A cement factory set for opening in Moroto district will create 3,600 jobs, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, reveals.“This monumental project is set to generate substantial employment opportunities, with 600 jobs and 3000 indirect jobs, contributing to the economic development of Uganda,” Nankabirwa said.She was speaking at a press conference where […]
The Minister of State for Energy, Okaasai Opolot, on Wednesday commissioned the 83km-long 132kv Gulu-Agago Transmission Project at the Agago Substation in Pader District. This line was completed and energized on 18th November 2023 and evacuates power from the Achwa 83mw hydropower project. Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) said the Gulu-Agago Transmission Project, a project […]
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has announced that they have granted a 21-year Large-Scale Mining License to Sunbird Resources Limited to extract 8000 tonnes per day of vital limestone at Rupa Sub-county, Moroto District.Sunbird Resources Ltd has partnered with West International Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed West China Cement Ltd. […]
The Katukiiro (Prime Minister) of Busoga Kingdom, Dr. Joseph Muvawala, has cried out to President Yoweri Museveni requesting him to intervene and find a solution to the raging sugarcane prices impasse in the subregion. “I urged President Museveni to take a personal role in ensuring the stability of sugarcane prices, thereby enabling farmers to realize […]
Machine learning, generative artificial intelligence (AI”), predictive analytics, and other advanced technologies empower businesses with speed and intelligence, however, their proliferation also offers opportunities for fraudsters, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, Michael Atingi-Ego, has revealed.”Unfortunately, malicious actors utilize these tools to their advantage. For instance, scammers leverage ChatGPT to craft phishing emails […]
The third Uganda-EU Business Forum (UEUBF)is set to take place between March 5 and March 7, 2024, at the Speke Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo in Kampala.The business forum is a high-level summit facilitating structured collaboration between European and Ugandan private sector and public actors. It is the largest and most influential joint Uganda-EU event on doing […]
For a long time, artistes in Uganda have not been paying taxes despite the huge sums of money they earn and efforts by the government to have them contribute to the national coffers have caused uproar. The latest altercation has been between Alex Muhangi of Comedy Store and Uganda Revenue Authority.To make this work better, […]
Members of the Uganda Bankers Association, the Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda, Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance, Dr. Aminah Zawedde, Monday in Kampala launched the guidelines and a code of ethics aimed at harmonizing at strengthening the fight against fraud in the […]
Botswana Vaccine Institute will help Uganda find a lasting solution to Foot and Mouth disease which has been a big challenge to the cattle industry in the country.This was revealed in a meeting between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Botswana scientists at State House, Entebbe on Monday.The meeting was also attended by officials from the […]
The parliamentary committees of trade and health are asking for more time to engage stakeholders on the matter of the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2023.“Cognizant of the challenges of processing a bill by two committees, I am therefore requesting for more time of 30 days, because we still have some stakeholders that we need to […]
