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Akii Bua Stadium will be ready to host AFCON 2027 – Nabbanja
GULU, May 4, 2024 - The government will commission the construction of the new Akii Bua National Stadium in Lira City in the next two weeks as the country prepares to host…
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Museveni calls for production of more FMD vaccines
GOMBA, May 27, 2024 - President Yoweri Museveni has called for a collaboration between Uganda, and Egypt aimed at producing more Foot and Mouth Disease [ FMD ] vaccines to treat the…
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Thermal power dominates in COMESA region at 76 percent
CAIRO, May 20, 2024 - Thermal power dominates power generation in the COMESA region, accounting for more than 76 percent with hydro energy at 24 percent. This is out of the total…
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COMESA region moving closer to harmonised energy regulatory regime
CAIRO, May 15, 2024 - Energy experts recently met in Cairo, Egypt for a two-day consultative workshop on regional harmonisation of regulatory frameworks and tools for improved electricity regulation in the COMESA…
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PAPSS hosts its inaugural Bank Chief Executive Officers Consultative Forum
CAIRO, May 13, 2024 - Promoters of the Pan-African Payment & Settlement System [ PAPSS ], namely African Export-Import Bank [Afreximbank], African Union Commission [AUC] and African Continental Free Trade Area [AfCFTA]…
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Africa Road Builders: Two African Heads of State receive 2024 Babacar Ndiaye Prize
ABIDJAN, April 30, 2024 - The “Africa Road Builders” Selection Committee recently met in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where it awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Prize 2024 to the Presidents of Equatorial Guinea…
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Africa’s wind power holds potential to light up the continent, says IFC report
KAMPALA, March 26, 2024 - Africa has enough wind resources to power its entire electricity demand 250 times over, according to a commissioned study by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. The…
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Opinions & Commentary
The history of NAM and how Uganda was admitted to the global political grouping
KAMPALA, January 13, 2024 - The Non-Aligned Movement [ NAM ] which Uganda will be hosting next week has its origins from what has been referred to as the first large-scale Asian–African…
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North Africa 2023: Over US$ 2bln released from AfDB for inclusive sustainable growth
CAIRO, January 11, 2024 - In 2023, the African Development Bank [AfDB] provided more than US$ 2 billion to countries in North Africa to finance a series of key operations in a…
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COMESA decries longstanding NTBs across borders
LUSAKA, December 1, 2023 - Longstanding Non-Tariff Barriers [ NTBs ] constitute 63,6 percent of total outstanding NTBs in the COMESA region, with some of these remaining unresolved for an average period…
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