Government has started a registration exercise for all Small and Medium Enterprises operating informally across the country, with a total of 157 registered in the last three months. The 5th 2009/10 informal sector survey conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics indicates that there over 1.8 million informal businesses in the country This was revealed by […]
Grants for African Entrepreneurs: The African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) is a business plan competition designed to support the entrepreneurial spirit and resources of the U.S. based African diaspora community to promote economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa by facilitating diaspora direct investment (DDI) in viable small and medium enterprises(SMEs). The ADM is currently seeking proposals for […]
Fellow Ugandans, I congratulate you all, upon the completion of the year 2011 and wish you a prosperous 2012. I wish to convey my sympathies to all who have experienced losses and misfortunes during the course of the year. We thank God for all the successes we have had as individuals and as a Nation. I congratulate […]
The first Microsoft innovation center in Uganda has been launched at the faculty if Information Technology at Makerere university Uganda the second country in the sub-Saharan African to have it. The center will encourage ICT innovations in Uganda, Software development for agriculture and mobile phones technology. Launched by the ICT minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, the […]
Small and medium entrepreneurs have been challenged to certify their products if they are to remain relevant to customers in the market. The minister of trade, industry and cooperatives Amelia Kyambade says a number of Businesses are not certified making it hard for them to fully compete in the market today. Minister Kyambade advised the […]
Two consultants from the U.S. Government, John Wasielewski and Steven Koltai, indicated the BiD Network approach deserved to be replicated. Investing in SMEs is the key to poverty reduction and a prerequisite for economic and political stability in developing countries. Princess Máxima also underlined the importance to facilitate access to capital to entrepreneurs in developing […]