South Sudan: Employing South Sudanese Empowers Them Economically
Companies whose owners are foreigners should know that their mission in South Sudan is not only to enrich themselves but to empower South Sudanese citizens so that they are economically sound. The...
View ArticleUganda: The Genesis of the Power Crisis
In 1999, then energy minister Richard Kaijuka came to Parliament to get an amendment to the Electricity Bill passed that would allow his office the right to license independent power producers for six...
View ArticleKenya: Cost of Sending Letters By Post to Rise By 20 Percent Over Inflation
You will have to pay more for posting your letters and sending parcels through the Post Office. The current inflationary pressures have pushed the Postal Corporation of Kenya to increase its postage...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Telecommunication Ministry to Introduce Airspace Orbit
The Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Service Madut Biar Yel said his ministry has proposed to introduced airspace audit to control the country airspace and civil aviation service. He said this...
View ArticleEast Africa: Air Tanzania in U.S. $500 Million New Aircraft Plan to Stabilise...
Tanzania is seeking $500 million to purchase new medium and long range aircraft to stabilise the operations of the ailing national carrier and increase its flights to domestic and international...
View ArticleUganda: Reliable, Affordable Energy the Engine for Industrial Growth-Africa...
Uganda is endowed with natural resources and a climate favourable for economic development. This offers great optimism to the country in terms of industry and investment that can spur economic growth.
View ArticleRwanda: Govt Promises to Boost SMEs
Rwanda government will sooner than later begin a campaign in a bid to help Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) get access to finance.
View ArticleTanzania: BancABC Bank Launches New Savings Scheme
THE stress levels of thousands of people are bound to go down in the coming months thanks to BancABC's "WekaWeka Upate" campaign that will provide school fees and rent payers a lucrative savings scheme.
View ArticleKenya: Market Your Services Without Giving Away Vital Business Ideas
Marketing professional advisory services is a challenge.
View ArticleKenya: Options for Borrowers When Interest Rates Keep Increasing
Banks are revising base lending rates upwards. Mine did.
View ArticleUganda: Termination of Contracts Is Country's Best Business
About two weeks ago, His Excellency President Museveni made a pronouncement that should have shaken the Kampala Sheraton Hotel in its foundation. He was speaking at the launching of Uganda Competitive...
View ArticleEast Africa: Blueline Award Threatens Existence of EADB
East Africa Community leaders are facing a fresh dilemma over the future of a key regional financial institution slapped with a $137 million bill by a Dar es Salaam court.
View ArticleTanzania: VETA Plans Vocational Bias Colleges
PRINTING is one of the oldest human technological discoveries that have transformed from among others; analogical progression to digital and the present time 3D printing technology, the transformation...
View ArticleTanzania: Tax Expert Advises Tanzania to Increase Tax Collections
TANZANIA has been branded as the champion of soliciting aids instead of putting same efforts into increasing revenue collections, a tax consultant has said.
View ArticleUganda: Nebbi Power Firm Buys Junk Generators
The generator that the West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO) imported to alleviate two months of power blackout was junk and broke down after just five minutes.
View ArticleAngola: Mirex Holds Workshop On Application of Global Information Integrated...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mirex) is holding on 21-23 November 2011 in Lisbon a workshop on the Application of the Global Information Integrated System linked to the ministry.
View ArticleTanzania: ORCA Plans to Double Production
ORCA Exploration Group has announced a massive investment in drilling a new well at Songo Songo Island, in a bid to double production by the end of this year to meet gas-to-electricity demand.
View ArticleEast Africa: Research in Africa's Equity Grows
Nova Capital Equity Research has joined the growing list of initiatives being lined up to conduct research in the industry on the continent. Besides proprietary market intelligence on Africa, the firm,...
View ArticleMMD Leadership Feud Deepens As Youth Take On Katele's Wife
THE MMD Die Hard youth wing has challenged former MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba's wife, Lumba, to disclose her preferred party president instead of peddling derogative media statements to...
View ArticleBasic education - Officials examine national corruption strategy
A two-day workshop on understanding and disseminating the document took place in Yaounde last week.
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