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One of the major agreements arising out of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was a formal Memorandum of Understanding between the Trinidad and Tobago and Ghana on energy cooperation. The agreement covers investments and services in new gas processing...

Water and Sewerage Corporation (NW&SC) revenue collection increased by 15% to sh8.1b in the 2008/09 financial year but fell short of its sh10b target. Edmond Okaronon, the system supervision manager, attributed the relatively good performance to the procurement of the...

The body, under its second phase of national population financial literacy sensitisation programme, plans to hold regional clinics. �We plan to hold regional financial literacy clinics in Kampala, Masaka, Mbarara, Arua, Gulu and Mbale to enlighten locals about the basic...

Tuesday, 8th December, 2009 THE National Forestry Authority (NFA) last weeek auctioned 360 lots of timber valued at sh60m.The timber was enroute to Kampala city but was impounded because it was illegally harvested.

MTN has sponsored the forum sessions for the last two years. �Above all else we can do in Uganda, the biggest investment can only be in the people of Uganda; investing in the human capital,� said Isaac Nsereko, MTN chief...

This comes after a number of people have died from consuming locally-made gin from unscrupulous processors in the past three months or so. However, the standards agency assured the public that the certified firms were not the producers of the...

The programme aims at enhancing the quality of education and also to help schools expand their reach. �The IFC Africa schools programme is collaborating with Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) to help it grow its private sector education portfolio. �Schools will...

Eriab Kiiza, the director of training at Enterprise Uganda, has said. �You need businesspeople who are dynamic and progressive,� Kiiza said. This was during the opening of a regional workshop on entrepreneurship development at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala on...

Airlines is surviving the effects of the global economic downturn by adopting flexible policies. This has enabled the airline to keep its operational costs down without reducing its fleet, laying-off staff or compromising its on-board services...This has helped them remain...