Last week Agency for Transformation team and broader membership of the RoadSafety Coalition of Uganda joined Joe Walker (Joseph Beyanga) for a walk from Kampala City to Mbale City to yet again highlight the challenge of safety on our roads. The number of crashes and crash fatalities on roads in […]
We take the opportunity to thank and congratulate the Parliament of Uganda for passing the National Social Security Fund Amendment bill of 2019 with an aim to cure defects of the NSSF Act of 1985 regarding coverage, benefits, expansion, and management of the Fund. We take note of significant amendments […]
On the 18th of May 2019, the Agency For Transformation, and Morrison Rwakakamba petitioned the Constitutional Court on sections of the NSSF Act which they believe to be in violation of Chapter 4 of the Constitution, and thereby violating the rights of its (NSSF) members. In his affidavit, Mr. Rwakakamba […]
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The Uganda Investment Authority on June 21 organised an investment and consultative conference at Hotel Africana, Kampala. Morrison Rwakakamba, the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency for Transformation — a think and do tank on agricultural and environmental policy — made a presentation of the role of foreign domestic investment […]
Uganda Investment Authority Investment and Consultative Conference 21st June 2017, Hotel Africana, Kampala. Key Note Address: The Role of FDI and Domestic Investment in the Development of Uganda’s Economy. Morrison Rwakakamba[1] Thank you so much. Let me take this opportunity to thank the leadership and management of Uganda Investment Authority […]
Africa’s youth are turning to technology for new and smart agricultural practices. This was revealed at the Young Africa Works Summit held in Kigali, where the youth’s innovations were on show. At the summit, speaker after speaker said the youth are still struggling with access to capital for these new […]
The Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) Director General, Marco Mtunga said in Mwanza over the weekend that some of the strategies being adopted towards that end include adoption of contract farming and multiplication of UKM08, a new certified cotton seed which is expected to improve the quality of cotton lint while […]
Tanzania Ambassador to China, Mbelwa Kairuki signed for Dar es Salaam while Beijing was represented by Deputy Head of China’s General Rights of Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, Li Yuanping. Ambassador Kairuki said to boost the country’s cassava production, the embassy in Beijing started to shop around for technology to […]
Rwanda had a good harvest for both grains and cereals last season, which attracted huge demand from regional buyers. This has benefitted farmers in terms of better revenues earned, but has also created big grain shortages on the local market and pushed up prices of beans and maize, according to […]
Rwanda’s coffee export revenues rose marginally in March to $2.4 million (about Rwf2.02 billion), up from $2.1 million (about Rwf1.77 billion) recorded during the same period in 2016, the National Agricultural Export Board (NAEB) monthly report indicates. This was despite a drop in coffee prices on international market to $2.36 […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has banned livestock movement from Nyagatare District following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the area. The New Times has learnt that the disease was first detected on Tuesday in some cows in Gabiro area. The disease outbreak, and the restriction imposed, mean that Nyagatare farmers […]
The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhugiang has said his country will do whatever it takes to help Uganda’s efforts of attainment of the middle income status. Speaking during a function to hand over two pickups to Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) on Monday, Amb. Zhugiang said they will always be […]
Former African Union (AU) Commissioner Rhoda Peace Tumusiime has demanded that Uganda’s finance ministry explains why the agricultural sector is underfunded. “When are you making the 10 percent budget allocation to agriculture? This is a decision at a continental level that every government must measure up to,” Tumusiime said at a function Friday […]
The Ugandan government has now announced short and medium plans to revitalize the struggling economy. The country is prioritizing the development of the agriculture sector in a bid to resuscitate the economy. About 70 percent of the country’s population derives its livelihood from agriculture. Read More
Monitor Publications Limited (MPL) has partnered with Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) in the forthcoming farm clinics to promote a competitive, private sector agribusiness development and enhance wealth creation in Uganda. The partnership that was sealed yesterday at aBi premises saw aBi fund the Seeds of Gold campaign with Shs100m to […]