By Lodu William Odiya South Sudan has joined the rest of the countries in commemorating the world standard day. Speaking during the event, yesterday during the workshop, Gloria Nyoka Joseph, the Executive Director of the South Sudan Bureau Standards (SSNBS) said the country takes the day for consulting experts who[Read More…]
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SSNBS cautions industries to comply with Food safety standards
By Lodu William Odiya The South Sudan National Bureau of Standard (SSNBS) called on stakeholders to implement the food safety standards in the country. Speaking to the media during a press conference yesterday, Gloria Nyoka Jospeh, the SSNBS Executive Director said the Bureau is working hard to verify and inspect[Read More…]
Finance Ministry urged to support tabling of VAT, EBM draft bills
By Lodu William Odiya The South Sudan Revenue Authority have urged the Ministry of Finance and Planning to support in tabling of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Electronic Billing Machine (EBM) draft bills to the cabinet and Legislature. According to a statement issued by the Ministry’s Media and communication department[Read More…]
SSNBS affirms commitment to implement harmonized standards on products
By Lodu William Odiya The South Sudan National Bureau of Standards has yesterday affirmed commitment to implementing harmonize African standards on automotive industry. These remarks came during a workshop organized to create awareness on implementation of harmonized standards for the Automotive Industry. Speaking during the opening, Gloria Nyoka Joseph, the[Read More…]
Minister Pushes for China-Style Economic Model to Boost South Sudan’s Enterprises
By Kei Emmanuel Duku South Sudan’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Atong Kuol Manyang, has underscored the importance of learning from China’s economic emergence to foster development in Juba and other states and administrative areas. Speaking at the “A Joint Symposium for Building Communities with a Shared Future for Humanity”[Read More…]
Agribusiness Stakeholders Laud 2SCALE Incubator’s Transformative Program
By Kei Emmanuel Duku Agribusiness stakeholders have praised the 2SCALE Incubator’s program for its transformative impact on South Sudan’s food systems. Farmers, processors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers recently convened at the Pyramid Continental Hotel for a landmark event themed “Cultivating Equity: Building Resilient and Inclusive Agribusiness Ecosystems in South Sudan.” Organized[Read More…]
Trade Ministry, UNDP Collaborates to Develop E-commerce Strategy
By Lodu William Odiya The Ministry of Trade and Industry has collaborated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to developed a comprehensive e-commerce strategy for South Sudan. In a statement issued the Ministry’s press unit yesterday, Minister Atong Kuol Manyang highlighted that the e-commerce strategy would drive the economic[Read More…]
Freight forwarders urge south sudan government to reinforce cargo consolidation at mombasa Port
By Lodu William Odiya South Sudan Freight Forwarders Association and the business community are urging the South Sudan government to reconsider its cargo handling strategy at the Port of Mombasa. The forwarders were calling on the Ministry of Transport to reinstate a previous directive that allowed South Sudan cargo to[Read More…]
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Chamber of Commerce urges Sudanese to open shops
By Philip Buda Ladu Central Equatoria State Chamber of Commerce has appealed to the displaced Sudanese traders to reopen their shops and restaurants assuring them of security protection and safety for them and their properties. Video footages showing the gruesome killing of South Sudanese nationals in Wad Madani of[Read More…]
Traders urged to embrace digital banking
By Kei Emmanuel Duku Traders at the 24th East African Community Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Trade Fair have been urged to adopt digital banking solutions to safeguard their finances and boost businesses. Taban James Dakada, Country Head for Business at Kenyan Commercial Bank-South Sudan, expressed concern over[Read More…]
Women urged to venture into businesses
By Yiep Joseph Some of the exhibitors in the recently concluded 24th East African Community (EAC) Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) trade fair called on South Sudan women to take entrepreneurship seriously. The participants expressed their views during the 10-day trade fair that started on Nov. 26 in[Read More…]
Chamber of commerce slams mayor over tax upsurge
By Bida Elly David Central Equatoria State Chamber of Commerce has slammed Juba City Council’s decision to increase taxes to boost their activities. The Chamber Chairperson, Robert Pitia argued that the increment will risk the country’s ailing economy as traders may tend to increase prices. Last week, the mayor[Read More…]
Fire guts Maper Market, three injured
By Hou Akot Hou Maper Akot Aru market was severely damaged by a fire on Thursday, resulting in injuries of three people who were attempting to save the goods in the store. Deng Bol, severely burned, was injured while attempting to remove goods from a shop, sustaining injuries to[Read More…]
Mushroom Farming for its Nutritional, Medicinal, High Market Values
By Joseph Akim Gordon Mushroom faming is not all that popular in South Sudan, in most cases mushrooms are collected from the wild in South Sudan, people are acquainted with agricultural production, dealing with production of crops of cereal that is maize, sorghum, rice, millet and vegetable like tomato, okra,[Read More…]
MPs grill agriculture minister over food insecurity
By Bida Elly David South Sudan national Parliament on Wednesday grilled National minister of agriculture over lack of agricultural investments to curb food insecurity in the country. The August House had summoned Hon. Josephine Lagu Yanga, along with other ministers to answer queries about the country’s economic crises. The parliamentarians[Read More…]
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Government opts to revive lucrative teak plantations
By William Madouk Environment and Forestry Minister, Josephine Napwon, jetted to Western Bahr El Ghazal State to assess sprawling teak forests in order revamp and lumber it to generate income to the government. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimated in 2007 that the teak, if sustainably harvested, could generate[Read More…]
Zain playground, sold to individuals – Report
By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri An Ad-hoc committee constituted months ago by the Central Equatoria State governor, Emmanuel Adil Anthony to investigate the case of Zain playground confiscation has presented their investigative report on the status of the ground. Zain playing ground has been for years, a posture for[Read More…]