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Private lab tests in Uganda are costly. But price doesn’t equal quality

Timothy Amukele, Johns Hopkins University Laboratory tests are the backbone of clinical care. They are used to screen patients, to ...
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Local links across Africa provide key clues to fighting the illegal ivory trade

For its part, Uganda has served as the transit country – the country that goods are transported through to their final destination in a third country – for ivory.
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Educating the Commonwealth

Education remains an exception, and Commonwealth leaders must make schooling a top priority or jeopardize their goal of delivering peace and prosperity.
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The PPP Concerto

There are good reasons why privately financed infrastructure projects become significantly more expensive – and slower to complete – than planners anticipate. One solution is to bring in private financing only after a project is completed.
Bujagali Hydropower dam
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The uneasy relationship between online betting and mobile money

Supporters of mobile-based sports betting in Africa will tell list off a number of gambling benefits including increased employment opportunities, easy money for low-income earners, tax revenue for government, and general economic growth.
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Kasekende says bulk of start-up finance should be mobilised by owners

Keynote address by Louis Kasekende (PhD), Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda at the Stanbic Bank Enterprise Conference 05 April 2018 ...
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ACI Uganda setting global standards for Uganda’s financial markets

By Benoni Okwenje Any sector that plays a major role in the growth and development of an economy must aspire ...
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Why Africa’s free trade area offers so much promise

The free trade area aims to create a single market for goods and services in Africa. By 2030 the market size is expected to include 1.7 billion people with over USD$ 6.7 trillion of cumulative consumer and business spending – that’s if all African countries have joined the free trade area by then
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Why Ugandans should look more to banks for home construction loans

In Uganda, as in many developing countries, most people who decide to build their own homes do so incrementally overtime using business income, personal savings and or small unsecured loans
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Why Africa needs FDI more than foreign portfolio investment – BoU’s Kasekende

In many important respects, FDI is much more valuable than portfolio investment because the former can enable new, large and medium-sized companies to be created in economies where these types of enterprises are relatively scarce
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