Robert Kabushenga, the Vision Group CEO There’s panic at the headquarters of Vision Group in Industrial Area after one of its staff tested positive for the deadly COVID-19. In a statement dated August 17, 2020, Robert Kabushenga, the Vision Group CEO says one of their staff working at the head
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Uganda’s Finance Minister Matia Kasaija The month of July 2020 registered improvement in economic activity following a downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as the Government of Uganda continued to ease some of the containment measures that were instituted to prevent spread of the virus, the July 2020 performance of
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Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the Minister For Works and Transport Government maybe forced be forced to suspend public transport given the increasing cases of community transmission and reluctance in observing the set Standard Operating Procedures, General Edward Katumba Wamala, the Minister of Works and Transport has said. “Fellow Ugandans, it
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By Samuel Adela Uganda is one of the most youthful countries in the world. Over 82 percent of the population under the age of 35. Under the right circumstances, this is a strategic economic advantage for the country. But for that advantage to be realized, we must ensure these young
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Final year students were given two weeks to prepare for the examinations More than 1.5 million final year secondary school students in Nigeria will sit their final exams from Monday. The students have been in schools for the last two weeks preparing for the examinations. They lost several months of
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UNBS Executive Director Dr. Ben Manyindo For the very first time since March 2020 when the smuggling of Kenyan salt brand with ‘FOR SALE IN KENYA ONLY’ inscription intensified, Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the Government’s regulatory Agency responsible for enforcement of quality, standardization and assurance, and Uganda Revenue
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Police destroying the 15-acre marijuana field in Masulita Ugandans have expressed displeasure at the Uganda Police and its sister security agencies after they destroyed 15 acres of Marijuana field. In a statement, Police said on15th day of August 2020, they carried out an operation within areas of Masulita and Magoogo
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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa Annual inflation in Zimbabwe accelerated to 837.53% in July, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency said on Saturday in a Twitter post. The year-on-year rate for June was 737.3%. The monthly rate was 35.53%, up from 31.7% in June. The southern African nation is struggling with food
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The president is upbeat about his strategy to beat coronavirus Hospitals in Madagascar have been struggling to cope with a surge of Covid-19 cases, while the president has been promoting an unproven product he says can cure the disease despite the World Health Organization (WHO) warning against using untested remedies.
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Students in Chemistry class at Karuri High School in Kiambu, Kenya on 30 May 2017. Teachers are using digital technologies such as laptops, projectors, videos, and internet access. The Mastercard Foundation has released an important new report, Secondary Education in Africa: Preparing Youth for the Future of Work. Report findings
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