Journalist and poet Harriet Anena has won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, becoming the first Ugandan to receive the honour. She tweeted that she was "super happy" to have won the award for her book of poetry, A Nation in Labour. Her publisher calls it "a
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Six survivors of a day of fun and revelry that turned into a tragedy after a Ugandan party boat capsized on Lake Victoria tell the BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga what happened. "The DJ kept irritating us, telling us to balance the boat," says Tashobya Nsubuga. "A good song would start playing
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Dar es Salaam An initial plan for Tanzania and Uganda to have first oil flow in 2020 through the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline is under threat as investors have been delaying to make final investment decisions, the Ugandan minister for energy and mineral development, Ms Irene Muloni, has revealed. “Indeed,
Read MoreBRAZZAVILLE, Congo, 10 December 2018, -/African Media Agency/- Leading philanthropists as well as African and European governments have announced more than US$150 million to tackle neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which still affect 1.5 billion people around the world. The announcements to fund the prevention and treatment of neglected tropical diseases
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This year, East African Development Bank (EADB) clocks half a century excelling in being the leading development finance institution for member states. It marks the 50th year when the bank first opened its door for business. With primary focus on interventions in food security, infrastructure, education, health, natural resources, environment
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Justice Irene Mulyagonja, the Inspector General of Government (IGG) has observed that the on-going probe on Bank of Uganda ( BoU) is a result of poor governance practices. Mulyagonja says that failure to enforce good governance practices enabled corrupt officials at Central Bank to engage in corrupt tendencies. She stressed
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By AFP LONDON Chelsea's victory against Manchester City was a potentially pivotal moment in the Premier League as Liverpool climbed to the top of the table and the other contenders were infused with hope. Jurgen Klopp's team are now the only unbeaten team in the English top flight after their
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The shilling held steady on the back of strong dollar inflows from charities and commodities exporters against very low demand pressures in the market during the week ending December 7, 2018. Trading was in the range of 3730/40. In other economic news, the Central Bank kept the policy rate unchanged
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With a majority of African nations diversifying from traditional sources of income, entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as a key to economic growth. Leading business forum Africa 2018, which kicked off in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt last week recognised this fact by hosting Young Entrepreneurs Day (YED) which brought Africa's most
Read MoreInvestment worth 200 million dollars on the table CAIRO, Egypt, 9 December 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- 24 fast-growing African companies have been selected to win a place in the DealRoom to be held at the Africa Forum 2018 on December 8 and 9th in Egypt. It is a special matchmaking
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