By Patrick Kagenda The Uganda shilling has come under tremendous upward pressure rising above the Ushs 2530 to the dollar from the strong trading level of Ushs 2460 to the…
By Patrick Kagenda Despite Ecobank failing to realize profits five years after its inception in Uganda, the bank is continuously rolling out new products to prove its resilience in hard times…
On January 24, 2014, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni launched the Ushs 265 billion Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP), aimed at empowering the youth and fighting unemployment among them at Kololo ceremonial…
By Our Reporter The Insurance Institute of Uganda (IIU) is this year celebrating 50 years of its existence and is scheduled to host its first international conference slated for February…
Silvia Nyambura Centenary Bank account holders will no longer have to visit Umeme offices to pay their electricity bills following the unveiling of a partnership between the two companies dubbed…
By Patrick Kagenda With a 50 year old institute , the Uganda Insurance industry could be mistaken to be all that vibrant. However the case is just the opposite of…
By Taddewo Senyonyi Bank of Uganda (BoU), on February,4, 2014 maintained the February 2014 Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 11.5% to further control inflation. This follows an increase in annual…
By Patrick Kagenda The shilling opened the trading week ended Jan 31, 2014, strong against the dollar trading at Ushs 2450/75 in a market characterized by low market activity. At…
By Taddewo Senyonyi The transition of Finance Trust (MDI) into a commercial bank and the entry of Commercial Bank of Africa brings the total number of banks in Uganda to…
By Taddewo Senyonyi Ecobank Uganda during the month of January, 2014, opened a new branch in Jinja town, 54kms east of the Capital Kampala at plot 45, Main Street,…
