End of UMEME Contract: Causes and Expectations
The end of the Umeme Ltd electricity distribution concession, the refusal by the government to renew it and the decision to have a state company take over have drawn public…
UNBS and TMA sign $1.5M Partnership Agreement to ssupport Agro-Industrial MSMEs
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has signed a $1.5 million (approximately UGX 5.5 billion) Partnership Support Agreement with TradeMark Africa (TMA) to enhance the standardization of agro-industrial products…
President Museveni launches BENNI Foods Factory in Kiruhura
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has officially inaugurated the BENNI Foods Factory on Kaguta Road in Kiruhura District. The factory specializes in dairy processing, is set to address the challenges of…
Museveni Appoints Dr. Lilly Ajarova as Senior Presidential Advisor on Tourism
President Yoweri Museveni has made a strategic move to reshape Uganda’s tourism landscape by appointing Dr. Lilly Ajarova, the outgoing Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), as…
Museveni Commissions New Steel Plant, Strengthening Uganda’s Industrial Ambitions
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday 25th January 2025, presided over the commissioning of a new Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) plant at Tembo Steels in Kasolo Village, Iganga District, a…
UGANDA AND DUBAI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BUILD STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES AT THE “DOING BUSINESS WITH UGANDA” FORUM
The “Doing Business with Uganda” forum, held as part of a Uganda-Tanzania Roadshow at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala, showcased significant opportunities for enhancing trade, investment, and economic cooperation between…
Speaker Among, DRC MPs discuss regional trade, security
Speaker Anita Among has met a delegation of Members of Parliament from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with regional security and commerce top on the agenda. Speaker Among said…
MALABA-KAMPALA STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY (SGR) TO COST SHS10.8 TRILLION
THE Government of Uganda has signed a contract with a Turkish construction firm, Yapi Merkezi to build a 273 kilometer Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) between Malaba and Kampala, at a…
NIGERIA TO IMPORT UGANDA’S MILK AND COFFEE
Nigeria has committed itself to importing Uganda’s processed milk and coffee, following discussions between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and former Nigerian President, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo. The announcement came during Obasanjo’s…
UGANDA AIRLINES TO FLY TO UAE
Uganda Airlines, officially known as Uganda National Airlines Company, is Uganda’s national carrier. It is a revival of the former Uganda Airlines, which operated between 1977 and 2001. The current…