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Rwanda Safaris Guide Launched (Comments Off)

The online travel guide to Rwanda has been launched, The site under the domain, http://www.rwandasafarisguide.com contains information on Rwanda travel, national parks, tour operators, hotels, city guide, travel news and so much more.
The website is currently allowing travel related content and websites with particular reference to Rwanda. In a closely related move, the site is […]

Orient bank to launch dollar account in Uganda. (0)

Orient bank is to launch a dollar account to enable its customers keep and earn interest in dollars, the general manager, Shamsher Khemani has said.
“We wanted to offer a unique product for expatriates and Ugandans with dollar inflow locally and Diaspora. We learnt that most of these people are afraid to keep their money in […]

Air Uganda Starts Flights to Zanzibar (Comments Off)

The most recent Airline, Air Uganda has started its direct flights from Entebbe to Zanzibar. Originally, passengers boarding from Entebbe had to first go through Dar-es-Salaam before proceeding to the islands.
The Commercial Director Vittorio Scabbia said that travel agents have seen a dramatic increase in passenger traffic to Zanzibar, but the problem was about is […]

Over 100,000 Gorillas Found in Congo, Equatorial Africa (Comments Off)

About 125,000 western lowland gorillas have been found living in a swamp in equatorial Africa.
“It’s pretty astonishing,” Hugo Rainey, one of the researchers who conducted the survey for the U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Society, told CNN Tuesday.
The last census on the species, carried out during the 1980s, estimated that there were only 100,000 of the gorillas […]

Food Shortage Africa, NGO sets up Bank to Aid Food Production (Comments Off)

The Hunger Project Uganda has opened a rural bank in Eastern Uganda-Iganga to offer cheap credit facilties to rural farmers to increase food production in the region.
Speaking during thje opening of the bank last week, Hunger Project Country Director  Irene Muwanguzi said the bank would offer affordable agriculture loans to farmers and assist them to […]

Uganda National Parks To Get 5 Star Hotels (Comments Off)

The game parks, Queen Elizabeth, Lake Mburo, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Mgahinga and Kidepo are get to get five-star hotels, revealed the tourism state minister, Serapio Rukundo.
Speaking at the launching of the Pearl of Africa Tree at Akright Kakungulu Satellite City on Entebbe Road,Rukundo stated that the government is in negotiations with investors like Kempinski hotels, […]

Government to Revitalize Nkoma Fish Ponds (Comments Off)

The government is set to revitalize Nkoma Fish Centre. The Centre, located 4 kms from Mbale Town has seven ponds meant to act as a fish breeding centre for the rural farmersbut it has over years been abandoned after it was allegedly mismanaged by the district authorities.
Mbale secretary for Finance Robert Wandwasi said about shs […]

NATIONAL PARK ENCROACHERS TO BE ARRESTED (0)

The state minister for tourism, Serapio Rukundo, has proposed the arrest of people encroaching on Mountain Elgon forest national park. He has asked the Uganda wildlife Authority (UWA) to work together with the police in documenting evidence and collecting exhibits to enable prosecution of the encroachers. He added that this would hinder other people from […]

Madhvani Foundation releases 2008/2009 scholarships recipients list (Comments Off)

159 scholarships worth 460 million shillings have been awarded to University students who applied for funding from the Madhvani Foundation. Making the announcement in a press statement today the Chairman of the Madhvani Foundation Mr. Sam Rutega said “this has been the most competitive year so far, the committee reviewed over 1,100 applications and interviewed […]

Mweya Safari Lodge Nominated for World Travel Awards 2007 (0)

Mweya safari lodge has been nominated for the famous and highly valued World Travel Awards 2007.
Mweya safari lodge and its commitment to excellence makes it perhaps the only first class safari lodge in Uganda with value for money.
This lodge is located in Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda where various safari activities including game viewing, birding […]

Uganda Draws with Angola 0-0, Football Uganda (Comments Off)

Angola has been held by Uganda for the second time in a row but this time not with a win. Its a goalless draw in Luanda.
The match which was delayed because of the late arrival by the officials was largely handled defensively by the Uganda Cranes.
The excellent fielding of Ibrahim Sekagya and Mwesigwa stopped numerous […]

Association of Uganda Tour Operators Elect New Leaders (Comments Off)

Henry Oketcho of Explore Uganda Safaris is now the new chairperson of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators. He was voted in office at a function conducted by Jovia Akika the former state minister of tourism.
Mr Oketcho replaces Mel Gormley of Classic Safaris who has been the chairperson the last two years/
Other members include […]

Car Spares in Uganda: Chinese Factory to be Constructed (Comments Off)

A factory worth more than $3 million headed by a Chinese auto firm, the Union International Automobile Parts will supply brand new spare  parts to Ugandans who have always had to get them from United Arab Emirates and Japan.The company trading under the OITA brand had already invested about Shs640 million to stock their first […]

No Exporting Crude Uganda Oil, Says Museveni (Comments Off)

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has said that the crude oil from Uganda will not be exported. This was during his key address speech at the OIC Business Forum meeting at Imperial Royale Hotel Entebbe.

Uganda is expected to start the drilling of oil by next year. The rise of oil prices and food […]

New Law to Boost Tourism in Uganda Africa (0)

After previous plans to revamp the tourism sector failed, stakeholders have now pinned all hope to rejuvenate this sleeping giant on Bill that has been in Parliament for two years. The Tourism Bill 2005 that has been gathering dust in the House without making it to the floor is now expected to be enacted into […]