Segawa from MAAIF launching the FBS report A report by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on the Uganda’s Food Balance Sheet (FBS) compiled from 2013 to 2018 has indicated that Uganda’s food self-sufficiency ratio is at 95%, making it possible for the country to sustain itself on the available and
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Cloud and app store support play a critical role in ensuring the success of e-commerce platforms in Africa. This was the view from Lulu Haangala Wood, co-founder and CMO of Afrishop, an e-commerce hub offering convenient, quality shopping and affordable logistics to the African market. She was speaking at the
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About 30 people have been killed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the latest attack blamed on Islamist militants. Local officials in the North Kivu province said the victims were found after being executed en masse. They said initials reports showed members of the ADF militia
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Umeme Managing Director Selestino Babungi together with Sino Industrial Park Chairman Mr. Stephen Kaboyo inspect a beef processing factory Utility company Umeme has pledged to expedite the connection of power lines at Sino Industrial zone located in Western Uganda. Mr. Selestino Babungi, the Umeme Managing Director speaking during a recent
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By Hassan Kitenda We can all agree that investing is a good habit to have. Investing is how you take charge of your financial security. It is also one of the key ways of achieving one’s financial goals. It’s inevitable that as we go through life, our financial goals will
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A group of disgruntled members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party have formed an association called 'Unhappy NRM.' According to reports from the party, the group was started by members following the recent NRM primaries. Just over a month ago, the party held primary elections to determine flag
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has deleted a tweet in which he said there should be negotiations over the conflict in the north of Ethiopia "lest it leads to unnecessary loss of lives and cripples the economy". His comments, in a Twitter thread, came after he met Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Demeke
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A new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 is nearly 95% effective, early data from US company Moderna shows. The results come hot on the heels of similar results from Pfizer, and add to growing confidence that vaccines can help end the pandemic. Both companies used a highly innovative and experimental
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Dr. Mohammed Madkour There are significant business opportunities in the mobile-broadband space in building an ecosystem of affordable mobile devices to support user migration to 4G and 5G cellular network technology. This was the message emerging from the 5th Huawei Africa Mobile Broadband Salon taking place at the online Africacom
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Some private schools have had to find alternative means of earning money - such as raising chickens Kenya's Education Minister George Magoha has announced that all students will return to school on 4 January. Currently, only final year students are in school while in some places lessons have continued online
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