The United Nations Women has barred delegates from member countries including Uganda from traveling to New York to attend the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women due to the outbreak of corona Virus across the globe. The cancellation was communicated by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga during today’s plenary sitting. Kadaga
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Government’s move to stand as guarantor of privately owned Tondeka buses could hit a snag after a section of MPs on the Trade, Tourism and Industry Committee rejected it. The lawmakers say the Company should meet the cost without having to put taxpayers at the risk of paying off the
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Directors of the collapsed Nakumatt Supermarkets that sank with billions of shillings in suppliers’ money are on the run, with Interpol in pursuit, after it emerged that the retailer siphoned out the cash. Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i last week said that authorities have information that the firm wired
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As part of the celebration to mark International Women's Day on March 8, 2020, women across Africa convened in Kampala to discuss the participation of women in infrastructural projects aimed at empowered African women to take a lead role in the capital projects. During the high-level women conference themed "Africa
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Mastercard today released a white paper revealing that giving people the ability to pay only for what they use, as they need it, can lift millions of people across Africa out of poverty and make prosperity possible. The paper, titled Pay on Demand: The Digital Path to Financial Inclusion, explores
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The defunct Ankole Kingdom Palace is set for a major facelift after Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities revealed that it is seeking for Shs3bn to carry out repairs on it with the aim of attracting tourists. In January 2020, Godfrey Kiwanda, State Minister for Tourism revealed the government plan
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The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have teamed up to fight the deadly COVID-19 virus commonly referred to as coronavirus. The IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank Group President, David Malpass issued the following joint statement. “The IMF and the World Bank Group stand ready
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Peace Mutuzo, the State Minister for Gender, Labour and Social development has said women have utilized well the available funds under Uganda Women Entrepreneurship program (UWEP), noting that the funds are not enough to meet the increasing demand. The Minister made the remarks yesterday in an interview with Business Focus
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China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world's leading brands, an Australian think tank said Monday. Top global brands such as Apple, BMW and Sony have been accused of getting supplies from factories using the forced
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African governments need to be tougher when negotiating the terms of Eurobonds and commercial loans, the African Development Bank said. Some external debts mature before the infrastructure projects they fund start generating returns, which raises refinancing risks, the president of the development-finance lender warned. Neither should African borrowers be “price
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