Politics & Policy

Politics & Policy

UCC sets 2020 as target for digital radio, but questions linger on readiness

Uganda Communications Commission believes that Uganda will be ready to change to digital audio broadcasting by 2020
Politics & Policy

Employers and workers can now save voluntarily with NSSF under new plan

The National Social Security Fund on Monday launched a plan that gives employers and workers who are not compelled by law to save with the fund an opportunity to do so voluntarily.
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World Bank lifts suspension of lending to government with $1.5bn credit line

The World Bank has announced resumption of more than Shs5 trillion ($1.5bn) in new lending to government after almost ten months of suspending loans to Uganda and several back and forth meetings over the issue.
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What Uganda needs to do to manufacture more and crack export markets

Uganda needs to boost manufacturing and exports to realise the ambitions listed in its social and economic development plan.
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Government proposes tax relief for Aya, Bidco, and 13 others

The Finance Ministry is proposing to grant tax relief to 15 companies and organisations in 2017/18, according to a presentation made by the minister of state for planning, David Bahati, before Parliament's budget committee.
The offices of the Ministry of Finance in Kampala.
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IMF warns on Kenya’s interest cap law, but gov’t says too early to tell impact

Kenya's interest rate cap law has had "unintended negative consequences" on credit availability for small and medium-sized firms, and is also undermining the effectiveness of monetary policy, according to the IMF.
The entrance to the Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, Kenya
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New Investment Authority chief outlines her vision

The new executive director of the Uganda Investment Authority says she wants to transform the authority into a "robust organisation" with the capacity to make Uganda a globally competitive investment destination in her first 100 days.
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South Africans are learning that they’re not that exceptional after all

In the wake of a series of destabilising corruption scandals, financial mismanagement and the incompetent leadership of President Jacob Zuma, South Africa is no longer that exceptional from the rest of Africa
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What a downgrade means for South Africa and what it can do about it

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has cut South Africa’s foreign currency rating to sub-investment grade status. Two other global ratings agencies, Fitch and Moody’s, may well follow suit.
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