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 […]
Energy regulatory authorities in countries that are members of the COMESA Regional Association of Energy Regulators for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAERESA) will be going through peer review to ensure their operations are benchmarked against regional best practices. The first peer review is being conducted this week, from 4 – 6 March 2010 on the […]
The trend of growth in Uganda’s economy has not been fast enough to create enough jobs with higher earnings for one of the world’s fastest-growing workforces. The World Bank reports that agriculture has remained an earnest tool for most youth in the country. Youth unemployment is growing: Each year, 400,000 youth enter the labour market […]
Uganda and Kenya have been urged to open up and expose the countryside as a viable alternative for the next generation to thrive and grow. The call was made by experts who did research and findings of the countryside for the two countries as alternatives and, measures that can be used to prevent overcrowding in […]
A leading bank in Djibouti has written to the Central Bank of Kenya raising concerns of what it fears to be a scheme to defraud Kenyans using its name and logo. The East Africa Bank based in the Djibouti says that a bank with a similar name and logo has been illegally operating in Nairobi […]
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) in partnership with Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) hosted a roundtable discussion with Kenyan and U.S. business leaders and government officials to explore how the private sector can support this bilateral effort and take full advantage of investment and trade opportunities that will arise from a Kenya-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. […]
The Government of Tanzania Ministry of Finance has signed a facility agreement with Standard Chartered (SC.com) Tanzania for a US$ 1.46 billion term loan financing to fund the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project from Dar es Salaam to Makutupora. Running approximately 550 kilometres long, the SGR project is one of the country’s […]
The COMESA Business Council (CBC), Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI) and the AeTrade Group are joining forces to advance the interests and concerns of business, cooperating on matters related to technical skills development, digital business facilitation, trade partnerships and private sector development. This was symbolically done through the signing of the Memorandum of […]
Kenya is host the East African Coffee Business Forum which is scheduled to commence on 11 to 14 February 2020 at the Coast Town of Mombasa. The forum will bring together stakeholders from the Coffee value chain to discuss issues affecting the sector in the East African Countries. According to the statement from the East […]
Uganda will join the rest of the world to celebrate United Nations’ World Wildlife Day on 3rd March 2020 at Ssaza Grounds in Kisoro Municipality, Kisoro District in the Kigezi region. It will be highlighted by the recognition awards for people who have contributed significantly to wildlife conservation in Uganda. On 20th December 2013, the […]
Russia is stepping up plans to set up a military base in the Somaliland Port of Berbera according to reports from the United States Defense Department officials. This comes amid reports that Russia has also held talks with Eritrea with an interest to build a naval logistics centre. Should this materialize, Russia will join China […]
Nairobi is one of the two counties in Kenya that are set to benefit from a Kshs 6.8 billion project aimed at reducing the newborn mortality rate. Alongside Nairobi, Nyeri county will also benefit from the project. The project is being piloted at the Mama Lucy and Nyeri County Referral hospitals. The two facilities will […]
In recognition of the first-ever World NTD Day, the END Fund is bringing together private and public sector stakeholders to imagine a world free from diseases caused by parasitic worms that have held back human progress for millennia. Today, the END Fund announces its Audacious project – the Deworming Innovation Fund – in four strategic […]