AFC President and C.E.O Samaila Zubairu Meeting with the Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Dussey LOME, Togo, 3 December 2018,-African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Togolese Republic (“Togo”) has become the twentieth (20th) Member State of Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), Africa’s leading infrastructure development finance institution. Togo’s
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Cassava Growing: 8 Steps Farmers Should Consider For High Yields
Cassava cultivation is an annual activity for many farmers both in Uganda and other Cassava growing Countries. This is basically because it is a major commodity first in the diet of many farming families and secondly because of its resilience even in very bad weather condition. However, good cassava cultivation
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Thousands of commuters have been forced to walk to work in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, as a ban on public minibuses from accessing the city centre takes effect. Last week, city authorities announced that the minibuses - known as matatus - will have to pick and drop off passengers at
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The African Union (AU) has warned Burundi against moves to jeopardise peace efforts after an international arrest warrant was issued for ex-leader Pierre Buyoya and 16 other officials. They are accused of being behind the 1993 assassination of the country's first elected Hutu president. The killing of Melchior Ndadaye triggered
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By xinhua The Rwandan Government has blacklisted 1,343 skin bleaching products containing high levels of hydroquinone, which exposes users to skin cancer, Health Minister Patrick Ndimubanzi has said. The issue of substandard skin bleaching products, which are especially popular, has been in the news recently after President Paul Kagame said
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Tens of millions of pounds donated by international donors to help refugees in Uganda have vanished into thin air, according to a damning investigation by the United Nations. Confirming the findings of a Mail on Sunday investigation earlier this year, the UN internal review exposes an astonishing catalogue of dodgy land dealing,
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Uganda parliament has imposed what appears to be a travel ban on Justine Bagyenda, the embattled former Bank of Uganda (BoU) Executive Director in charge of Supervision. This was after Abdu Katuntu, the chairperson of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) asked the former ED to deposit
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The embattled former Bank of Uganda Executive Director in charge of Supervision, Justine Bagyenda has Monday morning appeared at Parliament to face the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) that is probing BoU officials over the controversial closure of seven commercial banks. Bagyenda is accused of conniving
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It’s now official that Kenya's Harambee Stars have qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) slated for June 15 to July 11. This is after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) disqualified Sierra Leone last Friday following an Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting in Accra, Ghana. The West African
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The Uganda Revenue Authority will this month unveil its fancy Headquarters (in featured photo) located in Nakawa, Business Focus understands. The state-of-the-art building is divided into four podiums and eighteen tower floors totaling to 26,021 square metres. The Shs139bn project is fully funded by the Government of Uganda. It includes
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