By Our Reporter

Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has given cash rewards to 10 youth from Northern Uganda for their startup businesses. These youths received a reward of Ugx 15 million for excelling in the UBL skills for life program.

UBL, under the skills for life scheme, in October 2018 offered 30 scholarships worth shs 116 million to young, academically talented but financially challenged students from the farming communities in Northern Uganda. Under project, UBL provided funds to cover tuition, entrepreneurship training and mentorship that enabled the students to start businesses in their communities.

“At Uganda Breweries, one of our key priority areas is skilling youth in order to secure a sustainable future. Under our Skills for Life Initiative, we continue to offer special opportunities to the nation’s brightest scholars who are less fortunate. We not only offer them scholarships but also provide career guidance and mentorship on business start-ups and expansion skills which the youth can later use to increase job opportunities in their communities, improve their incomes and eradicate poverty in the long run.” Charity Ekudu Kiyemba, the Uganda Breweries Legal and Corporate Relations Director said.

“From the total beneficiaries that we sponsored and skilled in 2018, we are happy to share that all have finished school and gone ahead to start businesses of their own. However the 10 youths that we are rewarding today put up exceptional and valuable businesses which we are proud to recognize.” She added.

The scholarship project is managed and run on behalf of UBL by technical expert, Enterprise Uganda, who have vast experience in SME development, training and mentorship in entrepreneurship. Enterprise Uganda was in charge of skilling, mentoring and training the students as well as selecting the top performing businesses to receive the seed capital.

Explaining the criteria they used to pick the students to receive the reward money, Rosemary Mutyabule from Enterprise Uganda said, “We selected the best young entrepreneurs based on their capacity to execute and implement business projects. We also assessed the sales that were made since they started the business, the profits made, the number of employment opportunities that have been created by the business and the general contribution of the business to the neighboring community.”

“For example 21 years old Betty Apoo from Kitgum technical Institute in December 2018 set up a tailoring business and a Simsim business in Rackoko, Pader district. Her initial capital was shs 98,000/= borrowed from her aunt. She made sales of Shs 1,000,000/= and a profit of shs 510,000/=. Betty is now supporting her family and paying school fees for her two children.”

“Similarly, Auma Sunday Okee (22 years) set up a maize grain farm in Mucwini, Kitgum district using capital of shs 98,000/=. She earned sales of shs 1,611,000/= and a profit of shs 1,446,000/=. Ojok Christopher from St Daniel Comboni started a piggery and brick making business in February 2019 with capital of shs 150,000. He has so far made sales of shs 560,000 and currently employs 6 people in his brick laying business.”

The youth that have received the seed capital are Nelson Mandela, Christopher Ojok, Innocent Wokorach, Geoffrey Opoka, Bongomin Calvin from St Daniel Comboni in Gulu, Auma Sunday Okee, Ocen David, Apoo Betty Canwak, Okema John Kelly and Ayaa Rosemary from Kitgum Technical Institute.

Since inception in 2001, the Uganda Breweries Skills for Life Initiative has awarded over 200 university scholarships to bright and needy students across East Africa, with 40 of them from Uganda.

In 2017, UBL re-focused their scholarships to focus on Technical and vocational courses in response to the cry for more practical entrepreneurial skills for the youth to reduce unemployment levels around the country. UBL has so far awarded scholarships worth UGX 230m to 70 students in vocational schools in Northern, Western and Central Uganda. Every year the company will be giving out scholarships to students from the different regions around the country.

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Local musicians pose for a photo with a team from Azam TV during the launch of their new channel held at their offices in Kololo.

By Our Reporter

Azam TV, a sub-Saharan Pay TV service provider, has launched a new TV channel aimed at promoting Ugandan content. Dubbed “Channel U”, the new channel will be entertainment-focused and will be showing content from music to movies to dramas among others.

Speaking to media during a press conference held at their offices in Kololo on Thursday, Dennis Kalikwani, the Sales & Marketing Manager at Azam Media Uganda revealed that the new channel was created in response to a growing demand from their customers for more Ugandan content.

“Our motto has always been that despite being a sub-Saharan company we still can cater for the needs and interests of our viewers in the individual regions,” Dennis Kalikwani told media. “In this regard, we have delivered on the request from our Ugandan customers for more local content with Channel U and hope to continue to exceed our viewers’ expectations by providing them with the best entertainment experience.” 

