Uganda on Tuesday relaunched its national carrier, Uganda Airlines, hoping to take a slice of the East African aviation business that is dominated by Ethiopian Airlines The country is banking on its emerging oil industry and the traditional tourism sector to generate international traffic to sustain the airline. Though air
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Pearl of Africa Hotel appears to be attracting big clientele in the area of hosting major conferences in the country. According to our sources, more organisations are finding the posh hotel a good venue to host seminars, workshops and conferences. On Tuesday, the hotel’s magnificent ballroom played host to the
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French President Emmanuel Macron and G7 leaders on Sunday approved a package totaling $251 million (Shs925 billion) in support of the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative to support women entrepreneurs in Africa. “I am particularly proud, as the current G7 president, that the
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A student at the prestigious Harvard University in the US says he has petitioned Uganda's High Court over President Yoweri Museveni's decision to block him from viewing his updates on Twitter, arguing that it amounts to an infringement on his constitutionally protected freedoms. Hillary Innocent Taylor Seguya has also requested
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The leader of the Rwandan community in Mozambique has been shot dead in the capital, Maputo, BBC reports. Officials say Louis Baziga (in featured photo) was in his car at midday on Monday after leaving his home in Matola, a southern suburb of the city, when he was targeted by
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After government’s directive through the cabinet in 2017 to ban the aforementioned products and urging manufacturers to transit to packaging alcohol in plastic and glass bottles of 200mls minimum, Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) as an implementing agency has directed manufacturers of alcohol and spirits to recall all alcohol
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Congo’s prime minister announced a new government on Monday, eight months after President Felix Tshisekedi won an election, with around two thirds of posts going to allies of former president Joseph Kabila. In the long-delayed election last December, Tshisekedi defeated a candidate officially backed by Kabila, whose own term limit
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On Monday morning, the Huawei global ICT competition kicked off in Uganda with road shows in Makerere and in Kyambogo Universities. Over 6000 students from the various Universities all over Uganda are expected to participate. Participants registering for the event at Makerere University "In order to promote ICT industry technology
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Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Directorate on Monday morning arrested three journalists attached to SpyReports, an online news outlet, over a story they allegedly published about Commissioner of Police Moses Kafeero, the Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) commander. The three journalists include; Raymond Wamala, Milton Tumusiime and Johnson Taremwa. They’re currently
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Property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia has spoken out on today’s Commercial Court ruling in which a case filed against him by Bank of Uganda (BoU) and Crane Bank in receivership for allegedly fleecing his own bank (Crane Bank in receivership) of Shs397 billion was dismissed. This brings to an end a
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