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by elite sports desk It was a colourful Easter celebration for hundreds of people in Fortportal, Bundibugyo and Nyahuka after Fortebet ‘showered’ them with lots of exciting gifts. It all started at Nyahuka-near Uganda-DRC boarder where Fortebet gave out Techno phones, club jerseys, T-shirts, caps, bodaboda reflector jackets among others. The same was also done at Bundibugyo and Fortportal. Fortebet also donated balls to Kambugu Primary School, handed over to the headmistress, Christine Alinaitwe. The gifts were given out by Fortebet’s Media Manager, John Nanyumba. “There is no better way to celebrate this year’s Easter than this. We have been here before and we promise we shall always come back and appreciate you, even after Easter is gone,” Nanyumba said while speaking to cl...

When David Katumwa started selling pancakes as a child in a village near Uganda's capital, Kampala, little did he imagine that one day he would own his country's most successful chain of sports shops. Born into a very poor family, his pancakes helped him to pay his school fees until tough times forced him to abandon his studies. But he continued with the business hustle and moved on to sell vegetables, fish and eventually second-hand sports shoes. Then - with a start-up capital of $50 (£32) - he created the Katumwa Sports Centre in Kampala which now has 20 retail outlets across the country. "I never got any loans from either friends or money lending institutions," Mr Katumwa told the elite news reporter All he had was his brain and the time to consider the options before hi...

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