Channel “U” serves as a home for majorly Ugandan content aimed at exporting Ugandan culture and talent to the rest of the world and will be airing an array of content ranging from music, Luganda dubbed series, and entertainment shows.

“We want to redefine entertainment with Channel U by providing something localized for everyone to enjoy with content that resonates with what happens in their day-to-day life.” Kalikwani added.

Channel U will also be showcasing and highlighting the region’s best talent and rising stars. It will be broadcasting on channel 362 and is available to all Azamtv subscribers across all its packages.

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Wim Van Helleputte, the MTN CEO, addresses guests during the handover ceremony.

By Our Reporter

Students of St. Daniel Comboni Polytechnic in the North Eastern district of Moroto are set to benefit from a fully furnished ICT lab courtesy of the MTN Foundation in partnership with the Belgian development agency, Enabel.

The MTN Uganda Foundation which is the corporate social responsibility arm of MTN Uganda, in partnership with Enabel, a bilateral agency that implements and coordinates the international development policy of Belgium have extended support to vocational institutes through the provision of computers and fast internet connection. This is expected to partly contribute to the fulfillment of the aspirations of the 10-year BTVET strategic plan called “Skilling Uganda” and ultimately result in the equipping of youth with the skills needed for employment and job creation in order to eradicate poverty.

The laboratory whose equipment cost 64 million shillings will also support and provide educational services to students from neighboring communities. MTN Uganda renovated and repainted the laboratory, donated 10 computers connected to high speed internet connectivity and a digital learning platform.

Other beneficiaries include; St Simon Peter’s Vocational Training Center in Hoima and Amelo Technical Institute in Adjumani district which were refurbished and commissioned last year. The entire project for the three ICT labs cost 192 million shillings.

Speaking at the commissioning of the laboratory at St. Daniel Comboni Polytechnic in Moroto, Mr. Wim Vanhelleputte, the Chief Executive Officer MTN Uganda said that: “The aim is to skill Ugandan youth for the 21st century job market by enabling them to access technical and vocational information online through open education resources for skills development.”

Vanhelleputte further noted that the decision to support vocational institutions was based on the fact that vocational training was found to be an effective way of addressing unemployment, which is a major issue for the youth in Uganda today.

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Uganda H.E Rudi Veestraeten noted that his country and Ireland have close to 5 years heavily invested in skills development through supporting the implementation of the skilling Uganda strategic plan. The laboratory, he said, will address some of the challenges that vocational institutes currently face.

“Although ICT has been formally integrated into the Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training curriculum, Vocational Institutes lack general computer equipment, trained ICT staff and ICT content and programmes,” he said.

The Director for Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Sports, Mr. Oceng Odok Robert lauded MTN Uganda and Enabel for supporting government initiatives through supporting the education sector.

“As we are all aware, today, the role of ICTs in education cannot be under estimated. ICTs play a critical role of shaping the desirable 21st century work and life skills,” he said.

Fr. Jude Kiggala, the Principal of the Institute said the laboratory will enable them to embrace modern technology to keep up with the ever-evolving trend so as to provide a workforce befitting the 21 st century.

“Instructors will use the lab to source information to better the quality of their trainings, understand the latest trends in their respective fields then align their trainings accordingly.” Fr. Kiggala said.

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By Staff Writer

Eddy Kenzo and Rema have officially declared a musical beef. The two have decided to send out coded messages to each other through songs.

It all started when Rema released the Clear song that is meant to project Dr. Hamza as a perfect man compared to Kenzo.

Kenzo in his reply decided to say it is all vanity and one shouldn’t be confused by the material world.

According to friends, Rema is preparing a more stinging reply that details everything that happened while she dated Kenzo. The story has just started…

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By Reporter

Big Talent boss Eddy Kenzo recently called for a press briefing and surprised the media that expected he was announcing his usual annual concert but instead announced he would be holding a festival. It is the first of it’s kind from a Ugandan artiste.

A festival is an all day event that cuts across various activities from kid’s park, different stages and caters for all age groups.

Eddy Kenzo will hold his festival on the 28th of March at Kololo airstrip and he will use the same day to give back to his fans. While he will as expected perform, he will also have goodies to give to the fans like motocycles, helicopter rides among other offers.

Eddy Kenzo being the most travelled artiste in Uganda could have imported an idea that will so much be the new trend for big artistes in the country. For the past 20 years, artistes have been holding night concerts and obviously that leaves out a certain section of their fans, the festival is a much better option for fans to celebrate their stars.

