TRADING

Uganda is an attractive trade & investment destination with significant benefits, Harriet Ntabazi, the Minister of State for Trade, told potential investors at the East Africa Trade & Investment Forum in Kampala.Under the leadership of President Yoweri Museveni, we enjoy stability and democratic gains which gives confidence to investors, she told the high profile forum.The […]

President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with a delegation of Egyptian investors at State House, Entebbe.The delegation was led by Dato Arshad Mahmood, the Chairman of the International Investment Consortium Inc. The consortium is a global design and finance investment consortium that is driving economic growth across the planet.During the meeting, the President warmly welcomed […]

Uganda Revenue Authority has launched a taxation handbook (written in Chinese) for the Chinese business community in Uganda.  At the launch event held at Silver Springs Hotel – Bugolobi, in Kampala, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between URA and SinoCham was signed.The URA Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi, appreciated the Chinese Ambassador for the great support […]

The Terego District Woman Member of Parliament, Rose Obigah, has asked officials from State House to stop massaging corruption, saying that if it requires Uganda to adopt punitive punishments like killing people found guilty of corruption through the firing squad, then that should be adopted.“I need punitive action on corruption. If we are just going […]

A new industrial park will be established in Kisoro district, the Executive Director of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), Robert Mukiza, has said. Mukisa made the revelation recently while speaking as the Chief Guest at the 2023 Isangane Festival held at Mayor’s Garden in Kisoro. This theme for this year’s Isangane event was celebrating our Heritage, Preserving […]

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) Engineering Materials Testing Laboratory has officially attained accreditation from the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) as the SANAS Facility T1009.According to UNBS, the facility is accredited in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.The Engineering Materials […]

Weyonje, a mobile application (app) created by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) won an award at the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation held in China.Weyonje is a Pit Emptying Services innovation using a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mobile-enabled App.KCCA’s Marunga Moureen Akiiki said that with over 60% of the population residing in informal housing […]

The monthly headline Stanbic Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose from 52.4 recorded in October to 53.4 during November, reflecting a continuing trend of sustained growth in private-sector activity, with both output and new orders rising for a sixteenth consecutive month due to solid consumer demand.Commenting on the latest findings, Christopher Legilisho, Economist at Stanbic Bank […]