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Uganda Airtel Warid Merge Mobile Money Services
The mobile money landscape, one of the more profitable ventures for telecom companies in Uganda, could witness some serious competition, after Airtel and Warid merged their money transfer services to serve more than seven million subscribers. The merging of the mobile money services - one of the first steps of convergence after Airtel agreed to buy Warid - directly takes the competition to MTN ...
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Rwanda That Era Is Now a Bygone Its Rwandans Time to Reconnect
Of about a dozen-and-half books I have read and documentaries I have watched on the history of the Africa's Great Lakes Region - and Rwanda in particular, none of them, in my humble opinion, so vividly depicts the war-and-Genocide history of Rwanda better than Philip Gourevitch's "We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families". Perhaps, just ...
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Uganda How NRM Plotted to Oust Lukwago
The NRM is trying a radical approach in an attempt to resolve the long-running standoff between the lord mayor and the KCCA executive director. The NRM caucus agreed on Monday to let President Museveni step in and take direct control of Kampala Capital City Authority for at least six months. The proposal, if muscled through Parliament, carries ominous job implications, most especially for Erias ...
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Kenya Insurance Firms Prices Not Reflecting Bullish Market
The Nairobi all share rallied 1.744% to close at a fresh all time record high. The all share is +35.916% in 2013. The all share has accelerated +8.075% higher over the last four weeks. The Nairobi NSE20 improved 4.89 points to close at 4983.54 and is within 1% of its 57-month closing high reached in early April. The NSE20 IS +20.5661% this year. The rally has been led by the big cap counters ...
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Cameroon Fuel Transportation - US Investors Interested
A consortium of American investors have manifested interest in constructing a pipeline to transport petroleum products from the oil refinery in Limbe through Douala to the capital city, Yaounde counting for the first phase.The investors led by the Vice Executive President of Govind Development, PLC, Andy Bennet disclosed their intentions during an audience with the Prime Minister, Head of ...
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Uganda Tourism Sector Is Crying Out for More
At the inauguration of a new Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) in Kampala recently, the minister of Tourism, Maria Mutagamba, called on the members to find alternative ways of funding the all-important sector, given that the government's current allocation is insufficient. While the minister is right to advise the sector, which she says has a funding gap of Shs 17bn, to find alternative resources ...
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South Africa to help Nigerias auto industry a milestone in inter-African cooperation
The lack of economic diversification throughout sub-Saharan Africa may stymy South Africa’s pledges to help Nigeria industrialize. And making the automotive sector Nigeria’s flagship industrial target may not be so easy, experts ...
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Waiting for Big Brother Africa housemates
Suspense is in the air again as the 2013 edition of Big Brother Africa will be inaugurated on Sunday. As usual, it will be another season of adventure, sensation, entertainment and, possibly, tongue ...
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Shock move on Zimbabwe pension contributions
In February the government told the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to lend it $40-million because it was unable to fund the referendum. That move left the already struggling fund in deep financial difficulties. Banking sector sources said the decision to raise pension contributions was made to curb "a financial disaster" at the NSSA, which also has to raise about ...
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Angola to start bond market this year
Angola planned to start a publicly traded bond market in the third quarter as it sought to boost investment, Archer Mangueira, the president of the country’s Capital Markets Commission, said ...
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ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
ABB, a Switzerland-based power and automation technology group, plans to start production of central PV inverters in South Africa to support the rapidly growing local solar market and local content ...
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Kenya politics Musalia Mudavadi and Eugene Wamalwa should rally behind Senator Watengula.
Western province over who should claim credit for the region political kingpin is set to bury Musalia Muadavadi the son of the former King of Mululu, Moses Substone Mudamba Mudavadi who was prone to political con men and missed the boat in the March 4th General Election once again as he missed in ...
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Kenya Ongwae Objects to Revenue Cut
KISII Governor James Ongwae yesterday accused the national government of reducing the amount of money allocated to the county. He said his government was expecting to receive more than Sh6 billion but the Commission for Revenue Allocation reduced the money to Sh5.1 billion. "I am extremely displeased with the National government for reducing the money allocation for the county in this ...
