Trade

Museveni appoints, drops permanent secretaries in new reshuffle of ministries.

Museveni appoints, drops permanent secretaries in new reshuffle of ministries.

President Museveni has today appointed and reshuffled new Permanent Secretaries which has seen long serving Permanent Secretaries Kaliisa Kabagambe (energy ministry), Paul Steven Kagoda (ministry of internal affairs) and James Mugume (ministry foreign affairs)  being  dropped. According to a State House statement released today November 4th, 2016, “President Museveni has appointed and deployed Permanent Secretaries […]

Revive district farm institutes – LOP. Press Release

Revive district farm institutes – LOP. Press Release

  Saturday, September 10, 2016 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Winfred Kiiza, has called for the revival of district farm institutes and development of agro processing facilities in zones with a comparative production advantage. “District farm institutes are essential in developing skills, promoting modern technologies and high yielding varieties,” she said. Speaking […]

Economic policies should favour industrialization and export; Banyenzaki

Economic policies should favour industrialization and export; Banyenzaki

Government have been asked to focus on re-adjusting economic policies to favour industrialization and export trade in Uganda. While opening the high level policy dialogue on export development and promotion in Uganda at the president’s office in Kampala, the state minister economic monitoring Henry Banyenzaki said that the 4 trillion shillings balance of payment deficit the […]

Traders asked to tap into duty-free zones as 90 companies suspended for sub-standard work

Traders asked to tap into duty-free zones as 90 companies suspended  for sub-standard work

The trade, industry and co-ops minister, Amelia Kyambadde reminded all Ugandan traders to always take up opportunities available to them to always exploit markets in the provided free trade zones namely in India and China which government has outsourced for them. Ugandans can send a number of goods to the two countries duty free but […]

Government to review foreigners engaged in petty trade

The Ministry of Trade has embarked on registration of foreigners engaged in petty trade in Kampala. According to a statement by the trade minister Amelia Kyambadde, the move follows numerous complaints from the business community over the reported influx of foreigners involved in petty businesses. Some of the complaints included, the growing number of foreigners […]

UNECE calls for Internship Programme

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) accepts interns from time to time on an ad hoc basis. The internships are open to graduate or post-graduate students, who have specialized in a field related to UNECE programmes of work, namely: environment, transport, statistics, sustainable energy, trade, timber and forests, housing and land management, population, […]

Get opportunity at International Law Institute Internships

International Law Institute Internships: Since its inception, ILI-ACLE has been committed to providing internships to students interested in international trade and development issues in the sub-Saharan region. The aim is to expose foreign law students to the Ugandan legal system, and to stimulate interaction between Ugandan law students and students from abroad. Interns are involved […]

Apply for Masters in Transnational Trade Law and Finance

The European Master’s in Transnational Trade Law and Finance (EMTTLF) has been selected by the European Commission among the Erasmus Mundus masters courses for five years. This implies that the European Commission will grant scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students to follow the EMTTLF Masters Course. The EMTTLF Consortium will award around 17 Erasmus […]

Youth to get loans from DFCU bank

  The Government has asked the youth to apply for loans at DFCU and Centenary Bank Branches across the country. Trade minister Ms Amelia Kyambadde says that individual youth aged between 18-35 years will get loans of up to five million shillings. Those in groups and associations will get up to 25 million shillings. Ms […]

Postgraduate Scholarships for students from African continent

African Guest Researcher Scholarship Programme: This scholarship programme is directed at scholars in Africa, engaged in research on the African continent. Female researchers are especially encouraged to apply for these scholarships. The Guest Researchers’ Scholarship Programme is directed at senior scholars in Africa engaged in research on/about the African continent with a proven track record […]