Uganda's Health Ministry Permanent Secretary has won the praise of Ugandans over her recent supervision tours across the country. Dr Diana Atwine who on Monday ended her supervision across the country to assess access to health services, has been lauded for the move with many hoping it will inspire other
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By AFP Stock markets plunged around Asia on Monday, as panic selling set in with traders fretting over the economic impact of the new coronavirus and digesting a free-fall in the oil price. By mid-morning, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index had dropped 5.10 per cent or 1,058.06 points to 19,691.69,
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Unemployment has risen steeply while agricultural exports have dropped, pulling down Kenya’s overall growth projection for 2019 to 5.6 per cent from 6.2 per cent. Coupled with this is diminishing access to credit for businesses, rising inflation and the taxman’s missed revenue targets, a clear indication that businesses are not
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Shocking details have emerged of why Charles Odongtho quit as talk-show host of the popular NBS Frontline show. Highly credible sources in the corridors of the Kamwokya based TV station have intimated to us that reports of Odongtho's departure are true and there are various reasons related to his exit.
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The exodus of employees at NBS TV seems to have no end in sight with the reported resignation of Charles Odongtho. Charles has been host of political talk-show, 'NBS Frontline.' However, he has not featured on the show for the past two weeks raising speculation about what could have happened.
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Sudan's prime minister has survived an assassination attempt after his convoy was attacked in the capital, Khartoum. "An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's car was driving by but thank God no-one was hurt," Ali Bakhit, in the PM's office, told AFP. Mr Hamdok was appointed to head Sudan's
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A new GSMA study launched today shows that despite progress, the gender gap in mobile internet usage remains substantial, with over 300 million fewer women than men accessing the internet from a mobile device in low- and middle-income countries. Affordability remains the critical barrier to mobile ownership, while lower awareness,
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By Steve Tzikakis, President EMEA South, SAP Senior business leaders often ask me what new technology they should be investing in to improve their customer experience and loyalty. The short answer is that technology may not always be the natural first step to take. Trust me, we'd love to sell
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President Yoweri Museveni has said women empowerment will solve domestic violence and abuse of women in marriages. The President made the remarks on Sunday while presiding over the International women`s Day celebrations at Malukhu Administration Grounds, Mbale District. “In my view, the major enabler to women empowerment is through economic
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The 60-year-old tourist died after refusing to be transferred to an isolation ward A German tourist who was being treated for coronavirus in Egypt is the first fatality to be recorded in Africa because of the outbreak, BBC reports. The 60-year-old had arrived in Egypt a week ago and complained
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