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2015-01-26 Uganda Business


Jittery exchange rate market   
Independent
Uganda's currency market is in turmoil once again, and the business community is feeling the jitters. Since June last year, the value of the US dollar has jumped 16% against a collection of world currencies. Reports indicate that investors are embracing the ...

BoU intervention eases pressure on shilling   The Observer (blog)

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East African Business Week
   
Less border red tape thanks to Dutch aid   
East African Business Week
BUSIA, Uganda - The new electronic cargo tracking system (ECTS) that was introduced by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) last year is already easing trade flows at the border. Richard Kamajugo, the URA Commissioner for Customs said recently, “The new ...

Automation improves revenue collection by 21%   New Vision

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National Gazette
   
Uganda seizes ivory and pangolin haul   
BDlive
KAMPALA — Ugandan wildlife officers have seized a huge haul of elephant ivory and pangolin scales, representing the deaths of hundreds of endangered animals, police said Sunday. More than 700kg of ivory — worth almost $1.5m on the black market ...

Uganda seizes massive ivory and pangolin haul   National Review
700kg of ivory, 2 tonnes of pangolin skins seized at Uganda's airport   The Rakyat Post
Ugandan officials intercept $1.5 million ivory heading to Amsterdam   Wildlife News

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East African Business Week
   
$5m deal will speed up Dar clearance   
East African Business Week
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Belgian-based Phaeros BVBA is installing a $5.7 million signal window system at Dar Port to quicken clearance of cargo writes JOHN SAMBO. The project is being implemented this year. The Tanzania Port Authorities (TPA) ...

Poor performance risks TICTS contract termination   IPPmedia

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Rwanda firm in raw dilemma   
East African Business Week
KIGALI, Rwanda - Mount Meru Soyco, a company involved with processing soya beans is reporting a shortage of raw material. “This is one of the serious challenges we have in the country, but the government is standing up against it through the different ...


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Daily Mail
   
Ivory mafia: how criminal gangs are killing Africa's elephants   
Daily Mail
Shortly before 11 am on the last Saturday in May, a heavily laden white Mitsubishi truck pulled into the Fuji Motors East Africa car dealership in an industrial neighbourhood on the northern edge of Mombasa. The truck's cargo was not "household equipment" ...


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spyghana.com
   
Rwenzori Mountains: Model Moreno And Co. Finish   
spyghana.com
KASESE – American model Marlina Moreno and a group of 14 other climbers have completed a eight-day trek of The Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda. Moreno takes a picture at Nyakalengija on Saturday. The team climbed up to the summit of the ...

Model Moreno completes Rwenzori expedition   New Vision

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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
Oil slides as Saudi Arabia seen holding firm amid supply glut   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Oil fell to the lowest level in almost six years amid speculation that Saudi Arabia's new king will maintain its production policy and as expanding US crude inventories added to signs a global glut may persist. PHOTO: EPA. 26 Jan 10:40 AM. [NW YORK] Oil fell ...

World commodities   DAWN.com
Crushing the US energy export dream   Enter Stage Right
Demand dries up for Texas tea just as the Lone Star State gets used to ...   Irish Times
ecns   
Businessweek   
Ship & Bunker   
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IBNLive
   
China's online population nears 650 million: govt   
Manila Bulletin
The number of Internet users in China has risen to nearly 650 million, authorities said over the weekend, as the world's largest online population continues to rise. There were 648 million Internet users in China at the end of 2014, according to the China ...

Mobile internet in China booms as users reached 1 billion   WantChinaTimes
China's online population touches 648 million   Zee News
China's staggering internet population   BusinessTech

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Reuters UK
   
Bank of England's Forbes hints rates could rise sooner than expected - WSJ   
Reuters UK
(Reuters) - Interest rates in Britain may need to start rising sooner than many expectations, Kristin Forbes, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Healthy growth in the United States and ...

Target Two Point Zero: when to raise rates?   The Times (subscription)
Bank of England's Rate Setter Suggests Need for Earlier Rate Rise   Wall Street Journal
How interest rates affect Forex trading strategies   The Guardian Nigeria
Stuff.co.nz   
Seeking Alpha (registration)   
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