NAIROBI, Kenya, 15 November 2018,-/African Media Agency/- IDA treatment, a new triple drug therapy with the potential to reduce the time to treat and break transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) from at least five years down to two years, will be piloted today in a tremendous effort led by the Kenyan
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Over 700 members of the private sector have benefited from dfcu Banks Business Accelerator Program supporting the Oil & Gas local content agenda. The Oil & Gas local content skilling program was launched in June 2018 targeting multiple sectors that can potentially take up opportunities in the sector. Discussions broadly
Read MoreUSAID and partners award $450,000 to top digital solutions to combat an invasive agricultural pest in Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 15 November, 2018,-/African Media Agency/-The U.S. Agency for International Development, Land O’Lakes International Development, and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research announced the six winners of the Feed the
Read MoreLinking the international Angola Cables Network to the terrestrial Broadband Infraco network will fast track Internet access in to Africa. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 14 November, 2018-/African Media Agency/-Multinational telecoms company, Angola Cables has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Broadband Infraco. Broadband Infraco provides
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A court in Egypt has sentenced Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's football legends, to one year in prison for tax evasion with an option to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,100; £860) to have the sentence suspended. Aboutrika, who has lived in exile in Qatar since 2013,
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Mutebile’s Full Response To Parliament On 7 Controversially Closed Banks
Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile on Monday appeared before Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to respond to queries raised in the special Auditor General’s report on seven controversially closed banks. Below is his full statement. Honourable Members: The Management of the Bank of
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Uganda Police Force (UPF) earned Shs2.5bn from firearms licensing and fire arms rental fees in the 2017/2018 financial year. The Non Tax Revenue collections are contained in the quarterly budget performance report that Police was meant to present before the Committee of Defence and Internal Affairs of Parliament today. The
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500 Ugandan villages across the country have been connected to the digital satellite television. This is in a bid to widen the digital migration coverage and also increase access to information and knowledge for the rural poor. The Shs10m (Shs37.5bn) project dubbed Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages,
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By Mirror: Jose Mourinho will reportedly be sacked by Manchester United if he fails to guide the club into the top four, it is claimed. The Portuguese watched his side slump to a derby defeat against Manchester City on Sunday to leave United 12 points behind the league leaders. United are also
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Debt-Distressed African Countries Again Look To International Monetary Fund
By Akani Chauke By the International Monetary Fund (IMF’s) own admission, there are circumstances where African governments’ debt levels are so high they become unsustainable, such that the scheduled debt service exceeds the capacity of the member to service it. This rings true for a number of countries in the
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