Boris Johnson today dramatically announced he is suffering from coronavirus – but insisted he is still determined to lead the UK battle against the crisis. The Prime Minister said he had tested positive for the disease, after developing a cough and being advised by Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty to get checked. The 55-year-old insisted […]
The expansion of the Berbera Port of Somaliland is set to go a notch higher with the expected arrival of eight rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. This after the Liebherr Container Cranes signed a contract to supply the cranes for DP World’s terminal in Berbera. The high performance, variable speed diesel RTGs are due to be […]
Somaliland government has placed a raft of measures in its precautions to curb the Coronavirus. The Horn of Africa nation is yet to report any case of the pandemic that has hit the world but the government is taking no chances. Somaliland President Muse Bihi chaired a cabinet meeting which made far-reaching decisions chief among […]
Uganda has registered four more new cases of COVID 19 to bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 18. This was this morning revealed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in an earlier message the head of state sent to Countrymen, Countrywomen and the Bazukulu. In full, the President wrote, “I thank […]
Pandemics like COVID-19, alarming and destructive as they are, can serve a useful purpose if they remind everyone of the critical importance of public health. When a contagious disease strikes, even a society’s most protected elites must worry about the health of neglected populations. Those who have advocated privatization and cost-cutting measures that deny health […]
The Burundi National Bureau of Standards (BBN) has received equipment worth €150,000 to support its operations and improve regional market access for Burundi products. The equipment includes a laboratory for building materials, metrology, electrical and plastic, chemistry, microbiology and field vehicles. Under the same package, staff that will use the equipment will also under ongoing […]
Uganda’s Minister for Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has said that the persistence of the Coronavirus pandemic may limit input sourcing from China and final consumables from traders but creates an opportunity for Uganda’s industries to add value and do final processing of some of their products. Kyambadde, who was speaking this morning at […]
The severity of the impact of coronavirus on China’s growth prospects will hold major implications for Africa given the continent’s close ties to the Asian giant. The broader impact will also be exacerbated if efforts to contain the outbreak prove inadequate, thus extending both the reach and duration of the shock. This is according to […]
Ethiopia stands to lose close to USD 1 Billion should the country move ahead and halt its new development and partnership with Somaliland over the Port of Berbera. There have been unconfirmed reports in the Ethiopian and Somaliland media that the Horn of Africa nation is considering developing a port in Sudan that will be […]
Somaliland has expressed her desire to join the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yassin Hagi is on a working visit to Kampala where he met his Uganda counterpart Sam Kutesa and Rebecca Kadaga Speaker of the Ugandan parliament. Kadaga said Uganda will make a follow up on Somaliland’s request to be accommodated […]
A new GSMA study shows that despite progress, the gender gap in mobile internet usage remains substantial, with over 300 million fewer women than men accessing the internet from a mobile device in low- and middle-income countries. Affordability remains the critical barrier to mobile ownership, while lower awareness, as well as a lack of literacy […]
The total installed power generation capacity in the COMESA region is 92,00 megawatts (MW) with Thermal power dominating at more than 69% and Hydro (large and small) accounting for 30%. This was disclosed during the 9th Annual General Meeting of the COMESA Regional Association of Energy Regulators for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAERESA) that began […]
As COVID-19 reaches more than 60 countries, the World Bank Group is making available an initial package of up to $12 billion in immediate support to assist countries coping with the health and economic impacts of the global outbreak. This financing is designed to help member countries take effective action to respond to and, where […]