/Business/-/688322/688322/-/fh6068z/-/index.html http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Cut+waste+and+create+value+as+Ugandans+celebrate+golden+jubilee/-/688616/1405748/-/cn5lqk/-/index.html The building where my office is located has public notice boards on every floor. Before writing this article I scanned the notice board on my floor and found it contained two out dated posters, one was for an event that took place 10 days from the date of writing this article and the other event took place six months earlier. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/House+construction+made+easy/-/688616/1405706/-/i2mt7g/-/index.html While many look at starting up businesses for selfish gains, some people are out to not only be successful businessmen, but also offer a service to society. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Stimulating+the+rural+economy+without+co+operatives+is+a+myth/-/688616/1405738/-/15lxhcpz/-/index.html As Ugandans gear up to celebrate 50 years of independence, a lot of the questions have been asked as to whether development especially for the rural economy has been achieved. When this question is posed to politicians, the answer will definitely be; we now have “good” roads, peace and stability, and access to free education. Well, these can be examined and discussed at length in a Political Forum. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Transport+sector+mulls+over+this+year+s+budget/-/688616/1405690/-/tg6n61/-/index.html Ugandans may have to wait a little longer before they enjoy better infrastructural services, particularly in the transport sector as the budget allocation to the sector in the ending financial year seems to have yielded very little. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Ugandan+soya+bean+demand+hits+record+high/-/688616/1405684/-/f0o08nz/-/index.html Soya's nutritional value has attracted market from confectionaries and companies dealing in babies’ food. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Dora+s+Diary++Offer+solutions+your+customers+can+use/-/688616/1405758/-/arvngl/-/index.html What makes Airtel a loser here? Flooding the text message in-boxes of ineligible numbers with promotional messages the recipients cannot use. How about excluding those ineligible numbers when the promotions go out? 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Scaling+up+young+innovators++ideas/-/688616/1405716/-/4ik5w5/-/index.html If you are planning to set up a business to produce products with a possibility of sustaining it, Makerere University business incubation centre could be your starting place. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Capital+markets+initiative+to+benefit+Uganda/-/688616/1405676/-/dmg7pm/-/index.html Capital Markets in selected Sub-Saharan African countries including Uganda are to benefit from accelerated development following the launch of a pan-African bond-issuance programme by the International Finance Corporation – the World Bank’s private sector lending arm. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Involve+your+community+in+the+bigger+picture+of+your+business/-/688616/1405754/-/pognhr/-/index.html We now live in a global village, as has been demonstrated by events like the Arab Spring – the grass-roots revolutions and protests in Tunisia, Egypt and other parts of Africa and the Middle East. So what does this mean for businesses and entrepreneurs? 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Rising+consumption+threatens+efforts+to+fix+sugar+shortage/-/688616/1405670/-/q4l2fjz/-/index.html In August last year, sugar ceased to be just another commodity, when supply shortages threatened to give rise to a political storm. Retailers also rationed the commodity, limiting individuals from purchasing two Kilogrammes at a go. 2012-05-14T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Growing+internet+usage+spurs+innovations/-/688322/1404932/-/sv2xuvz/-/index.html In the last five years Uganda has posted growth in internet usage, and as competition for market share and subscriber numbers in the data market gets tight, players have resorted to collaborative partnerships to ride ahead of rivals. 2012-05-13T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/UCC+directs+TV+broadcasters+to+provide+sign+language+services/-/688322/1404924/-/8datn2z/-/index.html The Uganda Communications Commission has directed all television broadcasters to provide sign language interpretations in their programming or risky closure. The commission’s executive director, Eng Godfrey Mutabaazi, told Daily Monitor that broadcasters must without fail provide for the service in their newscast menu or risk grave repercussions. 2012-05-13T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Court+imprisons++broker+over++tax+evasion/-/688322/1404930/-/1177jqp/-/index.html The Anti-Corruption Court last week remanded a broker to Luzira prison on allegations of tax evasion amounting to Shs1.9 billion. Mr Paul Gurindwa a.k.a Tumusiime, the director of GS Uganda management Limited, was remanded by Chief Magistrate Irene Akankwasa basing on Section 168 of the Magistrates Court Act. 2012-05-13T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Technology/-/688612/1404094/-/7unmvpz/-/index.html Last week I did point out that a manual transmission is a must for a man. All hell broke loose with a lot of feedback coming through, eventually splitting into two camps, the autos and the manuals. 2012-05-12T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1403834/-/dyeel0/-/index.html Uganda Revenue Authority has partnered with Warid Telecom and Orient Bank as it seeks to implement its mobile money tax payment system launched recently. 2012-05-11T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/-/688610/1403832/-/dyeekx/-/index.html The site that had been limited to tourists within Tooro Kingdom has grown to attract international tourists from various parts of the country. 2012-05-11T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Risk+protection+still+low+among+financial+institutions+++survey+/-/688322/1403514/-/8mi13iz/-/index.html The implementation of enterprise risk management progammes among financial institutions in the region has remained low, even as competition, volatilities in the business environment and threats posed by new technologies increase, according to a new report. 2012-05-10T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Akamba+Bus+Services+suspend+operations/-/688322/1403524/-/32h9w7z/-/index.html Uncertainty hangs over the future of Akamba Bus Services, one of the oldest and largest transport companies in East Africa. The development is likely to change the state of regional bus transport services as players move to win over Akamba’s former customers. Early this week Business Daily reported that the bus company had ordered all its fleet off the road with operations suspended until further notice. 2012-05-10T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Kenya+plans+new+regulation+to+protect+farmers/-/688322/1403540/-/9a0yk4/-/index.html The Kenyan government will regulate and control prices of agricultural and livestock products to promote the sector’s growth and protect farmers from exploitation by unscrupulous middlemen. 2012-05-10T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Bankers+urged+on+improving+financial+inclusion/-/688322/1403526/-/asr9c8/-/index.html Players in the financial sector must seek for ways to reduce the gap between the banked and the unbanked, according to Mr Paul Musoke, the Housing Finance Bank deputy managing director. 2012-05-10T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Private+sector+credit+to+stay++subdued/-/688322/1402800/-/i0oprxz/-/index.html Growth in private sector credit is expected to remain subdued as the central bank continues to pursue a tight monetary policy. Growth in private sector credit has dropped to 21.7 per cent as of March 2012 compared to 46.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2011. 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Zuku+drags+Bukedde+Tv+to+court+over+contract/-/688322/1402792/-/rbqymo/-/index.html Pay television provider, Wanachi Group Uganda has sued Bukedde Tv for allegedly violating what they described as ‘fair competition and equality of treatment.’ Ms Wananchi operating under the Zuku brand alleges that Bukedde TV, a local broadcaster signed an exclusive contract with MultiChoice Uganda despite being a free-to-air channel. 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Govt+to+formulate+policy+on+bottled+water+products/-/688322/1402786/-/gn0y7j/-/index.html Ms Kyambadde said: “Uganda has a booming bottled water industry; however, it is under threat by increasing underground businesses that manufacture fake and substandard products.” Uganda has about 40 registered water bottling companies with a number of others operating underground. 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/Doubled+Kenya+passenger+air+fees+to+affect+Uganda+travellers/-/688610/1402132/-/9xnfnk/-/index.html Ugandans travelling through Kenya Airports will beginning July be subjected to slightly higher ticket prices as the Kenya Airports Authority, seeks to double the amount air passengers pay to access its facilities. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Workers++savings+may+earn+improved+interest/-/688322/1402140/-/9rrc2/-/index.html Savers with the National Social Security Fund may earn higher interest on their savings this financial as the fund anticipates surpassing its 2010/11 performance. 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z