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Belgium Government Returns Remains of Patrice Lumumba to Family

By Our Reporter June 21, 2022 10 0

The tooth of assassinated Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first democratically elected leader, is scheduled to be handed over to his family on Monday. The Belgium government will hand over the tooth to Lumumba’s family in an official ceremony in Brussels. Lumumba elected as Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister in 1960 and was hugely popular with […]Continue Reading

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Minister Amongi Rallies World to Recover Jobs Lost During COVID-19

By Our Reporter June 10, 2022 59 0

The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom has called for stronger efforts at domestic and global level to help recover back jobs that were lost at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. While addressing the ongoing 110th Session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in […]Continue Reading

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Next Media Set to Launch Dedicated Sports Broadcasting Channel

By Our Reporter June 8, 2022 57 0

Ugandan multimedia conglomerate Next Media is set to launch their new dedicated sports broadcasting channel, NBS Sport, which has been innovated to offer viewers premium Ugandan sports content, premised on the group’s unique live-action and coverage DNA, but also including talk, magazine and highlights shows. The TV channel, available in HD and SD on DStv, […]Continue Reading

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President Museveni’s Full State of The Nation Address

By Our Reporter June 7, 2022 71 0

7th June, 2022 – Kololo Independence Grounds: Your Excellency the Vice President, Right Honourable Speaker, His Lordship the Chief Justice Rt. Hon. Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Secretary-General of the NRM, Hon. Members of Parliament, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies, and Gentlemen. In fulfillment of the Constitutional requirement under Continue Reading

Entebbe Expressway: Over Shs 13bn Collected in Toll Fees in 4 Months

By Our Reporter June 6, 2022 28 0

URN Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) collected a total of Shs 13 billion from tolling the Kampala-Entebbe expressway in the last four and a half months, the contractor Egis has revealed. Joy Nabasa, the public relations manager of French firm Egis which maintains the road and collects the toll on behalf of UNRA, says that […]Continue Reading

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Over 50 Worshippers Killed in Catholic Church Attack in Nigeria

By Our Reporter June 6, 2022 36 0

VOA At least 50 worshippers were killed in an attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria on Sunday. The attackers targeted St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday, with gunmen opening fire and detonating explosives. Children were among the dead. The Vatican said that Pope Francis […]Continue Reading

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Practical solutions mooted on ending violence against women and girls in Africa

By Our Reporter June 21, 2021 799 0

Addressing harmful social norms, behavioural change interventions, continuous data and evidence generation, innovative partnerships, knowledge management and advocacy, as well as, multi-stakeholder and multisectoral approaches have been identified as some of the practical interventions to end all forms of violence against women and girls. At the Annual Continental Continue Reading

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Africa’s Best Brands unaffected by pandemic as MTN tops in Africa

By Our Reporter May 26, 2021 506 0

African Business has released its June cover story featuring its exclusive ranking of Africa’s Best Brands. This year’s ranking was released during a virtual event from Uganda organised by Brand Africa, founders of the Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands. A full schedule of events is taking place during Africa Day to release not Continue Reading

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Invest Africa and Absa Group announce strategic collaboration to support business in Africa

By Our Reporter May 19, 2021 453 0

Invest Africa the leading business and investment platform for African markets, and Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups, days ago announced a strategic collaboration, aimed at supporting the development of business and investment on the continent, and the growth of Absa Group as a leading African retail, corporate and investment bank. Continue Reading

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Youth are Africa’s best asset; invest in them – AfDB boss urges investment banks

By Our Reporter May 18, 2021 701 0

Africa’s underinvested youth are in need of urgent attention and youth entrepreneurship investment banks must become the focus of global support, the African Development Bank head Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina said Monday in a discussion on scaling up financing for the continent’s youth. Adesina was speaking at a virtual roundtable at which he presented a novel […]Continue Reading

Belgium Government Returns Remains of Patrice Lumumba to Family

Minister Amongi Rallies World to Recover Jobs Lost During COVID-19

Next Media Set to Launch Dedicated Sports Broadcasting Channel

President Museveni’s Full State of The Nation Address

Entebbe Expressway: Over Shs 13bn Collected in Toll Fees in 4 Months

Over 50 Worshippers Killed in Catholic Church Attack in Nigeria

Practical solutions mooted on ending violence against women and girls in Africa

Africa’s Best Brands unaffected by pandemic as MTN tops in Africa

Invest Africa and Absa Group announce strategic collaboration to support business in Africa

Youth are Africa’s best asset; invest in them – AfDB boss urges investment banks

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