The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry will train members of the Uganda Importers, Exporters and Traders Association (UGIETA) in exportation skills and management of small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), a top official has said.

The idea of making trade fair is as old as ethics itself.

Hage Geingob, Swapo's deputy president and Namibia's Minister of Trade and Industry, caused more than just a stir recently when he announced that the country could follow the same route as South Africa.

The Federal Government yesterday began the implementation of a new regime of customs and excise tariffs, reducing the duties paid on primary raw materials from 10 per cent to 5 per cent and prohibiting the importation of used motor vehicles

Uganda generated $3.4b (sh5.9 trillion) from exporting merchandise, formal service exports, remittances from people working outside Uganda and cross-border trade, statistics from the Ministry of Trade and the Uganda Export Promotions Board show.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development has released its annual world investment report that shows Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Uganda is up to $368m from $308m in 2006. These figures exclude inflows in the last quarter of the

The distorted world trade regime is an obstacle to development, the leader of the Seychelles told the General Assembly today, calling for increased justice and fairness to recognize the specific needs of small island nations.

The Nairobi Stock Exchange is proposing a delay in sale of Co-operative Bank of Kenya shares to the public out of fear that the current market conditions are not favourable for the sale.

Monitor Publications will re-start its Newspapers in Education (NiE) pullouts with effect from Monday, September 29. The programme, which is skewed towards promoting a reading culture among primary school children, will run for eight weeks until November 17.

Tullow Uganda has sponsored orphaned children to travel for a rugby tour to the United Kingdom next month. The oil exploration firm is backing a team chosen from Banunule Primary School for the 2008 Tullow Oil Touraid Cup slated for

As the excitement rocks on, more Ugandans are becoming millionaires through the Bell Ekide promotion. The latest to win mega cash prizes in the ongoing promotion are; James Gasana, Abdallah Ntale, Maurice Mukasa Yiga, and Monica Murongo.

PETROCHEMICALS group Sasol has become the first South African industrial company to be listed on the Dow Jones sustainability world index, the company said yesterday.

BLACK investors have applied for three times the number of shares that Vodacom has earmarked for them in a public offer that forms part of its R7,5bn empowerment deal.

DIAMONDCORP, the owner of Lace Diamond Mine near Kroonstad, has resolved initial operational problems and is on track to produce diamonds from the satellite pipe only two weeks later than expected.

HARDWARE Warehouse is on the prowl for acquisitions after new businesses helped lift turnover 75% to R220,5m in the year to June.

Orient Bank has launched a new account designed for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country.

The 2008/2009 Safaricom Festival of Golf returns to Nairobi this weekend for the fifth leg at the Muthaiga Golf Club.

AfriBank Plc yesterday announced a total assets growth of N335.69 billion just as it recorded Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N12.36 billion for the financial year ended.

The Grade One Magistrate's court in Moyo district has stopped mobile phone giant MTN from constructing a mast.

A GLOBAL online world jobs fair by KPMG, which started on Wednesday and ends today , is aimed at recruiting the best talent in tax, advisory, and specialist audit services within KPMG member firms worldwide.