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October 1, 2020

Investing in youth is investing in the future and prosperity of coffee

By Our Reporter To fight against the devastating global impact of covid-19, on this October 1st for International Coffee Day, the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) is launching ‘Coffee’s […]
October 1, 2020

Standard Chartered Bank, Challenges Worldwide scale up the “Youth to Work” programme with an investment of Shs920m

By George Mangula Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with their NGO partner Challenges Worldwide have today launched the scale-up of the Youth to Work (Y2W) […]
September 29, 2020

The OPEC Fund approves US$20m for SMEs in East Africa

By George MangulaThe OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) has signed a US$20 million term loan in favor of East African Development Bank (EADB). […]
September 28, 2020

Unsecured loans push Interest rates up -BoU report says

By George Mangula Lending rates on Shilling denominated loans rose to 19.7 percent in the quarter to July 2020 from 18.2 percent in the quarter to April 2020, […]