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On 15th of July 2016, the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved USD 12.4 million grant for a project called “50 million Women Speak” to create a networking platform dedicated to sub-Saharan women entrepreneurs. The grant will be spread between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the […]
Involvement of East African women in the region’s integration agenda is very important and must be enhanced, regional lawmakers have said. Rwanda’s representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), who are currently on a countrywide sensitisation tour, say Rwandan women should make the most of the integration agenda. Last Friday, the lawmakers interacted with […]
Women engaged in cross-border trade still face many challenges that are affecting their performance and profitability. Issues like language barrier, insufficient working capital, and the fact that mothers are not allowed to cross some borders with the young children, still impend business growth of women engaged in cross-border trade. Though border customs procedures have been […]
IN SUMMARY WOMEN IN BUSINESS. MTN’s Women in Business dinner attracted women and men from both professional and business circles, who shared and learnt from each other’s experiences. Step up. These two words uttered by Jennifer Mwijukye, chief executive officer and founder Unifreight Group, the keynote speaker, were both the conviction and inspiration that the […]
Step up. These two words uttered by Jennifer Mwijukye, chief executive officer and founder Unifreight Group, the keynote speaker, were both the conviction and inspiration that the women gathered at the 2016 MTN Women in Business awards dinner needed. “CEOs who are seated in the office can no longer sustain their businesses. You must go […]
On Friday evening, MTN in a big bash at Serena hotel celebrated the women who have excelled in business. It was the fourth year running that the MTN Women in Business awards and gala night was taking place. The red-carpet event was a definition of mixing business with pleasure. It kicked off with cocktails, before […]
Uganda’s earnings from fish exports continue to grow, but it is a long road ahead before the sector can enjoy a substantial share of the country’s GDP as the coffee industry does, writes Brian Ssenoga.

In a bid to boost fish trade and personal incomes among women in Uganda, women fish farmers, processors, traders and scientists […]
Kikuubo is one of East Africa’s most important trade hubs, handling goods from across the region and the world. An estimated 10,000 women work as small-scale traders in the area, making it a fitting setting for the launch of a new initiative aimed at empowering women who drive Uganda’s trading economy. Announced in July by […]
Juba, November 19th 2015: TradeMark Africa (TMA) has committed USD$ 400,000 to support South Sudanese women entrepreneurs in South Sudan. TMA made this announcement while signing Memorandums of Understanding with the South Sudan Women Entrepreneurs Association and the Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs, who will be the main implementers of the interventions. The signing ceremony was […]
Kampala. Organisations should invest more in mentoring women for top leadership position, says a senior United Nations official in Uganda.
Speaking at the fourth annual women leadership conference last week in Kampala, the United Nations Development Programme resident representative in Uganda, Ms Ahunna Eziakonwa-Onochie, said women are good at reforming and transforming organisations. She said investing […]
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