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Uganda - Africa's Newest Investment Darling?
It is always good to have a positive role model. Especially one who has endured the occasional long and harsh roads and is still here to tell about it. Generally, this type of role model not only earns the respect of their peers; but also gains a stable of followers. In the African context, if we are talking about recent economic growth amidst large hurdles, it is difficult to disregard Uganda.

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5.6 Deciding on the right approach: Enterprise solutions to poverty
We took explicit account of this reality in adapting our model (viability, scaleability, business DNA and Shell Group assets) to develop a ‘market entry’ strategy into the Ugandan and South African energy SME sector. This strategy had four components:

5.7 Meeting the needs of the entrepreneur: Enterprise solutions to poverty
Simply making finance available in the $10,000 to $500,000 deal size was crucial to attracting the interest of Ugandan and South African SMEs since it had never been available before. But other features were also designed into the model to provide tailor-made support to entrepreneurs.

5.1 The SME Development Policy (SMEDP): Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
It should be noted that the latest round of SME development policies are very recent. The MIT released its national SME Development Policy in 2003, a process it has been working on since 1998. The SME Development Policy was approved by Parliament on 11 February 2003 and officially launched on 27 August 2003. The overall objective of the policy is “to foster job creation and income generation through promoting the creation of new SMEs and improving the performance and competitiveness of the existing ones to increase their participation and contribution to the Tanzanian economy” (MIT, 2003). The implementation plan for the SME Development Policy includes a list of priority programmes and projects,24 categorized under seven major objectives:

Ugandan Government Initiative to Subsidise Solar Power Equipment by 45% to be Implemented by Rural Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Uganda, a semi-autonomous public-private partnership created by the Ugandan Government, has announced a 45% subsidy, up from the current 14%, on all solar power equipment. The subsidy will be will be promoted through a network of rural microfinance institutions (MFIs), and non-government organisations (NGOs), who will be providing a cash payout to those who install the solar systems, or a loan or a loan-offset.

Police in Uganda Investigate Front Page Micro Finance and Three Other Microfinance Firms
Ugandan Police are investigating four savings and co-operative credit organisations (SACCOs) suspected of fraud. They are alleged to be cheating their clients and making withdrawal of deposit money very difficult. The organisations are Front Page Micro Finance, Faster Micro Finance, Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Support Uganda Finance Limited and Stade Rugando Finance, all based in Kampala. According to the police up to 50 people have made complaints against the firms, accusing them of refusing to fulfill withdrawal requests completely and offering high-value loans against low-value collateral.

Empowering Women In The Workforce
A recent report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has highlighted how under-represented women are in positions of power. The report found that women hold just 11% of all FTSE100 directorships and only 19.3% of positions in Parliament.

The King of Good Times: The Early Years of Vijay Mallya
In his home country of India, he can hardly even go out to a restaurant without police and armed guards by his side, but Vijay Mallya is enjoying every minute of his fame and fortune. A billionaire businessman who is best associated with his popular beer brand Kingfisher, Mallya was thrust into the business world at the young age of 27. Today, he is active in everything from the alcohol and airline industry to Formula One, not to mention he is a Member of Indian Parliament.

A NEW FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE FOR CRISES PREVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AND CRAFTS (SMEs) in the République of Gabon - Union-Work-Justic
The WUSME Delegation during its mission to Gabon 31 Jan - 5 Feb 2011 learned that presently no affordable programs for Micro-financing are available in the Republic of Gabon. BGFI Bank informed us that loans are been offered to SMEs at 18% annual interest plus cost of insurance against bankable guarantees. These conditions are unaffordable to SMEs and Crafts. There might be forthcoming special programs sponsored by UN Organisations, Worldbank or other Sponsors, but such single programs would only be available during a short period of time and are hence not sustainable. („Drop - on a hot stone - actions"). The Parliament of the Republic of Gabon shall decide tax law for imposing a tax of proposed 0,05% on all currency transactions of Banks, Fx-Brokers and Money Transfer Companies, e.g. WESTERN UNION.

Forex Market Outlook 11/1/11
An analysis and outlook into today's Forex Market for November 1, 2011. Find out what dangers lie within Greece and the government's announcement that they would be putting the debt deal to referendum and would be holding a confidence vote for Parliament.

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