Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos (pictured), has been accused of embezzlement and money laundering by prosecutors in Angola. Attorney General Helder Pitta Gros said the allegations related to her time as chairwoman of state oil firm Sonangol. He called on Ms Dos Santos to return to Angola and face
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Policy uncertainty has risen to become the top threat for businesses in Africa, according to chief executives interviewed for a new survey by advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The CEOs are also concerned about availability of key skills among their staff as well as overregulation by government agencies. “Policy uncertainty, a
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A team from Uganda led by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Pius Wakabi Kasajja Wednesday had fruitful discussions with Alvan Blanch in the United Kingdom as part of the UK-Africa Business Summit. Alvan Blanch is a global company which is working with
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The Ministry for Presidency is seeking for Shs7bn to organise the swearing in ceremony for the President elect after the2021 general elections. If all goes well, the Ministry says the swearing in ceremony of the President elect will take place in May 2021. The revelation was made by Esther Mbayo
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There’s a risk of proxy wars in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned. Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda are suspected of supporting different insurgent groups. Intensifying hostility among neighbouring countries threatens a return to the kind of regional war that previously tore
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The public will now be able to take part in the law making process through a mobile application. The mobile app called Bungeni was launched by the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga after the Inter-faith prayer service on Tuesday, 21 January 2020. The Inter-faith prayer service is part of the activities of
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Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) officials of, who are also members of Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) are seeking Shs47bn as facilitation to local government leaders to supervise farmers under the programm. The request was made at a meeting held between OWC officials and MPs who had gathered to scrutunise the
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In a bid to minimize expenditure on imported medicine, increase employment and improve access to quality herbal medicine, traditional health practitioners dealing in complementary medicine from herbs have called on Government through Ministry of Health and other stakeholder to consider partnering with them through the new bill currently in parliament.
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Zimbabwe's junior doctors have agreed to return to work, ending a strike that has lasted for over four months, after they accepted an offer from a Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire. The strike was one of the longest in the country's history and brought the public healthcare system to its knees. UK-based
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has told BBC that a diet of cassava, Irish potatoes and indigenous vegetables helped him shed 30kg (4 stone). "I am always fit but the doctors pointed out the mistakes and then I decided to shed off," Mr Museveni said. The 75-year-old leader said he had
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