– Africa 2018 Forum puts an emphasis on youth and women – Over 250 startups will be participating in the Young Entrepreneurs Day including pre-event practical workshops – Heads of State from across Africa expected to attend the Forum, as Egypt takes over the chairmanship of the African Union in
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The committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has learnt with shock that former Executive Director in charge of Supervision at Bank of Uganda, Justine Bagyenda reportedly took a sole decision to sell Global Trust Bank (GTB) to dfcu bank in 2014. COSASE is currently probing BoU officials
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The Burundi government has ordered the United Nations Human Rights Council to shut its office in the country within two months, foreign ministry and UN sources told AFP news agency. "The Burundi government is growing more radical and defiant towards the international community," the anonymous UN source told AFP. Burundi
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The health of Uganda’s Private Sector continues to improve on the back of a rise in output in several sectors of the economy. This is according to the Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index for the month of November which recorded at 55.7 above the 50.0 reading signaling improvement in business conditions.
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Retired rally ace Charles Muhangi has died. Vicent Ssekate, the CID spokesperson has confirmed that the businessman was found dead on 6th December, 2018 in his home in Buziga. Muhangi was the legendary 1999 African rally champion. Over the years, he has been the proprietor of Horizon Coaches, a transportation
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US Court Convicts Ex Hong Kong Minister For Bribing Kutesa, African Leaders
Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping has been found guilty by a federal jury in New York of offering millions of dollars in bribes to African officials, and now faces jail time in the United States, reports South China Morning Post. On Wednesday afternoon, local time, Ho was convicted
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Ryan of Ryan ToysReview really isn’t that different from any other first grader. The 7-year-old loves trains and cars; he giggles over Disney characters; he builds entire civilizations with Legos. Except when he plays, he does so in front of a camera. An adult, presumably, then promptly uploads these videos
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 5 December 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Leading philanthropists as well as African and European governments have announced more than US$150m to tackle neglected tropical diseases largely unknown in western countries, but which affect 1.5 billion people – or one in five on the planet. The over $150m
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High Court Judge Elizabeth Kabanda has pulled out of the case in which nine suspects are charged with the murder and kidnap of Susan Magara, a 28 year old cashier of Bwendero Dairy Farm, URN reports. The late Susan Magara was kidnapped on February 7, along Kabaka Anjagala road in
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 5 December 2018,-African Media Agency (AMA)/- What if paint could clean the air; withstand extreme heat; reduce drag and fuel consumption; cope with conditions on Mars. AkzoNobel products already do this – now the plan is to go even further. That’s why the company is ready to
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