6th October 2021 Kampala: Airtel Uganda The Smartphone Network with the widest 4G coverage in Uganda, has today announced the launch of 13 new Airtel Shops in select areas across the country. The new shop opening is in celebration of the week-long customer service week, which is running from 4th – 8th October 2021. The […]
Abidjan, 5 October 2021 – African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has said that a concerted effort to change the narrative on Africa in the United States is necessary to attract increased investments into the continent. He said the need for advocacy in the United States made having an African Development Bank office in […]
In a bid to support the green agenda, Umeme in partnership with Gulu City have launched a tree-planting drive aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and effects of climate change. As part of its U-Green efforts, Umeme Ltd has partnered with Gulu City administration to plant 200 Tabebuia chrysotricha (pink trumpet) trees along Ring Road as […]
30 September 2021: MultiChoice Group today published its Social Impact Report which details how Africa’s leading entertainment company continues to make a meaningful difference in the communities in which it operates. The group operates in 50 countries across Africa. The report covers initiatives implemented that had a significant impact on indivduals, businesses, non-profit organisations and […]
Abidjan, 23 September 2021 – Six weeks ahead of this year’s global climate summit (COP26), African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina on Thursday spoke out on the urgent need to finance climate adaptation. He called on the developed world to deliver on its promise of $100 billion per year for climate change. The African […]
Kampala, Uganda: September 8, 2021: Stanbic Bank, Total Uganda and Roofings have today announced a tripartite partnership to support over 250 secondary schools to plant at least150, 000 fruit trees in a bid to redevelop Uganda’s receding forest cover. Under the tripartite, at least 250 secondary schools will collectively plant 110, 000 fruit trees in […]
Chapterz, a new drama series has premiered on Pearl Magic Prime. According to the show’s producer Rhonnie Nkalubo Abraham, Chapterz is an adaptation of “Ekiryaatabaala”, a local play by Bakayimbira Dramactors. The drama series seeks to unravel family secrets of society’s upper echelon. The inspiration of this story dates back from 2001 when a play called […]
The Somaliland Ministry of Environment and Rural Development in coordination with the Cheetah Conservation Fund has succeeded in curbing the poaching of cheetahs in the country over the last year. A joint report by the Environment and Rural Development ministry and the CCF indicates that over the last ten months, there have been no reported […]
London, 24th August 2021: Airtel Africa Group CEO-designate, Segun Ogunsanya, has been named the African Business Leader of the Year in the 2021 African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA). The awards are organized by African Leadership Magazine, a flagship of Pan-African, a leadership-focused publication. Ogunsanya topped the category ahead of runner-up, Standard Bank Group CEO, Simphiwe […]
Taiwan celebrated the first anniversary of its diplomatic cooperation with Somaliland with a promise to help in the economic empowerment of the people of the Horn of Africa nation. Taiwan opened its embassy in Somaliland capital Hargeisa in August last year and marked the first anniversary by awarding scholarships to students to study Taipei. Taiwan […]
Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The magnitude of the United States’ failure in Afghanistan is breathtaking. It is not a failure of Democrats or Republicans, but an abiding failure of American political culture reflected in US policymakers’ lack of interest in understanding different societies. And it is all too typical. Almost every modern US […]
Odindo Ayeko, In yet another clear indication that the United States is warming up to Somaliland with interest in the port city of Berbera, a US Air Force plane over the weekend landed in the port city of the Horn of Africa nation for an undisclosed mission. Reports emanating from Somaliland indicate the United States […]
Residents in Narok County in Kenya are set to benefit from a newly installed sanitation system in the county. The county government in conjunction with a local company Megapipes has installed a new sanitary sewer network and treatment plant to serve the community. The new network has employed the use of weholite technology which according […]