Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma’s medical equipment donated to help fight coronavirus in Uganda arrived at Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday. Jack Ma, the co-founder of the online store Alibaba, is sending millions of test kits, surgical masks and protective clothing to the continent, where now more than 1,000 cases have
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President Museveni has warned traders in Kampala who are hiking prices of essential commodities, terming them as “useless crook”. He made the remarks this afternoon at State House Entebbe whiling updating the nation on the current status of the COVID-19 situation. “Anyone who hikes prices in town I will cancel
Read MoreThe African saxophone legend Manu Dibango (pictured) has died in Paris after catching coronavirus. Dibango – best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa – is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. The 86-year-old fused jazz and funk music with traditional sounds from his home country,
Read MoreMPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have quizzed officials from Makerere University over the Shs11Bn arrear claims that was rejected by Ernst & Young, an auditing firm that was hired by Ministry of Finance to audit arrears fronted by public entities. The team from Makerere University had been summoned
Read MoreThere are two videos circulating in the social media alleging that these are victims of COVID19. One video shows two men lying on the road and another indicating that people fell from a building. However, Police says these are not victims of Corona Virus. In a statement dated March24, 2020,
Read MoreThe Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) assembled a good chunk of its monetary arsenal as it moved to pump more cash into an economy that has been ravaged by coronavirus. This came even as CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge (pictured) projected the virus would devastate the economy this year, slowing it
Read MoreSouth Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (pictured) has announced in a live televised address that there will be a nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday in order to control the outbreak of coronavirus. It will last for 21 days. This means that all South Africans are required to "stay at home
Read MoreUganda now has nine confirmed cases of coronavirusImage caption: Uganda now has nine confirmed cases of coronavirus Uganda has confirmed eight new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to nine. All the new cases involve its nationals who recently travelled to Dubai in the
Read MoreBy Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, and Changyong Rhee The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to respond. China’s experience so far shows that the right policies make a difference in fighting the disease and
Read MoreMembers of the Ghana National Assembly have passed the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, that now allows for the use of marijuana for medical and industrial purposes only. With the law, therefore, the Minister for Interior will be tasked with granting licenses for the planting of cannabis of not more
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