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Zero dividends as Vision Group losses worsen ..
Nov 22nd, 2024Business Edge ReporterPeterUganda’s largest media house, New Vision Printing and Publishing Corporation, has reported a further decline in its financial performance for the ye..
PMI: Private sector maintains growth trend..
Uganda’s private sector showed resilience in October, with business conditions improving steadily as firms reported robust demand and increased hiri..
Thousands throng Kapeeka Industrial Park Trade..
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged communities surrounding Kapeeka Industrial Park to take full advantage of the opportunities it offers in or..
Dangote Refinery ousts first petroleum product..
Nigeria's Dangote Oil Refinery has begun processing gasoline after delays caused by recent crude shortages, an executive said on Monday...
UMA international trade fair set for October 2..
The Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) has officially launched the 30th Uganda International Trade Fair, set to take place from October 2 -10 at t..
Uganda extends oil exploration to Karamoja..
Uganda is stepping up exploration in the Moroto-Kadam and Lake Kyoga basins, aiming to boost its reserves to 6.5 billion barrels of oil, a strategic m..
Uganda Breweries invests UGX32 Bn on farmers..
Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has reported a 12% net sales growth in the last financial year, driven by the success of premium beer brands like Guinn..
Turkish, Chinese investors in trouble over wet..
The Standards Utilities and Wildlife Court has sentenced Kerim Ray, a Turkish investor and Director of Yamani Construction Limited, to pay a fine of ..
Minister cautions entrepreneurs on informality..
Entrepreneurs have been urged to formalize their business ventures if they are to benefit from financial services providers and expand their businesse..
Museveni assents to Free Zones Authority, Expo..
The new law that merges the Uganda Free Zones Authority with the Uganda Exports Promotions Board is one of the Acts that have been assented to by the ..
Ugandan innovation wins UGX70m engineering pri..
An innovation by Mr. Martin Tumusiime and his friends has won 15,000 British Pounds (about UGX70 million) from the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Pr..
Expectations high as UNBS gets hi-tech executi..
Mr. James N. Kasigwa has been named the new executive director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) following an appointment by the Minst..
Manufacturers task Gov't, banks on high intere..
The Government wants commercial banks to lower the interest rates they charge manufacturers so as to stimulate growth in the sector, but banks also in..
Kiira Motors seeks UGX524 billion to fund 5-ye..
Kiira Motors Corporation, a budding indigenous vehicle building enterprise, has presented a UGX524 billion proposed business investment budget to the ..
Mbale Industrial Park Development Takes Off..
The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has handed over the Mbale Industrial and Business Park site to China Railway Number 3 Group for the design and b..
Protect Local Industries – Museveni..
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the government will continue protecting local manufacturers from unfair competition..
President commissions fruit processing factory..
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned Kike Tropical Fruits Limited, an extraction and refinery plant. Situated in Kakooge, Nakasongola Distric..
MTN Uganda unveils the second phase of MTN Ace..
Wednesday 31 st May 2023 Kampala, Uganda- MTN Uganda has unveiled the second phase of MTN ACE-Tech known as the MTN Ace-Tech-Incubation program aimed..
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MTN Youth Skilling Program: Irene Nandyose tur..
Irene Nandyose, a business administration graduate from Makerere University Kampala loved knitting and crocheting during her free time on campus. An..
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