Jack Ma, the Chinese businessman and founder of e-commerce and technology giant, Alibaba, is in Addis Ababa for the launch of Electronic World Trade Platform in Ethiopia (eWTP).The private sector-led initiative works with governments to promote e-commerce. Ethiopia hopes eWTP will help promote its exports to the global market and
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By Mariam Yinusa and Edward Mabaya Monica Musonda, CEO of Zambian food processing company Java Foods, certainly faced hurdles in her rise to the top, but she overcame them. “Although the barriers to entry for women can be frustrating, they are often basic and relatively easy to resolve,” she said,
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The new oracle of Bujagali falls who was unveiled to the public on Sunday will inherit Mastula Lukowe, the wife to his predecessor Budhagali Nabbamba. According to traditionalists, the heir to the 'throne' is required to take full custody and control of his predecessor's wife and children and cater for
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How this married couple built a thriving business and stayed sane in the process. Bryan and Shannon Miles have been married since 1997, and in full-time business together since 2010. In 2017, they reorganized their five companies into one, BELAY, which provides virtual support to businesses and has generated just under $100-million in revenue
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Government is set to award Nakawa Vocational Training Institute a diploma awarding status. Details from the Ministry of Education indicate that the Minister of Education and Sports in 2017 engaged National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) to upgrade the institute and the Executive Director of NCHE constituted a Taskforce to
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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (pictured) announced he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, offering his own mix of moderate policy stances and experience in business, government and philanthropy as the way to beat President Donald Trump. Bloomberg, 77, called Trump “an existential threat to our country and
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Rwanda's national football team will not take part in the December Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior challenge cup tournament to be held in Kampala. According to reports, the Amavubi stars have pulled out due to a lack of budget for their partitipation. The tournament will
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Tanzania summoned Canada’s envoy to protest after an aircraft set to be delivered to state-owned Air Tanzania was impounded in a land compensation dispute, the East African country’s government said on Saturday. The case relates to a lawsuit filed by a retired Tanzanian farmer who has claimed compensation over what
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Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday. The aircraft, operated by local company Busy Bee, was en route to the city of Beni, about
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SolarNow has launched a festive season campaign dubbed 'Jaguza Ne SolarNow This Christmas' in which clients are set to enjoy a 30% discount on the company's products. This offer was announced during the launch on Friday where the CEO Dan Wellington, revealed that the company is on course to deliver
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