Uganda Business News

Africa has launched motorcycle loan facility targeting boda-boda operators, Patrick Okino and Bonney Odongo report. The �Easy ride� loan, launched on Friday, saw 22 motorbikes handed over to a Lira-based boda-boda association. Michel Kahn, the Bank of Africa managing director,...

Tullow Oil is "seriously considering" the purchase of Heritage Oil's Ugandan assets, scuppering an agreed $1.5bn deal by Eni SpA. Tullow and Heritage are equal partners in Blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda’s Lake Albert. Eni, Italy’s biggest energy company,...

Education Standards Are Falling, Say Experts Isaac Khisa and Flavia Lanyero 12 October 2009 Kampala — With unemployment ravaging the nation, the quality of Uganda's education has come under the spotlight, with many stakeholders suggesting education is in decline.

IGG Drops Charges on Bakoko Bakoru Edward Anyoli 13 October 2009 Kampala — THE Inspectorate of Government (IGG) has dropped charges of abuse of office against former minister Zoe Bakoko Bakoru.

In a bid to save over 8000 people who are now jobless, the uganda industry association through its chairman Sandor Walusimbi has appealed to government to consider lifting the ban on the manufacturing, distribution and sale of gin packed in...