Over 10 million young people are expected to access dignified and fulfilling work opportunities in Ethiopia by 2030. This follows the launch of an initiative, Young Africa Works in Ethiopia, by Mastercard Foundation that will seek to create employment opportunities for the youth in partnership with Ethiopia's Jobs Creation Commission
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has launched the Busoga Livestock Transformation Project of the Kasolwe Stock Farm in the eastern district of Kamuli. Presiding at the launch on Wednesday, 30 October 2019, Kadaga said that the project was timely and would teach the indigenous people how to practice farming
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Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji (pictured) has said that he asked his kidnapper to shoot him six days into being held captive. His abduction, 12 months ago, outside a hotel gym in the country's main city, Dar es Salaam, sparked a huge manhunt. Speaking to the media for the first time
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There is panic among traders and investors who transact in millions after Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) ordered all banks and Forex bureaus to ensure that money going abroad in excess of Shs50m is cleared by the tax body. In a letter to bank CEOs, Henry Saka, the URA Commissioner Domestic
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The Head of Marketing, Product Development and Communications at Ecobank Uganda,Primrose Kobusingye has thrown in the towel at the Pan-African bank for another juicy job, Business Focus exclusively reports. This website understands that she is set join a yet to be confirmed financial institution. “Primrose will no longer be an
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Imagine the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs suing a government he serves! This is exactly what Uganda’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Kahinda Otafiire (pictured) has done. Asked by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to explain circumstances under which he came to take possession of square miles of
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga is shocked that both the Ministry of Foreign and Ministry of Education have failed to ensure that Ugandans take up scholarships offered by Russian Province of Siberia and India yet many bright students fail to make it to Universities and others drop out
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Uganda’s public debt is set to soar further if Parliament approves a request to borrow USD456.370M (Shs1.68 trillion) from the Exim Bank of China to finance the upgrade and construction of national oil roads project in Masindi, Hoima and Buliisa districts. The request is expected to be tabled before Parliament
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TOTAL AFCON 2021 QUALIFIERS (2019 AFCON Qualifiers – Group B): Wednesday, 13th November 2019: Burkina Faso Vs Uganda Cranes – OuagadougouSunday, 17th November 2019: Uganda Cranes Vs Malawi Flames – Mandela National Stadium, Namboole Tickets for Home game (366 Back to Namboole with Cranes): *20,000/= (Ordinary), 50,000/= (VIP) & 120,000/= (VVIP) *Early
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Government is set to legally start collecting toll fees on the multi-billion Kampala-Entebbe Expressway after President Yoweri Museveni signed the Road Bill into law. The latest development was communicated by Government spokesperson and Uganda Media Centre Executive Director, Ofwono Opondo via his official twitter handle. “President Kaguta Museveni has assented
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