By Reuters Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday swore in the country’s first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to achieve gender parity in government. The appointment of Meaza Ashenafi comes two weeks after Abiy named 10 female ministers to make Ethiopia the third country
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Pan-African lender Ecobank has introduced a mobile application that allows individuals to remit money to beneficiaries in any of the 33 African countries where the lender operates, as well as slashed the cost of transaction. The mobile app Rapidtransfer is multi-lingual with English, French, Spanish and Portuguese variants, and users
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The Parliamentary Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) Thursday started investigating Bank of Uganda officials regarding the queries raised in the special audit report by the Auditor General about the controversial closure of seven banks by the Central Bank. Led by Governor Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile and his
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Uganda is set to benefit from a $10m (shs37bn) fund aimed at combating child labour in Africa. This was revealed yesterday during the 334th session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva Switzerland. Uganda's delegation led by Hon Janat Mukwaya, Minister of Gender Labour and Social Development
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