The headline seasonally adjusted PMI signaled a further improvement in business conditions in the Ugandan private sector in the month of September. The latest reading was 54.2, up from 52.1 in August and above the 50.0 no-change mark for the twentieth successive month. The PMI was above the average since
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The crisis is over: now dig some mines and grow some coffee. That’s the message from Burundi’s government as it seeks to draw a line under three years of deadly political upheaval, touting plans for a mining- and agriculture-led economic resurgence and a vote for a successor to President Pierre
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Disclaimer: Parts of this story may not be 100% accurate as it is recollected from childhood memories of stories from 3rd party sources. I pray that some readers find it worthy of a corroboration or refute especially people whose names will be mentioned herein. Setting: Rural Rukanga village, Nkongoro Subcounty,
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StarTimes games on TV Vipers SC vs Ndejje, Live on Sanyuka TV @4pm URA vs Paidha Black Angels, Namboole KCCA vs Tooro United, Lugogo Onduparaka vs Nyamityobora, Arua Kirinya vs SC Villa, Jinja SS Bright Stars vs Maroons, Mwererwe Action of the StarTimes Uganda Premier League is set for kick
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Opportunities for investment in Africa outweigh the obstacles, according to a report by leading African companies covered in the African Development Bank’s new Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report, the first ever report on inter-African trade published by the Bank. The report unearths the realities African companies face when investing in the
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Emirates this week discussed a long-rumored merger with Etihad Airlines. If it occurs, the ‘merger’ (really a takeover) will create one of the largest airlines in the world, with Emirates adding Etihad’s 18.6 million passengers to the 59 million carried by Emirates last year. The combined airlines will boast an
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Every day, the African tech sector uses some of the most basic mobile technologies in the world to create new disruption. A rising generation of technologists, coders and entrepreneurs are stepping up to solve some of our continent's most pressing problems. Entirely new industries around payment solutions, crowdsourcing and
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The Government of Uganda has delayed the implementation of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) by two and a half years due to blame games. During a meeting held between MPs on Public Accounts Committee (PAC), officials from the Ministry of Works and SGR, who had been summoned to respond to
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The China Africa Research Initiative data has released a list of the most indebted African countries to China in the period between 2000 to 2017. Uganda’s largest trading partner in East Africa, Kenya rank third. Though the borrowing decreased significantly in 2017 compared to the years 2014 to 2016, Kenya’s
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By Rosa Malango “We the people of the United Nations determined to save the succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetime time has brought untold sorrow to mankind …. and to these ends to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good
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