Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Monday with his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Entebbe. According to a post on Museveni's social media pages, the two leaders discussed bilateral matters affecting the two countries. "Hosted President Uhuru Kenyatta this afternoon at State House Entebbe. We discussed issues of bilateral
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Four African airlines were flying the Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger plane, before Sunday's crash. South Africa's privately owned Comair received its first plane just two weeks ago, becoming the first airline in southern Africa to operate the passenger jet. The airline has ordered seven more, with one expected to
Read MoreAbsa Group Limited, one of Africa’s largest financial services providers, reported an increase in revenue and earnings for 2018, a year of almost unprecedented corporate activity as the group repositioned itself for delivery against a new growth strategy as an independent African bank. Normalised headline earnings increased 3% to R16.1
Read MoreThe ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has banned rebel lawmakers from appearing at the upcoming party caucus at the National Leadership Institute–Kyankwanzi, noting that the group has become too rebellious to be allowed to take part in any party activities. Margaret Muhangi, the NRM Caucus Spokesperson made the revelation today
Read MoreWomen Entrepreneurs Benefit From Dfcu’s Women In Business Training Program
In 2016, dfcu Bank signed an MOU with Makerere University Business School (MUBS) to start a business acceleration program for women entrepreneurs under its program Women in Business that seeks to empower women entrepreneurs in the business space. Recently, the first group comprising of 90 women successfully completed the 2-year
Read MoreWhy Uganda is still allowing her citizens to enter into neighbours’ (Rwanda territory) yet the latter is disallowing her own nationals from leaving their country to Uganda? Isn`t this tactical that when Rwanda is ready and about to attack Uganda, she will hold Ugandans as War shields in case of
Read MoreThe Police are mourning the tragic outcome of yesterday’s plane crash, upon learning that it claimed the life of Commissioner of Police (CP), Alalo Christine (in featured photo), who was working with the African Mission in Somalia, (AMISOM), as the Acting Police Commissioner. The officer was returning from Italy to
Read MoreMuseveni Reechoes Plan To Fight Household Poverty Through Mechanized Agriculture
President Yoweri Museveni has reechoed government's plan to eradicate household poverty through modern mechanized farming. Speaking during the handover of heavy agricultural machinery and vehicles to agricultural extension workers at Namalere Agricultural Referral Mechanization centre in Wakiso District on Thursday, Museveni noted that agricultural mechanization is the most critical intervention
Read MoreAn Ethiopian Airlines flight between Addis Ababa and Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has crashed, Ethiopian prime minister's office said on Sunday. "The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express its deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their
Read MoreThe party of Congo’s former president Joseph Kabila will choose the prime minister and negotiate over cabinet appointments under a power-sharing deal with his successor Felix Tshisekedi, sources in both their parties said on Friday. The two parties announced loose plans to form a coalition government on Wednesday, nearly two
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