Eddy Kenzo has invited all fellow artistes to grace the event.

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By Reporter

If you are a fan of urban Ugandan music, Calvin Classic is definitely your kind of artist.

Calvin Classic born Kiweewa Calvin is a fast raising talented recording artist, singer, song-writer and performer whose distinguishing style and hard work has over the past few months manifested through his awe-inspiring sound and tunes.

Calvin is versatile. He can sing, write, compose, perform and play almost every popular instrument that exists .

How It All Started

Calvin Classic who doubles as Classic Bwoy started molding his vocal talent from an early age, listening and singing to mainstream music which inspired him to become a recording artiste.

He was also motivated by the success of artistes like Diamond Platnumz, Eddy Kenzo and Geosteady among others that he grew up listening to.

His music career kick started back in 2017 when he dropped his first single Magdalani that was warmly welcomed, recieving massive airplays on both radio and TV stations

The 22 year old singer has so far over the past 2 years recorded over 16 songs that he is set to drop this year in order to take the music industry by storm

Background

Calvin Classic aka Kiweewa Calvin was born in Bukomansimbi Masaka in 1998, having grown up around Kampala suburbs to be specific Kireka, the singer has worked all his way up to the top where we have known him from.

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By Reporter

If you are a fan of urban Ugandan music, Calvin Classic is definitely your kind of artist.

Calvin Classic born Kiweewa Calvin is a fast raising talented recording artist, singer, song-writer and performer whose distinguishing style and hard work has over the past few months manifested through his awe-inspiring sound and tunes.

Calvin is versatile. He can sing, write, compose, perform and play almost every popular instrument that exists .

How It All Started

Calvin Classic who doubles as Classic Bwoy started molding his vocal talent from an early age, listening and singing to mainstream music which inspired him to become a recording artiste.

He was also motivated by the success of artistes like Diamond Platnumz, Eddy Kenzo and Geosteady among others that he grew up listening to.

His music career kick started back in 2017 when he dropped his first single Magdalani that was warmly welcomed, recieving massive airplays on both radio and TV stations

The 22 year old singer has so far over the past 2 years recorded over 16 songs that he is set to drop this year in order to take the music industry by storm

Background

Calvin Classic aka Kiweewa Calvin was born in Bukomansimbi Masaka in 1998, having grown up around Kampala suburbs to be specific Kireka, the singer has worked all his way up to the top where we have known him from.

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By Our Reporter

Singer Jose Chameleone and Herbert Mendo Ssegujja have clashed just like the four concert dates that clashed and fell on the same day last Friday. As you read this, Chameleone and Ssegujja will both hold shows on the same day.

As Chameleone will be hosting his East Africa Ggwanga Mujje at Cricket Oval a few metres away from UMA in Lugogo where Ssegujja will hold his Teacher Mpamire Live Comedy show. The comedy show will be organized by Unik Star Agency and Chamleone’s show will be organized by Balaam Marketing Agency.

We are yet to confirm which artistes will perform at Ssegujja’s show and which ones will perform at Chameleone’s show.

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By Staff Writer

Duke Gareth Onyango will wed Buganda Kingdom’s Princess Victoria Nkinzi in November 2020.

According to our snoops, Buganda is geared up for the next big royal wedding as they welcome a munamawanga into the Kingdom.

According to our sources, before the engagement, Gareth Onyango met the Kabaka at his Banda palace where he was asked to confirm whether he was indeed in love with the Princess. A shivering Gareth looked the King in the eyes and confirmed that he had thought through his decision and was sure about this journey. The Kabaka then gave his full endorsement to the wedding.

A committee of over 200 Buganda royalists has been assembled to coordinate this wedding. As per tradition, the Kwanjula will not go down he normal way as all others happen.

Instead it will be organised as an initiation ceremony of sorts as a mukoopi gets elevated to a Duke status. This initiation will happen in October.

In November, the wedding will takeplace at Namirembe Cathedral and the Kabaka will be in attendance to send off his daughter.

We’ve also been told King Mswati has been invited as one of the guests. The Kingdom is currently courting Prince Harry and Meghan to be the guests of honour given their new life setting.

The wedding is estimated to cost UGX 2.8 billion according to the budget shared with our team.

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By Staff Writer

People of Fury and Wilder, you will excuse me but I have a very important question.

