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AfDB supports Biashara Africa 2024 Business Forum
KIGALI, October 16, 2024 — The African Development Bank has lent support to the Biashara Africa 2024 Business Forum or AfCFTA Business Forum, held recently in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting, organised by…
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SGR construction: Uganda signs EPC/Turnkey contract with Turkish Firm Yapi Merkezi
KAMPALA, October 14, 2024 – The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Works and Transport [MoWT], has today signed an EPC/Turnkey contract with Yapi Merkezi for the construction of a 273-kilometer…
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Agriculture
Uganda’s sugar exports to Kenya drop as Rwanda leads in EAC
KAMPALA, October 7, 2024 — Uganda’s sugar exports to Kenya have decreased by 16.2 percent to just 18 metric tonnes in the last nine months to September 2024. Authorities attribute this drop…
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Uganda celebrates World Gorilla Day, residents urged to protect our closest relatives
KANUNGU, September 25, 2024 – Uganda joined the global community yesterday to commemorate World Gorilla Day, honouring gorillas, our closest relatives after chimpanzees. This annual event, according to conservationists, raises awareness for gorilla…
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Dangote calls on African business leaders to drive continent’s transformation
JOHANNESBURG, September 12, 2024 — The President and Chief Executive of the Pan-African conglomerate, Dangote Group (www.Dangote.com), Aliko Dangote, has called on African business leaders to take the lead in transforming the…
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EAC One Network Area expands with entry of Burundi
KAMPALA, August 5, 2024 – East African Community [EAC] One Network Area [ONA] has expanded with the entry of the Republic of Burundi effective August 1, 2024. In a communiqué to the…
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WASH project improves the lives of border communities in EAC region
ARUSHA, August 4, 2024 – The East African Community [ EAC ] together with International Organisation for Migration [IOM] and the German Agency for International Cooperation [GIZ], have announced the successful conclusion…
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EAC calls for heightened public awareness to combat spread of Monkeypox
ARUSHA, July 30, 2024 – The East African Community [EAC] Secretariat has called on the bloc’s Partner States to sensitise their citizens on how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of…
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East Africa
Conflicts: Women Coffee farmers in DR Congo’s Ituri Province wrestle with an uncertain future
ITURI, July 23, 2024 – Kavira Matsetse, a widow and mother of eight, inherited her coffee plantation in Biakato, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province, nearly a decade ago. The…
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Development
MOU signed to support evidence-based agri-food system transformation in COMESA region
KIGALI, July 20, 2024 – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [ COMESA ] and AKADEMIYA2063 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] to support evidence-based policy and program design,…
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