Lilly Ajarova has been appointed managing director of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) replacing Dr Stephen Asiimwe. Ajarova has been Executive Director of Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust. UTB is the government parastatal responsible for marketing and promotion of Uganda as a tourist destination. The announcement of
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 10 January 2019,-African Media Agency (AMA)/- Calling all startups, scale-ups, entrepreneurs and innovators! The first edition of Paint the Future – the AkzoNobel startup challenge is now open and ready to discover new and revolutionary solutions that will accelerate innovation in the world of paints and coatings. The
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By The Citizen Dar es Salaam Tanzanian President John Magufuli revealed on Wednesday that he monitors the phone conversations of his government appointees and urged them to improve their working relationship. President Magufuli said that to some extent, his decision to appoint Dr Zainab Chaula as permanent secretary in the ministry of health
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Buffeted by plunging stock prices and weaker currencies, the number of African billionaires has shrunk to just 20, down from 23 a year ago. Four people fell off Forbes’ annual list of the continent’s richest since last year while one returned to the ranks after a four-year absence. All but
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The United Kingdom Government has rejected calls to impose sanctions on Uganda government officials. During a debate on democracy in Uganda, held in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Stockton South MP Dr Paul Williams proposed that UK imposes a travel ban on government officials who are corrupt and accused
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The United States Foreign Policy Magazine has named Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine among the top 100 foreign policy global thinkers of 2018. Bobi Wine features alongside leaders such as the International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and New Zealand's 38yr old Prime Minister,
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The Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now publicly doubting the provisional results from the 30 December presidential election. Abbe Donacien Nshole said the figures released by the electoral commission did not match what had been gathered by the church's own observers. This statement was followed
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The bodyguard of former Bank of Uganda (BoU) Executive Director in charge of Supervision, Justine Bagyenda has revealed that lawyer Timothy Kanyerezi Masembe of MMAKs Advocates was present on the day they sneaked out documents from the Central Bank. Juliet Adikolet (Bagyenda bodyguard) made the remarks on Thursday while appearing
Read MoreNEW-YORK, United-States of America, 10 January 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Mozambican authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Amade Abubacar from arbitrary detention by military forces and end the escalating crackdown on journalists, Amnesty International said today. On 5 January, police in the Macomia district of Cabo Delgado arrested Amade Abubacar
Read MoreNEW-YORK, United-States of America, 10 January 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-The Secretary-General takes note of the announcement made by the Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) of the provisional results of the 30 December presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He commends the Congolese people and political actors for the conduct of the
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