Bank moves to upgrade digital payment channels to improve efficiency dfcu Bank CEO, Mathias Katamba, and Fintan Byrne CR2 CEO during the partnership signing at dfcu bank (PHOTO/Courtesy) KAMPALA —dfcu Bank has announced a partnership with CR2, a global-leading banking software company to upgrade...

Mbire, Barbara Mulwana, Ayota, 7 others recorgonised for their contributions as Non Executive Directors The Leadership of the league of East African Directors (LEAD) working in partnership with local and regional partners came up with awards targeting the Non-Executive Directors (NED), commonly referred to as...

Joseph Kabuleta The criminal investigations directorate (CID) has slapped charges of sectarianism against Joseph Kabuleta, a former presidential candidate, and president of the opposition National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) political party. In a statement issued on Tuesday, deputy police spokesperson, Claire Nabakka, says that Kabuleta...

MTN Uganda announces Shs 36million sponsorship for the Uganda National Journalism Awards (L-R). Dr Charlotte Ntulume, a lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University representing Judges, Dt. George Lugalambi, Executive Director, ACME, Rhona Arinaitwe, Senior Manager – Corporate Communications at MTN...

Liberty Life Assurance Uganda launches tree planting campaign in memory of COVID-19 victims Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and other officials planting a tree outside Liberty Life Assurance Offices in Kampala(PHOTO/Courtesy) KAMPALA- Liberty Life Assurance Uganda (LLAU), in partnership with My Tree Initiative Uganda (MTIU), have...