Uganda Telecom (UTL) and WIOCC Tuesday announced a major Internet capacity partnership that will facilitate delivery of more data capacity and faster speeds in Uganda, while further lowering the cost of the internet to millions of Ugandans. The initiative was launched at a media briefing held at the Kampala Serena
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Rwanda’s military has repeatedly tortured detainees - beating them, asphyxiating them, using electric shocks and even staging mock executions, a new Human Rights Watch report has found. Most of the people detained were civilians suspected of working with armed groups. All were held in secret military detention centers whose existence Rwanda denies. Judges and prosecutors
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Microsoft appears to have abandoned its smartphone operating system ambitions. The company's Windows 10 chief has tweeted that developing new features and hardware for the Mobile version of the OS was no longer a "focus". Joe Belfiore added that he had also switched to Android himself. Windows 10 Mobile tried to attract
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Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has given a bonus of US$85,000 (Shs308.5bn) to each of the players who clinched a place at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia. A 2-1 win over Congo Brazzaville on Sunday saw them qualify for the global showpiece for the first time since 1990.
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has made changes in the Uganda People Defense Forces (UPDF) leadership. According to a statement from the defence ministry, in the new changes, the President has appointed Brigadier Dick Prit Olum as the country’s Defence Advisor in Kinshasa in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Brig Olumu
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Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni has blamed the increasing poverty in the country on excessive alcohol consumption. He says local leaders in the country have failed to encourage Ugandans to work hard and left them to indulge themselves in alcohol consumption and gambling. Museveni was speaking during celebrations to the 55
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KPMG LLP’s South African unit appointed nine new executives in an attempt to restore trust in the auditing firm as clients continued to distance themselves over its involvement with the politically connected Gupta family, reports Bloomberg. Andrew Cranston, a partner and former chief operating officer of parent KPMG International, will
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Wealthy individuals in Uganda may soon be compelled to pay more taxes once government agrees to the High Net worth Individual Taxation (HNWIs) proposal. It is believed that through the High Net Worth Individual Taxation proposal, Wealthy individuals will pay more taxes so that income is evenly distributed. It also
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Marriott International on Tuesday announced further expansion plans in Africa with seven new hotel signings. This was revealed during the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) in Kigali, Rwanda. Marriott International was the first global chain to make a significant investment in Africa with the acquisition of Protea Hotels for $210
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At the Financial Times' 4th annual Africa Summit at Claridges in London, editor in chief Lionel Barber conducted an extraordinarily candid public conversation with Nigerian Aliko Dangote, Africa's most successful business leader, in the presence of Nigerian vice-president Professor Yemi Osingajo, Congolese presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi, and about 300 business
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