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POATE 2024: UTB, Enabel partner to promote sustainable tourism, fair trade practices in the tourism sector
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Uganda Tourism Board has partnered with Enabel Uganda to promote sustainable tourism and fair trade practices across the country. This, the two entities said will help to ensure that while engaging in tourism, the environment in which they operate is conducive, not only for the tourists but also for the…
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Uganda’s FIA set to assess money laundering risks among virtual service providers
By our Reporter After narrowly escaping the global financial blacklisting, Uganda has intensified its monitoring of loopholes that dragged it to the financial grey list and the country is embarking carrying out risk assessment to all the virtual services and their providers. Officials from both the Financial Intelligence Authority and the Financial Technologies Services Providers’…
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How Uganda exited from financial grey list
Ezaruku Draku Franklin Matia Kasaija, the minister of finance, planning, and economic development was in a buoyant mood on Tuesday congratulating himself and the country for escaping financial blacklisting at the global level. The country was removed from the global financial grey list on the last asking, after spending three years in the financial integrity…
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UTB takes explore Uganda campaign global
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Uganda Tourism Board together officials from the ministry of tourism, wildlife and antiquities have taken the explore Uganda, a tourism campaign aimed to showcasing tourism potentials across the country to a global stage with its official unveiling at the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) 66th Regional Commission for Africa in Mauritius.…
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Entebbe airport registers increased passenger numbers
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Entebbe International Airport has continued to register increasing passenger numbers after the Covid-19 lockdown that grounded the global aviation industry. The country’s only international airport recorded 149,375 passenger arrivals and departure in January 2023 with 72,934 arriving and a further 76,441 departing, making and average of 4,818 passengers per day. This…
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Northern Uganda farmers get simplified food standards manual.
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has simplified food standards into easy-to-use guidelines and translated them to local languages in Alur and Acholi to ease uptake and implementation of standards by Micro Small and Medium Enterprises. With support from Advance Afrika under the Action for Livelihood Enhancement in Northern Uganda (ALENU)…
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UBA launches the Inaugural National Essay Competition.
Students with officials from UBA and education ministry during the launch of National Essay Competition.
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EACOP Project: Climate activists take the war over pipeline construction to financiers, insurers
The EACOP Route from Tilenga in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania
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A new taxation systems gives hope to Africa, sets ground to collect taxes on online sales
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin What you need to know Companies in the extractives and regulated financial services sectors are excluded. Currently, it is estimated that US$100 billion to US$240 billion (Shs355 – 850 trillion) — 4% to 10% of global corporate income taxes in revenue is lost each year because MNEs take advantage of gaps…
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