Kenya’s Harambee Stars have sealed a place in next year's Africa Cup of Nations. Reports from Accra, Ghana where the Confederation of African Football (Caf) was having an Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting on Friday indicate that Sierra Leone have been suspended from the 2019 Afcon qualifiers. Update on the qualifying
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Ugandan economy rebounded strongly to 6.1% in FY17/18, up from 3.9% the previous year, and the country’s positive growth is expected to continue, according to the latest edition of the Uganda Economic Update released by the World Bank on November 20, 2018. The report, “Developing the agri-food system for inclusive
Read MoreFarming Up: Uganda’s Agriculture & Food System Can Create Jobs
Agriculture can provide jobs to Uganda’s unemployed youth if well harnessed, according to the twelfth Uganda Economic Update published on November 20, 2018 by the World Bank. The report, “Developing Uganda’s Agri-Food System for Inclusive Economic Growth,” notes that the sector’s economic contribution extends well beyond the production sector into
Read MoreRwanda’s Bank Of Kigali Shares Start Trading On Nairobi Bourse
Shares of Rwanda’s largest lender by assets, Bank of Kigali (BK) Group Plc, started trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on Friday, the Daily Nation reports. It becomes the second company to cross-list on the Nairobi bourse after Uganda’s Umeme in December 2012. The BK Group’s shares, whose primary
Read MoreIt's official! Cameroon has been stripped of the rights to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). "Today, the @CAF_Online Executive Committee met in Accra, Ghana and has decided that @FecafootOfficie could not host the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations," read a tweet from the official Confederation of
Read MoreFormer US President George HW Bush has died at the age of 94, his son George W Bush has announced. George Bush Sr, as he was known, passed away at 22:10 local time on Friday (04:10 GMT Saturday), a family spokesperson said. He was president between 1989 and 1993 after
Read MoreUganda’s Central Bank is yet to formally revoke licenses of seven defunct banks that were controversially closed 20 years since the first bank was closed in closed in 1993. Appearing before the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) on Friday, Margaret Kagwa, Legal Counsel, Bank of Uganda
Read MoreMore than 10,000 people have expressed interest to join, the New Formation of Mugisha Muntu, the former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party President, URN reports. Alice Alaso, the former Serere District Woman MP, says that popularizing the new formation is on-going before it is finally launched by December 25th.
Read MoreGovernment is set to introduce a new policy on the use of clean energy. The revelation was made on Wednesday by James Baanabe, the Director Energy Resources Department Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development during the inaugural clean cooking innovation summit held at Mackinnon Suites. “As Stakeholders, it is very
Read MoreResidents of Buzindere Village Mutima beach where MV Templar capsized blame the accident on failure to perform several cultural rituals before the boat started its journey. Fred Rwigyema, a witch doctor at Buzindere landing site says that the boat capsized because most of the people in the boat were traveling
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