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EAC partners warned on trade bottlenecks..
Nov 8th, 2024Pedson MumberePeter
Regional political and business leaders have expressed concern about the daunting challenges that the private sector continues to face in regard to tr..

Uganda reactivates 1963 trade deal with Serbia..
Oct 24th, 2024Pedson MumberePeter
A Ugandan delegation, led by Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, Minister of State for Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, is in Serbia for the Joint Commission f..

World Standards Day: Entrepreneurs tipped on c..
Oct 15th, 2024Pedson MumberePeter
As Uganda joins the global community in celebrating World Standards Day this October, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Francis Mwebesa is ..

EABC wants uniform Common External Tariffs..
Aug 5th, 2024Edward KayiwaPeter
The East African Business Council (EABC) has urged regional governments of the East African Community (EAC) to uniformly apply the EAC Common External..

Moos as Kenya blocks Ugandan dairy products ag..
Jun 24th, 2024Pedson MumbereBE Editor
Top dairy exporters are bitter that Kenya has once again refused to grant them licenses to export their products to the lucrative market. ..

UGX322 billion earned from April coffee export..
May 31st, 2024Pedson MumberePeter
Gross earnings from Uganda’s coffee exports in April amounted to about US$85 million (about UGX322 billion), according to the Uganda Coffee Developm..

Mind standards, exporters told as AFTA takes s..
Apr 8th, 2024Pedson Mumbere
Uganda's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been urged to ensure high quality standards if they are to benefit from the lucrative Africa..

Optimism as African Free Trade Area plan gains..
Mar 15th, 2024Edward KayiwaPeter
The African Union Assembly recently adopted key protocols and decisions affecting the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which included the..

EU Parliament endorses Kenya trade agreement ..
Mar 1st, 2024Media Edge ReporterPeter
The European Parliament has endorsed an Economic Partnership Agreement with Kenya, paving the way for duty-free and quota-free access to the lucrative..

KACITA applauds new port payment system..
Feb 14th, 2024Edward KayiwaEdward Kayiwa
Ugandan traders under their umbrella body, the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), have applauded the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) for introduci..

Uganda Investment Authority Wins Global Award..
Dec 3rd, 2023UIAUIA Reporter
Uganda, through its chief investment promotion agency, the Uganda Investment Authority, has won yet another prestigious award "the Investment Catalyst..

President Museveni Directs on More Support to ..
Dec 3rd, 2023UIAUIA Reporter
President Yoweri Museveni has tasked the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives to create mechanisms t..

No more headache as NCBA Bank launches vehicle..
Nov 30th, 2023mediagepr.comNCBA reporter
A car importer through World Navi to receive 80% financing from NCBA Bank, 2-months grace period, comprehensive insurance cover from ICEA Lion..

Let Us Trade More in Finished Products � Musev..
Nov 30th, 2023PPUmediagepr.com
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to the government of the People�s Republic of China to open their market for finished goods...

President Museveni Meets Dubai Investor..
Nov 30th, 2023mediagepr.comPPU
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met the CEO and Managing Director of Rowad Capital Commercial LLC (RCC) group, Mr. Chaher Al Taki, who called on ..

NIGERIA- UGANDA BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT FORUM ..
May 2nd, 2023Mediage PRCynthia Ruth Naggayi
The Nigeria High Commission in Uganda in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Collaboration with the Uganda National Chamber of Commerc..

MTN Uganda's open API empowering youth..
Feb 20th, 2023Mediagepr.comIssac Khisa
As a child, Martin Tumusiime watched households and businesses frustrated with uncollected wastes in Kampala suburbs that sometimes could end up in w..

MTN, Mastercard launch e-commerce platform..
In another first, MTN Uganda has become the first subsidiary of the MTN Group to launch an e-commerc..
MTN Uganda staff release 'Sunny Days' song..
In a bid to use music as a catalyst for positive energy at the workplace, MTN Uganda has released �..
Uganda among top 20 FDI destinations in 2024 ..
Uganda has been named among the top 20 investment destinations on the African continent in 2024...

MTN offers girls’ skilling initiative UGX270..
Smart Girls Foundation, a Kasangati-based girls’ skilling initiative, is set to receive an additio..
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Manufacturers task Gov't, banks on high intere..
The Government wants commercial banks to lower the interest rates they charge manufacturers so as to..
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MTN scoops fastest internet award..
Ookla, the global leader in internet testing and analysis, has announced MTN Uganda as the Fastest M..

Anxiety as donor aid taps shrink further..
During the recent presentation of the Budget Strategy for the Financial Year 2025/2026, officials fr..
Kidepo National Park to get posh airport, hote..
The Government of Uganda has reached an agreement with the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry,..
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President Museveni Takes Over Chairmanship Of ..
Uganda has assumed the chairmanship of the Group of 77 plus China (G77+China)...

MTN, Mastercard launch e-commerce platform..
In another first, MTN Uganda has become the first subsidiary of the MTN Group to launch an e-commerc..
MTN Uganda staff release 'Sunny Days' song..
In a bid to use music as a catalyst for positive energy at the workplace, MTN Uganda has released �..
Relief as Gov’t sets interest rates for mone..
In a bold move aimed at tightening the noose on unscrupulous money lenders, the Government has publi..

Uganda among top 20 FDI destinations in 2024 ..
Uganda has been named among the top 20 investment destinations on the African continent in 2024...
Uganda, South Sudan moot joint dam projects..
Pal Mai Deng, the South Sudanese minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, has submitted a memo to..
Uganda, 15 countries set for electricity trade..
The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), an intergovernmental organization that was established to prom..

Likely implications of Trump return for Africa..
Across Africa, Donald Trump’s forth-coming second term holds various implications for the continen..
Optimism as Uganda nears full BRICS nod..
Uganda has become one of the two African countries that have been admitted into the BRICS alliance i..
IMF projects modest global growth amid persist..
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected modest global economic growth over the next two ..