Who are the sexiest Ugandan celebrities today?
Why on Earth don’t I have a single celebrity I am crushing on? Doesn’t that speak to the death of this industry?

Imagine in those days the things Barbara Yata did to me. Just her name alone would cause you to start dreaming about the endless possibilities of life.

Then we had Karitas. Oba who uses to give these people names? There was a full thought process that went into these days, forget these things of Zahara Toto.

Now I hear even Lilian Barenzi abandoned us and opted for the US Navy.

Those days just hearing the name Seanice Kacungira would get you singing; “Tweyagale.” How do we explain to the next generation that Full Figure was on the top list?

What did we do as an industry?

Whatever it’s faults, WBS TV is the best thing that ever happened to this industry. It built it from scratch….

Someone bring back the good old days where Omwana would ask for meleva, you give her milk nabuuka…

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By Reporter

Silk events proprietor Elvis Sekyanzi has opened up a new spot in Bugolobi and has named it Whispers Lounge. The hangout is located next to dfcu Bank on Spring Road in Bugolobi.

They serve all kinds of food; breakfast, lunch buffet, dinner and fast foods. The hangout will officially be open to the public this Friday on 28th but we have checked it out already and can confirm it will be a place with good ambiance for you.

Check it out here

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Ibrahim Senyonga, the General Manager MTN Business addresses media.

By Our Reporter

MTN Uganda has unveiled a convenient and easy channel for business customers to join and access different offers from MTN by way of self service. This is a concerted effort to empower customers to take care of their needs and to save time spent walking to service centers, as they will now take business into their own hands.

With this new self-help business solution, customers in search of business solutions simply have to dial *177# to enjoy easy access to MTN Business offers as opposed to visiting the service centres.

Until now, business customers have been accessing MTN Business solutions through service centers only. Therefore, this initiative will give them the ability to access all their business solutions and support at their fingertips, in the comfort of their premises, homes, offices or wherever they are, hence saving them a lot of time that they spend queuing up at the service centres.

Business customers should simply dial *177# to join and thereafter purchase bundles such as Business Combo bundles, Unlimited Internet bundles and Fixed line bundles among other services provided by MTN Business.

While addressing the press at the launch, Mr. Ibrahim Senyonga, the General Manager MTN Business said “With this new innovation, our customers will have less business being in a service center as we open up the ability for them to address their needs remotely on their own”.

Senyonga further noted that the initiative is tailored towards fostering convenience, saving time and improving the MTN Business customer service experience.

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By Our Reporter

Saturday night at Club Tavern was a refreshing dose of fun, excitement and energy for Masaka’s party animals as the Johnnie Walker Highball Tour came to their town.

The party started with Selector Jay alongside Miss Deedan on stage, setting the tone for the evening with an energetic display as they hyped up the crowd.

Not long after, the star of the night, Jose Chameleone took to the stage sending the crowd wild with excitement. He brought the house down with songs like “Mateka”, “Mama Mia,” “Hana” before winding down his enthralling performance with his hit song “Wale Wale” that had revelers up on their feet wishing the night would not end.

There was also a performance from Chosen Becky who entertained the crowd with her songs like “Byabangi”, “Kyosaba,” “Bankuza”—a particular favourite with the crowd.

The night was capped with Masaka’s very own Basakala Boys who had the crowds going wild with laughter at their comical acts not forgetting DJ Batta, DJ Katts and MC Might Dragon who took it a notch higher with music mixing that kept the revellers dancing until the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Here are some photos from the event.

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By Staff Writer

Invention of an instrument or a theory or any other aspect of matter or the matter itself has always been a contradictory discussion to follow. And design of electric guitar is no exception to that belief.

Since the beginning of human life, history says that music was the constant companion of them. Humans can’t live alone so they started to live in groups and for communication, fun and entertainment they used to sing and dance from old age.

A Brief History of Music

Music maybe invented before their language. And music can’t produce without musical equipment as days passing the material getting smarter and more improvised.

Recent time Guitar is one of the exciting musical equipment to people. In recent times there are many types of guitar such as acoustic and electrical guitar. Electric guitar is a revolution inthe music world.  But there is a long history of how was the electric guitar invented.

Between 1920-1930

During the 1920 and early 1930’s, there has been a lot of experiments made to guitar to introduce an identically different sound-making instrument which is an amplification of already made acoustic guitar sound to expand the music theories.

For instance, Carbon button microphones were attached in the bridge as a receiver of the signal and to be amplified through the message it received was weak. This happened in 1920.

