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From corporate to self -employment

From corporate to self -employment

Transitioning from a corporate job to self-employment is bold and challenging.  Stella Mugera: Pursuing passion Despite her fulfilling role as an economics policy analyst at the Uganda Local Governments (ULGA) Association, where she worked from 2008 to 2015, Mugera knew she wanted t

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How Karuma closure disrupts supply chain

How Karuma closure disrupts supply chain

At about 5.45am, Lawrence Waka drives his delivery van—a Probox—from Kamdini Town centre to Atura Landing Site. It is at this former ferry docking site, located 12km away from Kamdini, where Waka picks newspaper copies and courier packages for circulation. Since being assigned th

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Is your next boss an AI?

Is your next boss an AI?

Imagine a bunch of nerds in the 1960s, sitting around thinking: “Hey, what if we could send messages between these things called computers instead of just passing notes in class?” They proceed to further think: “Let’s make these machines talk to each other so we don’t have to!" And

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Tropical bank, IT Office Ltd bosses in panic as Sudhir demands payment for Shs 21 billion loan

Tropical bank, IT Office Ltd bosses in panic as Sudhir demands payment for Shs 21 billion loan

There’s panic at Tropical Bank Uganda Limited and its client IT Office [U] Limited after the later failed to pay back a loan the former secured.IT Office Uganda Limited took a loan of Shs 6.840 billion from Prim

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Fix glitches in national power distribution, Ministry tells UEDCL

Fix glitches in national power distribution, Ministry tells UEDCL

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has tasked Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (UEDCL) to fix glitches facing the distribution of power in the country. In a statement delivered by Dr Patricia Litho, the assistant commissioner for communications at the Ministry of E

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Tanzanian-made aircraft begin operations

Tanzanian-made aircraft begin operations

The first three aircraft manufactured in Tanzania, known as the Skyleader 600, have officially begun operations both domestically and beyond. This significant milestone was announced by the Director of Airplanes Africa Limited (AAL), Mr David Grolig, following the arrival of the first Sk

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	Major Headache for Museveni as MPs Reveal How UGX 20 Billion Was Lost in His UPDF Food Project

Major Headache for Museveni as MPs Reveal How UGX 20 Billion Was Lost in His UPDF Food Project

MPs were left in shock after learning that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) mismanaged Shs29.8 billion allocated in August 2022 for a food production initiative aimed at addressing food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine

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Uganda Airlines: We are targeting 20 routes by year-end  

Uganda Airlines: We are targeting 20 routes by year-end  

It is about five years now since the revival of Uganda Airlines. What is there to write home about so far?Some of the reasons that led to the revival of Uganda Airlines emanated from complaints regarding connectivity, price and travel delays then. We have solved these and many other problems

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Inside proposal to revive tea farming

Inside proposal to revive tea farming

Tea farmers across Uganda are facing a looming crisis, with several processing factories on the brink of closure. This is on account of the low prices of the crop, which has forced some of the tea farmers to uproot the trees in favour of the more lucrative coffee growing and other ventur

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Does Kiira Motors need two years to turnaround?

Does Kiira Motors need two years to turnaround?

Uganda has eagerly awaited large-scale production from its state-owned auto plant, which some peg to be a high financial risk before it breaks even. Kiira Motors Corporation’s executives intend to produce 5,000 vehicles annually, mostly buses, to advance sustainable mass transit option

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