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Free Financial Literacy Program helps Ugandan women market vendors get money smart
In the development world, Women’s Empowerment, Gender Equality, and Financial Inclusion are three big buzz words that often come up. Access to financial and social assets is a key contributing […] More
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A letter to the future I want.
Dear, future, Not you, the rapper, but let me wrap this up. I come from a far-off place, where the sun sets last. I was there last week to check […] More
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Ugandan Rugby Should Undergo A Commercial Transition
Rugby in Uganda and many parts of the world remains predominantly an amateur sport, often associated with specific communities proficient in English or French. The ongoing Rugby World Cup in […] More
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The #HustleTales of Namubiru Cathy Muwumuza: Financial Analyst, Healthcare Administrator and #iCreateTomorrow Winner
Brief Bio I’m Namubiru Cathy Muwumuza, a financial analyst and a healthcare administrator with an eye for innovation. Passionate about healthcare. Very proud to be a Ugandan. Lover of quiet […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Family, Friends and Relationships, Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureEven the Jacaranda Know: A Poem That Tells the Human Story
Some poems whisper, some shout, and some, like Even the Jacaranda Know, calmly tap you on the shoulder and say, “Sit down, breathe, and stop being dramatic.” So, I opened […] More
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in Education and Academia, Family, Friends and Relationships, Finance, Markets and Economics, Health and MedicineRUTH GOTTESMAN’S STERLING PHILANTHROPY
It was an unprecedented ground-breaking philanthropy from Ruth Gottesman when she announced a staggering sum of 1billion dollars of tuition free scholarship to students of Albert Einstein College of Medicine […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Education and Academia, Environment & Climate, Finance, Markets and Economics, Politics and GovernmentAfrica has never received Foreign Aid, a Fallacy of soft power.
There has been a heated controversy surrounding aid on the continent fueled by a Trump executive order. The saddest part is that African elites cannot grasp the myth of Aid […] More
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UGANDA: INTERDEPENDENCY, INDEPENDENCY OR DEPENDENCY?
I am sure if you are a keen follower of progression and transgression in human relations, looking at the title would immediately push you to ask: Why not interdependence or […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Finance, Markets and Economics, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and GovernmentImpunity and corruption at Bank of Uganda
Last week, Bank of Uganda (BOU) issued a press statement in which it promised to appeal a ruling by the Court of Appeal in a case against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia […] More
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Celebrating 4 Years of Boundless Minds & Reflections on Taxation In Uganda
Yesterday was a major milestone for myself and Boundless Minds. We made 4 years, last Monday, 1 February, and yesterday, for the very first time, we were able to deposit […] More
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The roots of fundraising in Uganda and its reverse side
Among other things that distinguish us as Ugandans is how we spend our income, or money we don’t earn, and the expectations we have on other people’s monies. As some […] More
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The UIA leveraging backward linkages from foreign affiliates to domestic firms to enhance the benefits from FDI.
A key factor determining the benefits host countries can derive from Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) are the linkages that foreign affiliates strike with domestically owned firms. Whereas the global business […] More
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DANGOTE OIL REFINERY
Finally, the Dangote $20B oil refinery has been commissioned after 4 set deadlines. This is going to be the biggest single train refinery in the world and its going to […] More
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Pathogenic Economy: Uganda ready to leap into knowledge and great value manufacturing.
Uganda Investment Authority is working with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to implement the establishment of an over 500 acre fully serviced major pharmaceutical industrial park in Nakasongala […] More
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FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.
Ever since the old scramble for Africa by European countries, with distant participation of the United States, which had just liberated itself from British Colonialism and Imperialism through the power […] More
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL THREAT OF OIL PALM GROWING IN UGANDA: THE CASE OF BUSOGA.
Like virtually every project or programme in Uganda, oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) growing started in Uganda because the President Tibuhaburwa Museveni committed a lot his political time and energy […] More
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Is corruption the cause of our poverty?
During an intense debate on corruption on our WhatsApp chat-group last week, I argued (as I have always done) that there is no evidence that corruption automatically or necessarily stops […] More
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THE MULTIPLE USES OF SUGARCANE AND THE THREAT OF SUGAR CARTELS IN UGANDA
Humans and many other animals, including certain insects, such as bees, like sweet things. It is sugar that makes things taste sweet. In human society, sugar has many uses, from […] More
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