Era of Orchestra

And this kind of signal receiver has continued until a proper one has been invented. Therefore a numerous people has been remained as the claimants to be the first one to invent the electric guitar.

During the era of orchestras, most of the guitar players felt the necessity of the amplification of their sound of the guitar to keep themselves identical in terms of playing.

First Acoustic Electric Guitar

The archtop acoustic guitar is the firstjazz electric guitar. It was a hollow body acoustic guitar with electromagnetic transducers. However,  Rickenbacker, Vega, Epiphone and Gibson are also considered to be few electronic guitar manufacturer from the early 1930’s.

A considerable number of people believe, Les Paul was the inventor of the electric guitar. However, respecting Les Paul for transformations of signature electric guitar, he is not rightfully considered to be the inventor of the electric guitar.

Commercial Electrical Guitar

George Beach amp and Adolph Rickenbacker was two of the musicians who invented and develped electric guitar commercially.

Among them, Adolph was an electrical engineer, and they designed an amplifiable electric guitar. They were the first to achieve the quality sound with professional music settings.

Modern And Classical One

Classical guitar was already enough to contribute to the music back in the days. However, as time was passing by, the guitar was becoming the 2nd tier instrument to the music as drums and brass were progressing to contribute to music ata higher rate. Therefore the necessity of electric guitar began to rise.

Charlie Christian, who was a phenomenal American jazz guitarist, was seen first among other jazz guitarist to perform his solos with ES-150 which is Gibson’s first introduced commercial Electric Guitar.

Conclusion

The electric guitar was invented about a hundred years ago but it’s still improving by the artists and manufacturers of it. People often forget about the creator of a great invention but Charlie Christian will be always remembered as the real first electrical guitarist.

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On Saturday, the StarTimes Uganda Premier League official broadcaster, Sanyuka TV, officially unveiled their new partners, MTN, on a one-year-subsequently-renewable contract, in an event held at the StarTimes Stadium, Lugogo.

The event started off with a press conference addressed by all stakeholders; Sanyuka TV General Manager, Joseph Kigozi, MTN Chief Marketing Officer Somdev Sen, FUFA Spokesman Ahmed Hussein and UPL CEO Bernard Bainamaani all addressed the press.

“We are proud to share that MTN are back in Ugandan football after having done so well when they handled the Uganda Cranes years ago,” Sanyuka’s Kigozi said. “This partnership will add a lot of value to the clubs, with even bigger sponsorships expected as corporate companies will now further be assured of visibility.”

MTN’s Somdev pointed out that the company are excited about the partnership, stating, “We have been waiting for a major opportunity to support sport like this one to jump onto, so we are happy. We are looking forward to seeing Ugandans excited about matchdays, more involved in conversations SUPL and much more.”

This one is also a partnership that feeds into something MTN already had going; discounted bundles to watch StarTimes Uganda Premier League games off the StarTimesON App via their *165*81# prompt.

The launch was concluded by an exhibition game between Sanyuka TV and MTN, a game that saw Next Media Services CEO, Kin Kariisa, and MTN Chief Marketing Officer, Somdev Sen, captained their respective sides to a 0-0 draw.

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By Reporter

One of the biggest hindrances to development in Africa is government suspicious position towards the private sector.- President Museveni

This admonition by the President was clearly not heeded as countless government agencies used every apparatus available from media to police, State prosecution and more to malign the vision of Charles Lambert’s Development Channel.

In a case which was subsequently charged at the magistrate court, Nakawa, the court dismissed the accusations as the government prosecutors lacked any single presentation of proof of any wrong doing.

Speaking shortly after the verdict, Lambert had this to say ” They have only done the right thing by dismissing this ridiculous case. One year was wasted coming to this court for nothing. We are now focused on getting back to our mission and rekindling the fire within those who this malicious attack and blackmail grossly affected. We have also not ruled out the possibility of law suits against these agencies. There must be consequences of using your privileged position as a government official to destroy the work and investments of others”.

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By Reporter

Each day unvails a new leadership captain hopeful and the latest is Alexander Akandwanaho Saleh, son to top and feared army officer Salim Saleh who made his intentions clear yesterday. Alexander aims to take over as western Uganda NRM vice chairperson a seat long eyed by a one Kisembo Diini who made his intentions earlier and has been doing ground work in the region. Alexander’s intention are a big shock to Kisembo who was in an almost one man race.

