Business

Let us brace ourselves because the shopping Mecca has dropped into our area code! It’s like Black Friday happening everyday creating epic queues longer than voting queues in a free and fair election - something not many have seen in their…

Ever found yourself at a marketing gig, doing your best to impress, and suddenly you are confronted with a random question like “What is our Under-Over proposition”? ….wait What??? Last saturday, a client popped that brain-buster on 2 of…

President Museveni said Tuesday that talks are needed to prevent irregularities in trade among member states of the East African Community (EAC). Mr Museveni made the remarks when meeting a visiting Kenyan delegation for discussions on…

The aphorism that any decision made by a politician, whether social, religious or economic will always be a political decision, directly applies to what is happening in the body politic of the East African region. The principle of free…

The newly passed East Africa Community Competition Act ( EAC Competition Act) is a law meant to regulate matters that touch on competition and consumer welfare in the region. The East Africa Community (EAC) is made up of six partner…

President Yoweri Museveni has held a meeting with a consortium of investors from China, led by Uganda’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Ambassador Phoebe Otaala. During the discussions at the President’s country home in Rwakitura in…

HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA: President Yoweri Museveni has made a proposal to the Hunan Province leaders in China to consider joint partnerships in the production of lithium batteries to support Uganda’s emerging automobile industry and food…

The Uganda-Rwanda border at Katuna has been opened to allow movement of heavy trucks, in what Rwanda says will be to try its one-stop-border infrastructure. In a statement dated June 7 but issued last night, Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA)…

Madam Speaker, in fulfillment of the Constitutional requirement under Article 101 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, I am here to deliver the State of the Nation Address, 2019. Madam Speaker, since my last Address, a number…

Ugandan and Kenyan traders will be the biggest beneficiaries after their two countries signed a raft of agreements meant to ease trade, cement political ties and improve their social/cultural connections. The colourful signing ceremony,…