The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has launched a ground-breaking program to encourage business owners in Kikuubo, Kampala’s business hub, to switch from importing goods to producing them locally. The “Transitioning Kikuubo Traders to Manufacturing” initiative is based on the idea of encouraging import substitution. Its goal is to give traders who have been dealing in…
Kenya’s Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that, following the confirmation of the nation’s first case of mpox early this week, it has increased nationwide surveillance. The confirmed case, involving a long-distance truck driver who traveled from Kampala, to Mombasa, and then to Rwanda via Taita Taveta in southeast Kenya and Tanzania, is being closely…
Under the recently imposed Common External Tariff (CET), East African Community states anticipate that import costs would continue to be high since their countries emphasize value addition and the preservation of their domestic production companies. During the recent webinar titled “Post-Budget 2024/25 – Disparities in the Application of EAC-CET and Impact on EAC Businesses,” which…