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Zimbabwe Churches March for Peace
WORSHIPPERS from different churches yesterday held a peace awareness campaign in Mhondoro ahead of the country's watershed harmonised elections this year. The event, one of the biggest in a rural area, saw hundreds of worshippers marching from Watyoka Clinic to Muzavazi Primary School calling for a peaceful environment in their community. Methodist Development and Relief Agency(MeDRA) ...
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Zimbabwe Key Allies Dump MDC-T
KEY allies snubbed MDC-T's national policy conference last Friday, scuttling party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's bid to form an electoral pact with them ahead of a watershed election set for this year. The Herald is reliably informed that MDC-T sent written invitations to Professor Lovemore Madhuku's National Constitutional Assembly, Mr Munyaradzi Gwisai of the International ...
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Angola State Secretary Cautions Over Implementation of Local Power
Luena - The Secretary of State for Local Administration, Cremildo Jose Felix Paca, Thursday spoke of the need to observe the principle of caution on the implementation of the municipal elections in the country, due to different localities and economic, social, cultural and industrial realities of the country. Speaking at the closing of conference under the topic "South Africa's local ...
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Kenya IEBC Wants Political Parties Act Amended
THE Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is now considering an amendment to the Political Parties Act to change the way of calculating funding for the parties. The Act provides that political parties funding should be computed on the basis of election votes. The new proposed formula is based on the number of elected representatives that each party has. Political parties have been ...
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Kenya I Cant Lock Out Herders - Tseikuru Official
The deputy county commissioner of Tseikuru district in Kitui has said he no legal authority to stop livestock traders from pastoralist communities from trading in his area. Speaking to the Star in his office, Stephen Momanyi said there was pressure from the Mwingi North MP John Munuve to block herds from North Eastern province and neighbouring Tana River county. Momanyi said he does not have a ...
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Angola Angolan Health Minister Meets With Cuban Official
Geneva - The Angolan minister of Health, Jose Van-Dunem discussed (Thursday) in Geneva (Switzerland), with the first Cuban deputy minister of Industry, Jose Angel Miranda, cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, on the sidelines of the 66th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva (Switzerland), the Angolan official highlighted the invaluable collaboration of Cuban technicians ...
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Kenya Cabinet Technocrats in for Huge Surprise
Despite the signs of enthusiasm I see all around in support of our new cabinet of technocrats, I remain skeptical that this experiment in governance will work. To illustrate my reservations, I shall use the examples of the two eminent bankers who have been appointed to the cabinet: Mr Adan Mohamed who was previously the regional CEO at Barclays Bank and now has the industrialization docket; and ...
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Kenya Half of Embu Executive Committee Sworn-in
Only four members of Embu county executive committee were sworn in yesterday after the other nominees were rejected by the county assembly. Embu governor Martin Wambora had not replaced the rejected nominees. The members sworn in are David Njiru (Infrastructure), Patrisio Njeru (Agriculture and Natural Resources), Emily Thaara (Women and Youth Empowerment) and John Njagih (Finance). The ...
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Kenya Bondo MP Wants Residents to Invest in Real Estate
BONDO MP Gideon Ochanda has urged his constituents to take advantage of real estate opportunities brought by the increasing number of institutions of higher learning in the region. He said with the increasing number of colleges in the region, accommodation issues have now become the greatest challenge hence the need to put up as many housing facilities as possible. The legislator lamented that ...
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Meeting Examines Kenya’s Peaceful Elections
2007 contest--reflects structural reforms in Kenya's political system, a new electoral alliance between former political foes and internationally supported work to prevent the return of mass violence, according to a panel of specialists who gathered at ...
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Kenya Kenya Honours Chinua Achebe in Symposium
"The policy of frustrating great African minds involved in Africa's noblest project of deconstructing and invalidating paraded Eurocentric notions about Africa did not end with Anta Diop and Kwame Nkrumah. In its most savage application with the attendant ethno-racial contemptit was practised on Chinua Achebe" - Tribute to Chinua Achebe: The Patriarch of African Literature, ...
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Angola President Offers Goods to Traditional Authorities
Caxito - The Angolan Head of State Jose Eduardo dos Santos Thursday offered assorted goods to the traditional authorities in the northern Bengo province. The president delivered, among others, motorbikes, household appliances, clothes and sports equipment. In recognition of the move, the chieftains said the goods will help improve their activity. In Bengo, the Angolan head of State, Jose ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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