| Achived
1st July 2004 |
| Online
directory markets Uganda |
| As Ugandan businesses try to edge
their way to the forefront of world business, the need to advertise
on the Internet is growing. |
| Seat
belt dealers in brisk business |
| When the demand for safety belts was
on the high in Kenya last year, some money-hungry Ugandan taxi
operators took the seat belts out of their own vehicles and
sold them to their Kenyan counterparts. |
| Ugly
fight for airline business |
| A feud has hit the air travel industry,
as it reels under news that IATA – the international travel
agency – has suspended Uganda Travel Bureau (UTB), the
leading player in the market. |
| Achived
24th June 2004 |
| New
AGOA Bill coming |
| Florizelle Liser, the assistant US
trade representative for Africa had a special wish – to
see the source of the Nile in Jinja. However, someone told her
a small lie. |
| MTN
fights back with Y’elloMax |
| MTN clients may finally have a reason
to smile, if the company’s publicist Philip Besiimire
is to be believed. In a move he describes as a start to better
services and rates, the company has now introduced a third tariff
structure. |
| Achived
17th June 2004 |
| AGOA
firm Tri-Star in Shs 7bn loss |
| Apparels Tri-Star, the company championing
Uganda’s export-led growth campaign, has made losses to
the tune of Shs 7 billion in the two years it has operated,
and is technically insolvent, according to auditors. |
| Crane
Bank grows with more clients |
| Since the Crane Bank first launched
the Crane Access Promotion in 2002 and the ongoing Start Your
Own Business Promotion, the bank has recorded quite rapid growth. |
| Achived
10th June 2004 |
| Eyes
on the price of oil |
| As political instability in the Middle
East and violence in Iraq put an end to cheap oil, Uganda’s
rising prices have been mitigated, but in no way offset, by
a strong shilling. |
| Kinyara
Sugar sale again on hold |
| What was supposed to be a quick and
smooth privatization of Kinyara Sugar Works has again stalled. |
| Lion
seeks to change face of insurance |
| Part of the nightmare with insurance
firms is that their services do not always cover some peculiar
situations. |
| KIU
unhappy with education council |
| Hassan Basajjabalaba, who chairs the
board of directors at Kampala International University, |
| Stanbic
wins award |
| Stanbic Bank’s recent acquisition
of Uganda Commercial Bank, and the re-organisation that followed,
are beginning to pay off. |
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