Tanzania
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National
Saving the Nile: Environmental activists trek 700km
GULU, October 4, 2023 – A group of environmental activists in Uganda have embarked on a 700-kilometre walk calling on the communities living along River Nile to protect it from destruction. The…
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Africa
CAF awards AFCON 2025 to Morocco and AFCON 2027 to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
CAIRO, September 28, 2023 – The Confederation of African Football [CAF] today awarded the Africa Cup of Nations (“AFCON”) 2025 to Morocco and the AFCON 2027 to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. In…
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Cooperatives & Communities
TCDC urges coops to embrace warehouse receipt system
DODOMA, September 15, 2023 – The Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission [ TCDC ] registrar and chief executive Dr. Benson Ndiege has urged secondary cooperatives to strengthen their commercial systems by using a…
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Africa
Africa coffee exports drop 1.1 percent as Uganda and Tanzania register growth
KAMPALA, September 8, 2023 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 1.1 percent to 1.37 million bags in July 2023 from 1.39mln bags in July 2022, the International…
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Western
Laying infrastructure for production of Uganda’s oil on course
HOIMA, September 7, 2023 – Laying all the infrastructure needed for the production of Uganda’s oil and gas in the Albertine Graben is progressing well, according to government officials. According to Ernest…
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Africa
TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2023: Lots to play for in final round of qualifiers
KAMPALA – At the end of this qualifying round to be played this week, all the 24 nations to qualify for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023 finals in Côte d’Ivoire…
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East Africa
Port of Bujumbura to be modernised
BUJUMBURA – Renovation work on the Port of Bujumbura – part of a vast project to develop the regional corridor to Lake Tanganyika got underway days ago at a launch ceremony attended…
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East Africa
NTBs and national protection impeding intra-EAC trade, says official
ARUSHA – Non-tariff Barriers [ NTBs ] and protectionism at the national level have been identified as the key factors impeding the growth of intra-EAC trade. The East African Community [EAC] Secretary…
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Western
Farmers tipped on agroecology to mitigate climatic change disruptions
MBARARA – The Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum [ESSAF Uganda] has appealed to small-scale Farmers in the country to embrace agroecology in a bid to contain some of the…
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East Africa
Mid-term growth for East Africa region projected highest on the continent for 2023-2024
KAMPALA – East Africa will register the highest regional economic performance on the continent in 2023 and 2024, with growth figures at over 5 percent, according to the newly published African Development…
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