Africa as a continent has reported a significant rate in agriculture; Agriculture is one of the sectors on the continents with a reasonably high level of revenue from export activities. Export commodities such as Cocoa, coffee, Timber, cashew and maize are some widely known produce that earn the continent much
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By AFP Soaring birth rates in developing nations are fuelling a global baby boom while women in dozens of richer countries aren't producing enough children to maintain population levels there, according to figures released Friday. A global overview of birth, death and disease rates evaluating thousands of datasets on
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) legal team has won another precedent setting victory in highest court in the land against Rock Petroleum (U) Ltd, and the lawyers that had represented it. It should be noted that in 2009, the Rock Petroleum sued URA in the High Court, to recover excise duty
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As a country, we have and continue to unleash to staggering numbers unspeakable, unmonitored armed groups (Iraqi, Afghanistan, Crime Preventers e.t.c.), putting our national security in danger. Here below are two cases to explain the country’s security situation. We have all probably heard the story of the Frog and the
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The Education and Sports Committee of Uganda’s Parliament Thursday started considering a petition challenging high tuition and non-tuition fees charged by government aided schools. Appearing before the Committee, officials from Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), a Civil Society Organisation appealed to MPs to expedite the inquiry to inform
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The Uganda shilling was relatively stable, trading within range as market demand was evenly matched by the inflows during the week ending 9th November 2018. Trading was in the range of 3747/57. In the interbank money market, overnight funds traded at 6.50% while one week traded at 10% In the
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Johnson& Johnson Thursday launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, the second continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to submit ideas for innovative technologies, products and solutions that have the potential to create positive impact for African communities. The challenge focuses on identifying scalable and sustainable solutions to
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The former executive director Bank of Uganda in charge of supervision, Justine Bagyenda (in featured photo), has been excluded from the new board of the Financial Intelligence Authority. Bagyenda was scheduled to appear before the Appointments Committee of parliament in September for vetting but she skipped the event. She claimed
Read MorePromovendo soluções africanas para a saúde dos africanos BRAZZAVILLE, Congo, 8 de novembre de 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- O Escritório Regional da Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) lançou o primeiro Desafio de Inovação para a África da OMS que apela à apresentação de inovações em matéria de saúde com potencial para
Read MorePromoting African Solutions for African people BRAZZAVILLE, Congo, 8 November 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region has launched the first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge calling for health innovations with the potential for having significant social impact and addressing the unmet health needs on
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