With a budget of UGX648 billion the financial year 2019/20, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is constructing an additional 900 kilometres of paved roads across bringing the number of paved roads across the country to 5000km. Through a preferential contracting policy, UNRA is supporting Uganda’s local construction firms to achieve these targets by ensuring […]
Vodacom Tanzania has partnered with online money transfer service WorldRemit to enable ten million M-Pesa customers to receive money directly to their M-Pesa wallets from friends and family living abroad. The new service increases convenience for money transfer recipients in urban and rural areas of Tanzania as they can receive international money transfers directly to their […]
Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU) has promised to start offering scholarships to bright but unprivileged Ugandan students. The Initiative which will kick off in the Academic year 2020/2021 was announced by the University Chairperson Board of Directors Professor Venansius Baryamureba during the 5th UTAMU Graduation ceremony which was held at the Silver Springs Hotel Bugolobi. Baryamureba […]
As we mark International Migrants Day on December 18, it’s time to rethink how we value the informal skills and resources of many of Africa’s migrants. In particular, we need to recognize that migration can help boost long-term economic growth in Africa and the rest of the world. On one hand, African migration is less globally significant […]
The construction of the multi-million Berbera Economic Free Zone is set to start after the Somaliland government and the Dubai based DP World company signed an agreement inaugurating the project. Somaliland President Muse Bihi and the Vice President of the DP World Suhail Al Banna officially signed the agreement setting the stage for the construction […]