Uganda Ranks Poorly in Fostering Female Entrepreneurship – Report
This is according to the recently released Female Entrepreneurship Index 2015 which looked at how 77 countries across the world are fostering women entrepreneurship, and evaluated them according entrepreneurial environment,...
GMO concerns are just fear of the unknown
“A lie often told becomes the truth. The intention behind the Food Evolution film is to change public opinion. If we accept GMOs (Genetically...
UNBS Rolls out e-verification Service to Combat Counterfeit Products
Consumers will soon be able to electronically verify whether the products they are about to buy are genuine, of good and standardised quality or...
Germany Based MCF, Awamo Expanding to Uganda
Awamo, a Germany-based micro-finance management solutions provider, has raised about $550,000 in its Series A round and is launching in Africa.
The company announced this...
Free and Flexible Visas For Africa
For the first time, African travellers have liberal access to over half the continent, the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index published by the African...
Ugandans Are Losing Tourism Jobs – Amos Wekesa
A recent meeting between the president and key stakeholders in the tourism sector saw pertinent issues raised. Amos Wekesa, a re-known tourism enthusiast and...
Million Tourists Headed to Namugongo
Imagine that. It is believed that a mammoth 3 million tourists and counting seek out Uganda’s Namugongo for pilgrimage every June.
The location, might be...
Clean Your Plate, Love. Other children are starving!
At a younger age, I often had dinner at my grandmother’s house, and often I got to hear exactly this phrase. I imagine there...
Theo: The Dutch-Ugandan Changing the Image of Karamoja
2016 was not the first time that Theo Vos had traveled to Karamoja. It was the first time that he felt brave enough to...
Keep Safe: Kampala on Lock Down
You all must have heard the news by now, if not fell it. The City is on a lockdown of sorts, movement is allowed...