Month: September 2018

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MP Loses Cool Over Uganda’s Ballooning Public Debt

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018 0

Kumi Municipality MP, Silas Aogon Thursday lost his cool over Government of Uganda’s s high appetite for...

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Hard Times As Shilling Crosses 3800 Mark, Set To Weaken Further

Taddewo William Senyonyi September 14, 2018 0

The Uganda shilling was on the back foot due to a surge in demand from the interbank,...

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Criminals Using Mobile Money Platform For Laundering – FIA

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018 0

The high daily transaction limit for mobile money transactions is fuelling money laundering in the country, according...

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Kenyatta Finally Backs Down On Fuel Tax

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018 0

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has agreed to reduce an unpopular fuel tax which caused strikes and widespread...

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South Africa Government Prioritises Intra-African Trade – Director-General October

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018

849 enterprises received financial support across all incentives of the department PRETORIA, South Africa, September 14, 2018,-/African...

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Children’s rights: United Nations Committee to review Benin, El Salvador, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mauritania, Niger, and Saudi Arabia and to hold a Day of General Discussion

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018

The Committee, which is composed of 18 independent experts, monitors how the 196 States that have ratified...

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Zimbabwe: Harare suburbs rocked by “double punch” of cholera and typhoid

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018

Red Cross volunteers are providing water treatment, tracking and referral services, and are going door-to-door to provide...

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South Africa: Joint Constitutional Review Committee Resolves to Discuss Report on Land Submissions next week

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018

The committee also took a tour of the venue where the hard copies of the hundreds of...

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South Africa: Committee Calls for Vibrancy of Social Development Projects

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018

The committee today embarked on an oversight programme in the Western Cape’s Worcester and De Doorns communities,...

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Gov’t Reviewing Nyege Nyege Festival – Lokodo

BusinessFocus Reporter September 14, 2018 0

The Ethics and Integrity Minister, Rev Fr. Simon Lokodo, says a technical team from his office is...

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