BusinessFocus Reporter

 National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga now says, like President Uhuru Kenyatta, he will also be sworn in as "the people’s president", reports the Daily Nation. He made the declaration on Tuesday moments before police used teargas to stop him and his supporters from marching to Jacaranda grounds in

The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has launched the Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG) to provide insights and innovative solutions for job creation for Africa’s youth, as outlined in the Bank’sJobs for Youth in Africa Strategy (JfYA). The Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative aims at

The Uganda Government has called for increased cooperation at the international level that will help developing countries build none prohibited chemical capacity and industry as one of the avenues of catapulting economic development. Delivering a keynote address at the ongoing twenty second session of the conference of the States Parties

Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya at a ceremony in the capital, Nairobi, boycotted by the opposition. The ceremony took place in a packed stadium with police driving back other Kenyatta supporters trying to get in without seats. Riot police were also

Five directors and three editors of the Pepper Publications Limited were on Monday afternoon charged and remanded to Luzira Prison until the 5th of December. The Five Red Pepper directors are; Arinaitwe Otim Rugyendo, Mujuni James, Johnson Byara Musinguzi, Patrick Mugumya, Richard Tusiime and the three  editors include; Ben Byarabaha, Richard Kintu and Tumusiime Francis. They were charged

Uganda’s political climate, characterised by growing discontent over President Yoweri Museveni’s apparent desire to change the Constitution and remain in power, risks plunging the country into a leadership crisis. The observation was contained in a 34-page report released on Tuesday by Belgium-based NGO International Crisis Group (ICG), titled “Uganda’s Slow

Robert Mugabe will continue to have a role to play in Zimbabwean politics, the Jesuit priest who helped negotiate his resignation has told the BBC. Father Fidelis Mukonori said he would provide "advice" as an elder statesman, including to the new president. Mr Mugabe, 93, resigned on Tuesday after a