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In 2023, U.S. Embassy Tunis, through its Impact Finance project: Transformed 98 business owners into angel investors who launched 5 angel investor clubs to provide alternate funding to startups. Enabled 95 credit institution staff to develop financing options for small businesses.  Guided 65 startups to pitch their ideas to local investors in 8 matchmaking events. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy in Tunisia.    

The Trade Obstacles Alert Mechanism (TOAM) Eswatini provides a way to log obstacles to trade, particularly in the service sector. The online platform and mobile application connects companies with government agencies such as the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade, as well as with other businesses, allowing them to exchange information about trade obstacles. Importers and exporters, as well as professionals working with foreign clients, can report challenges and obstacles to […]

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received the Commissioner of the National Commission for Children, Mrs. Joyce Tejan Kella, and members of the Sierra Leone Robotics Team, who returned with laurels after a successful participation in the FIRST global robotics challenge in Singapore. She thanked the President for his support and encouragement to the team and reflected on the events that took place in October 2023, saying that […]

Uganda and UAE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Experience exchange in Government Development and Modernization. The MoU was signed on 13th February 2024 on the margins of the ongoing World Governments Summit taking place in Dubai. Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, Minister of Foreign Affairs signed the MoU on behalf of the Government of Uganda while H.E. Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs signed on behalf […]

Citizens will be spared from paying Shs50,000 to renew their National Identity Cards (IDs) save for those interested in express service, Members of Parliament (MPs) have been assured. The assurance was made by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi in a statement to the House on the process of preparation for mass renewal of national identity cards. During plenary on Tuesday, 13 February 2024, MPs expressed […]

Government has been urged to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 2008 to provide for nuclear safety, security, safeguards and liability in light of the prohibition of nuclear weapons. The recommendation was made by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, which also called for enhancement of the capacity of the Atomic Energy Council of Uganda to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The recommendations are contained in a report of the […]

H.E. Fukuzawa Hidemoto, out-going Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Uganda paid a farewell courtesy call on the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of International Relations, Hon. Oryem Henry Okello at the Ministry Headquarters. Amb. Hidemoto, who has served a 3-year tour of duty in Uganda was grateful for the hospitality accorded to him since October 2020. He said that the farewell meeting also provided a […]

Lawmakers have tasked the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to avail a supplementary request of Shs10 billion to the National Drug Authority (NDA) to facilitate the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services to carry out blood donation activities. Members of Parliament (MPs) were responding to a call from the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, urging them to donate blood. He made the call in his communication during the plenary sitting on […]

On February 13, 2024 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Yuri Ambrazevich, received copies of the Credentials from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guinea to the Republic of Belarus concurrently, Nyankoy Aba. During the meeting, the parties discussed promising directions for Belarusian-Guinean interaction in the spheres of industry, agriculture and food security, education, as well as the development of the legal […]