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Turning walk-in customers into repeat buyers with Kit CRM
Kit CRM puts leads, deals and follow-ups on the till customer record. How a shop, salon or lodge uses pipelines and the phone app to bring customers back.
Three-year income tax exemption for new citizen-owned businesses
Businesses set up by Ugandan citizens after 1 July 2025 with capital of UGX 500 million or less can earn income tax free for three years. The conditions.
The weekly reports every business owner should read
Six reports that take twenty minutes on a Monday and catch problems before month end: sales, gross profit, stock value, slow movers, debtors and expenses.
Selling online in Uganda: what the Electronic Transactions Act asks
What a shop must publish on its online store, the seven-day cancellation right, the thirty-day delivery rule, and how to keep online stock honest.
Selling on WhatsApp Business in Uganda without losing track
How to sell with the WhatsApp Business app's catalogue, labels and broadcasts, stay within Uganda's law on unsolicited messages, and keep a record.
Renewing a Kampala trading licence for a service business
KCCA trading licences run on the calendar year and expire on 31 December. What a gym, salon, laundry or car wash needs to renew, and what changed in 2026.
Registering a business with URSB: fees and steps in 2026
Business name or company? What URSB charges to reserve and register, what the online registry asks for, and what to do in the week after the certificate.
Putting your business numbers on a TV screen
A wall dashboard changes how a shop or kitchen behaves. What to show, what to hide, how Android TV apps differ from a phone, and how Kit Business TV approaches it.
Presumptive tax: why keeping records cuts a small business bill
Uganda's small business income tax charges less when you keep records. The turnover bands, both rate columns and the 31 December return.
Preparing a small business loan application in Uganda
What a development lender asks for: registration papers, twelve months of statements, a credit report, tax clearance and projections. How to be ready.
Opening a second branch in Uganda: what to sort out first
Before the second shop opens: the trading licence, the tax returns that do not change, and how to keep stock and cash visible across two locations.
Moving stock between branches without losing track
A two-step transfer process for multi-branch shops, what URA's EFRIS expects when stock moves between branches, and how to read the in-transit list.
Renewing your Kampala trading licence before 1 January
KCCA trading licences expire on 31 December. What the licence is, who is exempt, the documents to bring, sample fees by grade and the LST paid with it.
Franchising your brand in Uganda starts with a trademark
What a franchise actually licenses, how to register the mark with URSB, why quality-control clauses protect it, and what to put in the operations manual.
Five stock reports every shop owner should read weekly
Stock value by location, slow movers, fast movers, variances and margin by product: what each report tells you, and the one decision to make from each.
EAC tariff changes for 2026/27: what importers should check
The EAC Council of Ministers' 2026/27 Common External Tariff measures took effect on 1 July. Higher duties on some finished goods, remissions on inputs.
Customer loyalty programmes and Uganda's data protection law
A loyalty scheme collects personal data. What Uganda's Data Protection and Privacy Act asks of a shop that keeps customer numbers, and how to make it work.
Car wash cash control: from the first car to the last shilling
Car washes take hundreds of small payments a day in cash and mobile money. A daily routine for counting, matching and spotting leakage, with the numbers.
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