Christophe Bazivamo, the Deputy Secretary General of East African Community in Charge of Production and Social Sector has advised Member States to review some of their domestic laws if they are to fully implement the EAC Common Market protocol. He said over 100 laws in the six East African Community Partner States national legislation need […]
Uganda still International Criminal Court member The Speaker of Uganda Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has reaffirmed government’s commitment to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court. Uganda has had run-ins with the Hague-based Court, with President Yoweri Museveni publicly taking exception with the Court over its indictment of a sitting Heads of State. Kadaga’s […]
Uganda poised to become the largest dairy exporter in Africa. The dairy sector is slowly inching its way into Uganda’s top exports, next to coffee and tea, where a pull of exporters is largely responsible for this transformation. In the last 10 years, the value of milk and milk products exported from Uganda has increased […]
Uganda Airlines orders two A330neo Uganda Airlines, the national carrier of Uganda, has signed a memorandum of understanding for two A330-800neo, the new version of the best-selling A330 wide body airliner, featuring new wings new Rolls-Royce’s latest-generation Trent 7000 engines, new systems and a new Airspace cabin interior. The agreement was announced at Farnborough airshow […]
COMESA members urged to adopt full digital technologies All member States of COMESA have been urged to adopt full digital technologies in their quest to reduce the disparities in digitization among their citizenry and across sectors in the COMESA region. The Minister in the Office of the Vice President of Zambia, Sylvia Chalikosa, said the […]
Total deal volumes and values of Merger & Acquisition (M&A) transactions in Africa fell sharply in the first half of 2018, declining 44% in deal volume and 57% in aggregate value, compared to the first half of 2017. This is according to an analysis by Baker McKenzie of Thomson Reuters M&A data for Africa. The […]
Liquid Telecom, Telecom Egypt sign MoU for first fibre network from Cape to Cairo Liquid Telecom, and Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable Liquid Telecom to shortly complete Africa’s terrestrial fibre network stretching all the way from Cape Town, South Africa, […]
Davido lights up Afreximbank meeting in Abuja Nigeria Multiple awards winner Davido, the singer of some of today’s greatest Afrobeats hits, gave a live performance in Abuja on Thursday night to mark the 25thAnniversary of the African Export-import bank (Afreximbank). The performance, preceded by a show from Cabo Verde’s Mindelo Carnival, closed the second of […]
African Development Bank bails out Afreximbank with $500,000 grant The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has entered into an agreement under which the African Development Bank to provide it with a $500,000 grant from its African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) programme to be used in supporting emerging factoring firms in Africa. The Agreement, signed at the […]
AfCFTA to yield substantial benefits to African trade Most African economies will grow by 4.1 per cent in 2018, according to The Africa Trade Report 2018: Boosting Intra-African Trade: Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, a new report launched by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on 11 July. The report was launched […]
Afreximbank, World Trade Center sign MoU to Expand Relationships The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the World Trade Center Miami Inc (WTCM) have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will enable the two institutions benefit from each other’s knowledge, experience and capabilities in pursuing the expansion of US-Africa business relationships. “Afreximbank’s Trade Fairs […]
DHL partners with MallforAfrica to help online retailers DHL, the world’s leading international express services provider, has announced its partnership with e-commerce giant, MallforAfrica’s new platform, Marketplace Africa, to help online retailers bring African-made products to the US and global market. The site offers items from the continent’s most talented designers and artisans from a […]
South African National Space Agency wins bid to host SpaceOps 2020 The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in partnership with the Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau has won the bid to host the SpaceOps 2020 conference. The conference will bring together over 600 global Space specialists at the Cape Town International Convention […]