Retirement Benefits Sector posts tremendous Growth in 2020

The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has lauded the Retirement Benefits Sector as key to Uganda’s economy because of the sector’s ability to mobilize national savings and enhance population productivity and wellbeing. The Minister was releasing the 2020 Annual Sector Performance Report Of the Retirement Benefits Sector at the Uganda Media…

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LDUs Recruitment: UPDF warns on Forgery, Bribery

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has warned against forgery and impersonation in the ongoing recruitment of Local Défense Unit personnel (LDUs) exercise. The recruitment exercise which commenced on August 23rd 2021 and ends on September 16, 2021 targets Ugandans aged 18-29 years with a minimum of UCE certificates. Addressing Journalists at Wakiso district headquarters…

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Interview: JICA to support growth of Ugandan Startups in the New Accelerator program

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2019/2020 ranked Uganda as one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world. Statistics show 30 percent of Ugandans have started businesses. In the United States of America and Japan, that figure stands at 7 per cent and 11 per cent respectively. However, insufficient financial resources, little or no innovation, and…

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High growth startups to benefit from the JICA New Accelerator Program

Uganda was ranked one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world with 30 percent of Ugandans starting businesses annually by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2019/2020. In the United States of America and Japan, that figure stands at 7 per cent and 11 per cent respectively. However, poor quality of business ideas, inadequate accelerator program,…

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