Africa must develop a comprehensive approach to protect its businesses and personal data in light of increasing cybercrimes worldwide. In a joint workshop between NEPAD and Pan African Parliament committees on the African Union Commission Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection, legislators were urged to interest their nation states
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has given a blanket amnesty to rebels, including his rival Riek Machar, state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) reports. The announcement comes days after the government and rebel groups signed a power-sharing deal in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, aimed at ending a nearly five-year civil war that
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There was free drama in Parliament on Wednesday when MPs on the Finance Committee threw out a group of Civil Society activists from Tax Justice Alliance Uganda after they criticized the size of the current Parliament, saying it is bloated and affecting public expenditure. The activists had come to give
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The new Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Betty Aol Ocan, who is also the Gulu Woman MP officially took over from her predecessor, Winfred Kiiza on Wednesday afternoon when Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah confirmed her appointment. This follows massive changes in Opposition’s Parliament leadership announced by FDC Party President, Patrick
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila will not stand in December’s presidential election, a spokesman said on Wednesday, announcing that former interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary would be the ruling coalition’s candidate. The announcement by spokesman Lambert Mende at a news conference puts an end to years of speculation
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Private sector players under their umbrella body, Private Sector Foundation- Uganda (PSFU) have asked government to completely scrap off tax on Mobile Money (MM) withdrawals and cut on luxurious expenditures that result into ridiculous tax proposals. Appearing before the Finance Committee of Parliament on Tuesday to submit their views on
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The government will inject 100 billion Shillings into the market to enable individual traders, cooperatives and the Grain Council of Uganda to purchase excess maize that has flooded the market. The money will be availed by Bank of Uganda from Agriculture Credit Facility and Commercial Banks and let to traders,
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MTN Group today released the interim results for the first half of 2018. The results point to improved revenues – up by 10.2% - for the MTN Group, with Uganda being a major contributor to that growth. According to the results, MTN Uganda’s revenue expanded by 8.8% to Ugx734.4bn on
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Leading global Airline, Qatar Airways, on Tuesday provided students at Kauthara Islamic School in Wakiso district in Uganda on the outskirts of the capital, Kampala with desks for their classrooms, supporting the learning of approximately 400 students. The colorful event endorsed by Uganda's State Minister for Primary Education, Hon. Rosemary N, Seninde
Read More-Mining commencement and preparing shipment to China- LAGOS, Nigeria, 8 August 2018,-African Media Agency (AMA)/- Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), the leading infrastructure development finance institution in Africa, is pleased to announce the on-time completion of the Bel Air Mine in Guinea and loading of its first
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