MTN Uganda and the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) have concluded the official signing of the License Renewal Agreement that will enable the telecommunication company continue its operations in the country for another 12 years, commencing 1st July 2020. A joint press conference between MTN Uganda and the Regulatory body was held
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Sudan abolished a law against apostasy that carried the death penalty and loosened prohibitions on drinking alcohol, removing some of the most notorious restrictions of ousted dictator Omar al-Bashir’s Islamist rule. Authorities have also officially outlawed female genital mutilation, a step previously announced, Justice Minister Nasur Aldin Abdul Bari said
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Kayoola bus/Kiira Motors Corporation Fresh secrets have emerged about the controversial ‘Kayoola’ solar powered businesses ‘manufactured’ in Uganda by Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC). The buses have been touted by the KMC as Africa’s first solar powered bus designed to provide select shuttle services. However, media reports claimed that buses were
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US President Donald Trump (pictured above) has worn a mask in public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The president was visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers. "I've never been against masks but I
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Uganda's Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has responded to criticism that she abandoned social distancing rules while meeting a group f people. Pictures have been circulating on social media showing the minister appearing to be addressing people with them so close to her, drawing criticism. However, Aceng says she
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Pontiano Kaleebu, the Director of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) explains the processes involved in COVID-19 testing By EMMANUEL AINEBYOONA This week, on Wednesday, 8th July, 2020, I started my working day on a rather different note, at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), the center stage for COVID-19
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has promised that the government will continue to give youth priority to empower them and improve their welfare. Museveni made the remarks while giving his World Population Day speech on Saturday. "I wish to inform you that the Government will continue to give priority to issues
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Kim Yo Jong, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on Friday: During these days, I have been hearing through the news media a spate of strange signal being transmitted by the Americans with regard to the DPRK.
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Mukesh Ambani: Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Mukesh Ambani has had a rollercoaster 2020, cutting a string of deals for his digital business, undergoing wild swings in his wealth and having his brother’s finances laid bare for the world to see. Now he can add another chapter -- eclipsing the fortune of
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United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has appointed Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, respectively. The creation of the new positions, reporting to Group CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, represents further strategic recognition of the
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