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UIA woos Ugandan investors

2008-11-03T12:10:00.000+03:00

The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), has embarked on a campaign that will attract Ugandans in the Diaspora to invest back here to boost the country’s economic growth. As part of efforts to enforce development, UIA in collaboration with the private sector is organising a Diaspora investment summit under the theme “Back to my roots- Uganda my home 2”.

Slated for December 27, the three-day summit will unveil Uganda’s investment opportunities, challenges and the role Ugandans in the Diaspora should play in investing home plus enticing the international business community to invest in Uganda.

MTN Kampala Marathon - World Anti-Doping officials to test for drugs

2008-11-02T11:16:00.001+03:00

OFFICIALS from the World Anti-Doping Agency will be in the country to test for banned substances during the fifth edition of the MTN Kampala International Marathon.

National athletics federation official Faustin Kiwa yesterday confirmed that they had successful talks with the officials, who will be in the country days to the annual MTN Kampala International Marathon that is set for November 23. Registration for the marathon will end next Friday.

Investment expo eyes Ugandans in UK

2008-10-31T10:44:00.000+03:00

As part of increasing efforts to tap investments from abroad, real estate developers, service providers and financial institutions, are expected to dominate Uganda’s international exhibition in the United Kingdom next month.

Uganda Expo 2008, the first of its kind, is being organised by Uganda Opportunity Network (UGoNET) Ltd in collaboration with the Uganda High Commission to UK and will take place from November 28 to 29 at Newham Leisure Centre 281 Prince Regent Lane London. President Yoweri Museveni is expected to open the expo which is expected to attract about 1,000 participants.

Nationwide Properties Ltd, Stanbic Bank and Uganda Telecom (UTL) are some of the organisations that have confirmed their participation. Uganda will now join other African countries that are already holding annual expos.

Heritage finds new large oil well

2008-10-23T09:26:00.001+03:00

UGANDA’S oil and gas deposits are moving closer to commercial threshold after another large oil well was discovered in the Albertine Graben region.

Heritage Oil, the firm exploring oil and gas in western Uganda, on Tuesday announced another discovery of oil and gas in its Warthog-1 exploration oil well.

“The well encountered a gross hydrocarbon-bearing interval of approximately 150 metres in thickness, with net hydrocarbon pay of 46 metres,” the firm said in a statement.

Heritage finds new large oil well

2008-10-23T09:26:00.000+03:00

Uganda should take advantage of expanded regional trading bloc

2008-10-17T09:57:00.000+03:00

Meetings taking place in Kampala over the next few days have the potential of transforming Africa from an exporter of raw materials and an importer of manufactured goods and expensive services into a continent with a self-sufficient industrial base that also exports its surplus manufactured goods to the rest of the world.

The meetings bring together 23 states from three trading blocs—the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) – under the mandate of the African Union (AU) as the first step towards taking integration beyond the existing regional economic communities.

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500 to attend honey trade exposition in Uganda

2008-10-14T09:46:00.001+03:00

Uganda is to host the first honey trade show in Africa, the trade state minister has said.

Gagawala Wambuzi told journalists at the Media Centre in Kampala on Friday that the exposition would bring together over 500 delegates involved in bee products and technologies, researchers, exporters and importers and policy makers.

The event will take place at Hotel Africana from October 22 to 25.

The fair, Gagawala said, would create networks among cross-border actors, disseminate market information within the region, as well as stimulate linkage between producers, the private sector and service providers.

Delegates from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda and Zimbabwe are expected to attend the honey fair.

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Uganda takes tough stance on countries reluctant to ban cluster munitions

2008-10-12T10:15:00.001+03:00

The Conference on Cluster bombs ended in Kampala last week with representatives of 42 African governments adopting a resolution denouncing the use and manufacture of cluster bombs across the world.

All the countries signed a resolution, named the Kampala Action Plan, in which they agreed, among other things, to ensure that, “prior to the Oslo Signing Conference, all African states should publicly declare their intention to sign the Convention…

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UMA trade fair to kick off on October 6

2008-10-03T09:23:00.000+03:00

This year’s Uganda International Trade Fair (UGIF) will take place from October 6 to 13, Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) officials have confirmed.

Preparations for the 16th annual fair, is already in top gear as exhibitors set up their stalls at the UMA show grounds. Addressing a press conference at UMA show grounds on Wednesday, UMA Chairman, James Kalibala, said the fair will stimulate and foster trade and investment opportunities among foreign and local business people.

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Tears of joy as Ugandan Asians visit their country

2008-09-30T10:59:00.000+03:00

At 80 years, Mr Jethalal Pandya is no longer the sprightly businessman who took his first steps in business from Masaka District before the 1972 expulsion of the Asian community from Uganda by then president Idi Amin.

Mr Pandya cannot walk by himself anymore so he is moved from one place to another in a wheelchair.

But that did not stop the octogenarian from joining another 31 Ugandans of Asian origin who returned to their country of birth – some for the first time since they were expelled – for an unforgettable 14-day trip that started on September 5.

Uganda is our ‘janma bhumi’ (meaning birth place) and it is a great moment to come again and feel the goodness of our land,” said Mr Pandya.

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Uganda selected for WFP project

2008-09-26T12:02:00.001+03:00

Uganda is one of the few African countries that have been selected to be part of a new multi-million dollar initiative to help small-scale farmers increase their incomes.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation are spearheading the ground breaking initiative dubbed, Purchase for Progress (P4P) at the cost of $76 million.

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Kampala, Uganda: International Jazz Festival on!

2008-09-25T17:45:00.003+03:00

THE story of jazz music in Uganda has so far been one clouded in confusion. Book a jazz artist, over-hype the artist and concert with massive advertising and a high entry fee with emphasis on VIP treatment, and you will have the cream of Kampala's socialites eating out of your hands.

Next month's Amani Africa, the first of the annual jazz festival will provide a guide to for the appreciation of jazz music.

The festival has attracted big names like South Africa's Miriam Makeba and Oliver Mtukuzi who is back for another great performance. Third World Love will jet in from Israel for the Middle East sound.

In return, Uganda will give its best in the names of Isaiah Katumwa, Baxba Waves, Joel Sebunjo, the Sundiata Band and Soul Beat Africa.

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MTN Kampala International Marathon returns

2008-09-23T20:45:00.000+03:00

Over Ten Thousand participants are expected to take part in the 5th edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon scheduled for November 23.

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Uganda Wildlife Authority to promote domestic tourism

2008-09-22T22:15:00.002+03:00

THE Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has launched a new drive to promote wildlife conservation and local tourism. The campaign, targeting the youth, aims at popularising Uganda’s rich wildlife heritage among students.

The authority is hoping to reach the more than 30,000 students at Makerere University alone, Eunice Nyiramahoro, the director of tourism and business development, declared last week.

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Chinese Communist Party leader Yong on State visit to Uganda

2008-09-21T11:44:00.004+03:00

The visiting leader of the Communist party of China has promised to strengthen relations between Uganda and China.

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