The Stanbic Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has posted 56.6 in October, up from 54.2 in September recording above the 50.0 no-change mark for the twenty-first successive month. The latest reading is the highest since the survey began in June 2016. Four of the five monitored sectors saw business conditions
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By AFP The New York trial opened Monday under huge security for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals accused of spending a quarter of a century smuggling cocaine into the United States. The defendant accused of running the massive Sinaloa drug cartel, observed the first
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The Ugandan government has cancelled licenses of a number of labour recruitment companies for reportedly engaging in human trafficking and other illegal activities. In a statement to the public, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development says that pursuant to regulation 19 (c), (f) of the Employment (Recruitment of Ugandan
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More foreign nationals living abroad will be able to join United Kingdom’s armed forces, the government is to announce. Currently, only 200 Commonwealth citizens per year can apply without having lived in the UK for five years. But in a bid to recruit more servicemen and women to the Army,
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The Shs50bn Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) hangs in balance after a section of MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) called for its disbandment, saying that it is operating illegally. PAC in its report on the audit findings dated June 2015 highlighted that the PIBID project has
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Avocado on toast, in a salad or a smoothie? There are many ways to eat the green fruit which is popular with hipsters across the world - a craze that Kenya is cashing in on. At Le Grenier à Pain restaurant in the leafy suburb of Riverside in Nairobi, upwardly
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Members of Parliament sitting on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have called for a forensic audit into the payment of court awards in order to reduce public hemorrhage of resources. This is after officials from Ministries of Finance and Justice were accused of conniving to swindle Government funds. According to
Read MoreHARARE, Zimbabwe, 5 November 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA) /- Greenlight Planet, the global leader in solar home energy products is pleased to announce that its partner, Zonful Energy a leading pay as you go (PAYG) company in Zimbabwe set an impressive record of distributing 10,000 Sun King™ solar home systems in
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Barclays Uganda has partnered with the Netherlands Embassy, Kampala to organise a trade mission for 31 of the Bank’s Small and Medium Entrepreneurs to the Netherlands. The trade mission scheduled to take place from 4 – 13, November 2018, is part of the Barclays Uganda annual programme for its Business
Read MoreThe partnership makes DHL Global Forwarding the first national partner in Kenya for My Dream Now, which works primarily with children from lower-income backgrounds to equip them with new skills and inspiration for future jobs NAIROBI, Kenya, 5 November 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/ DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international
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