The opportunities for growth in Africa’s insurance industry are huge despite recent economic and political uncertainty. The insurance industry has done well to adapt to continuous disruption, with technological advances now considered the most important global trend disrupting the industry. Despite the additional pressures of unrelenting regulatory and insurance accounting
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In a shocking revelation, former Ethics Minister, Nsaba Buturo has said he has received information from ‘reliable sources’ that people behind ‘Nyege Nyege’ festival are working to recruit, facilitate and promote homosexuality in Uganda. Raising a matter of national importance on the floor of Parliament, the Bufumbira East MP claimed
Read MoreMs Mnganga-Gcabashe called for law-enforcement agencies to investigate the causes of the explosion JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 4, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises has sent its condolences to the families and friends of the people that died in an explosion at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition
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By Grant T. Harris China is hosting leaders from across Africa for a summit in Beijing. The last summit was held in December 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where Chinese President Xi Jinping announced $60 billion in funding support for infrastructure development in Africa. The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
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As fury rages on over fuel price in the country, boda boda operators in border towns of Busia and Malaba have found a better way of survival. A spot check by Kenya based The Standard reveals that the riders are sneaking into Uganda to fuel their bikes where the price
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Amnesty International says hundreds of people have been detained and tortured by the South Sudanese authorities during the civil war which began in 2013. The rights group says many of them are political detainees accused of being linked to the opposition and there have been cases of detainees being sexually
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Uganda’s Security Minister, Gen. Elly Tumwine has defended the use of firearms in the recent by-elections. Addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre, Gen Tumwine said: “: If your actions are going to cause violence against others. A firearm can be used. If you resist arrest, it can be used. If
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Uganda Cranes head coach Sebastien Desabre on Monday named his final 24-man squad for a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Tanzania. During yesterday's training, the Frenchman dropped 6 players. Desabre's team will host the Taifa Stars of Tanzania in a Group L match of the 2019 Africa
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Uganda’s Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine and Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake choosing to seek medical treatment abroad is sheer politicking. This is because Ugandan hospitals could treat them. “I want to emphasise that we had and still
Read MoreThe initiative is being carried out as complex national and cross-border security threats in the region escalate and governance crises worsen as well as structural climatic stress ABUJA, Nigeria, September 4, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The United Nations is revamping its action plan to address the root causes of the
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