While the latter’s manifesto has not been laid out yet, Kisembo has a 10 point program that has emphasised the youth Secretariat section where he aims at empowering the youth in the region and eventually all over the country.

Kisembo has stuck to his youth Secretariat thinking that will decentralise the youth structures and bring them regional. “We want to bring services closer to the youth by bringing them regional starting with western where I will base and it can spread, North, Eastern, Central and Karamoja regions” he told the website. The youth believe in youth delivering because their problems relate more unlike before when we had older people representing us, he added.

“We want the young people to denounce pressure groups” he stresses. While we wait for Alexander to lay out his plan, atleast we have Kisembo slightly more elaborate.

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By Staff Writer

ForteBet, Uganda’s leading betting company brought work to a standstill in Elegu, Moyo and Adjuman as it showered its clients with lots of priceless gifts.

Customers in the above areas concluded last weekend with atleast one of the following gifts; Techno phone, European club jerseys, T-shirts, caps, pens, wristbands, and reflector jackets, handed over to them by the company’s Media Manager, John Nanyumba.

Fortebet gave back to its clients to appreciate them for having chosen Fortebet, just like it has done in very district across Uganda.

“On behalf of the entire Fortebet family, I want to say, thank you for choosing Fortbet in this year. This is the reason we always come back. We have been here before, we are now here again and we shall endlessly come again,” said Nanyumba while handing over gifts to the excited customers at Adjuman Main Centre.

“Fortebet has indeed given me the biggest gift of this new year. I believe this phone is worth about 280,000/= that Fortebet has just given me free of charge. I greatly humbled and I will ever bet with Fortebet,” said the phone winner at Adjuman Centre shortly after receiving his phone.

In addition to the above gifts, Fortebet also handed over to 50 bodaboda riders in Adjuman and Moyo reflector jackets.

This coming weekend, Gayaza, Gayaza and Kasangati be on standby. Do not miss! 

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By Reporter

United Bank for Africa- Group’s Martin Che, while in Uganda, paid a visit to the Prime Minister’s office to discuss the possibility of a new partnership between the bank and the Government of Uganda. During the meeting, Mr. Che addressed UBA’s intentions and desire to manage the government issued Youth Livelihood Fund (YLF), which is currently being handled by the Office of the Prime Minister.

Mr. Che, who was recently appointed UBA Group’s Regional Chief Executive Officer (RCEO) for the Central, Eastern, and South African (CESA) region, said in the meeting, that the bank has had experience managing such funds, through the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) entrepreneurship programme.

He also added saying that the bank would ensure sustainable management of this Youth Livelihood Fund and see to equal distribution of available resources to the unemployed youth in Uganda.

YLF was designed by the government of Uganda and implemented by the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) in the 2013/2014 Financial Year to respond to existing challenges of unemployment among the youth.

During his visit to the Ugandan subsidiary, Mr. Che also met with a number of the bank’s partners i.e. The Nigerian High Commission, Ministry of Finance, Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC), Mogas Uganda, Ministry of Transport, Dott Services, Ruparelia Group, among others to discuss possibilities of developing new business and value add to the already existing partnerships held with the bank.

At the start of Mr. Che’s tenure as RCEO, his main goal for the Bank was to take the CESA Region to new heights, exceeding customer’s expectations with improved service delivery.

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By Our Reporter

Hariss International Limited, a food & beverage company has launched a new product, Sky View Orange, under its flagship brand RIHAM.

The new soda was launched with a flurry of fanfare involving a road show through the city suburbs on Tuesday, much to the excitement of the dwellers.

During the road show, the masses were treated to free product sampling and a free entertainment show from dancers, skaters, bikers as well as drift cars.

Speaking to media on the sidelines of the road show, Rachel Luwedde, the public relations manager at Hariss International Limited revealed that the new product has been launched in effort to expand the company’s customer base and to meet the ever growing and ever-changing needs of its consumers.

“As people, we like to have the power to choose. We are therefore introducing this new product on the market to give more options and variety to our customers.” Rachel Luwedde noted.

Sky View Orange is an addition to the already existing Sky view Citrus, which was launched into the market in 2017. It will also be trading under the renown slogan “Go Extreme” as a symbol of the brands ability to evoke high performance, youthfulness and a sense of excitement in its consumers.

Sky View Orange is now available in all retail outlets across the country and will retailing at Ugx 1000/-.

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