Uganda: BoU Wary Over Weak Growth in Major Economies
07/03/2016The Bank of Uganda has recently expressed fears that Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and remittances to Uganda are projected to fall this year due to a slowdown in economic growth.
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Zimbabwe Undertakes Nation Rebranding to Lure Investment
07/03/2016Tourism and Hospitality Minister, Walter Mzembi The Zimbabwe Government has said that it is working on a framework that will brand Zimbabwe as a tourist, trade and investment destination as.
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Peace and Security
U.S. Launches Peace Center in South Sudan
04/03/2016United States (US) government has recently launched a national peace center in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to promote peace among the communities in the world’s youngest war affected country.
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Ethiopia: Nationwide Immunization Coverage Reaches 77 Percent
04/03/2016Immunization coverage at national level has reached 77 per cent in Ethiopia, announced the Ministry of Health. Immunization, the most important public health interventions according to the ministry, is a.
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Gender
Kenya: Firms Commit to Increasing Women in Boardrooms
04/03/2016Listed companies on the Nairobi Securities Exchange have recently committed themselves to increasing the proportion of women in boardrooms to reduce inequality. The UN sponsored event called for an urgent.
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Governance and Policy
Zimbabwe: Gov’t to take over all diamond operations
04/03/2016Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has recently said that his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth.
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U.S. Sends Elite Disaster Experts to Respond to Ethiopia Drought
04/03/2016The United States is sending an elite team of disaster experts to respond to Ethiopia’s worst drought in 50 years, according to an official statement. Around a dozen members of.
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Nigeria’s State Oil Firm to Be Split Into 30 Companies
04/03/2016Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) is to be split into 30 independent companies within weeks, the group’s head said on Thursday, in a restructuring designed to help tackle corruption at.
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The African Union Commission Marks Black History Month
04/03/2016H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) led the commission in celebrating the Black History Month. In commemorating the annual event, H.E Mr. Mwencha called.
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Family and Fine Wines in South Africa’s Elgin Valley
04/03/2016By Deborah Stoll Cluver Wine’s managing director Paul Clüver (left) and winemaker Andries Burger If Paul Clüver didn’t go into the family business he would have, “probably done something boring.
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