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Diesel shortage looms ahead of the festive season due to a standoff over offloading at Mombasa port.
The move by a section of daladala operators to go on a strike, leading to a disruption of normal activities in parts of the city yesterday, is a clear indication that there are serious problems with the city transport system, which the Government cannot simply sweep under the carpet.
PRAJ Industries Limited, an Indian company that supplies bio-diesel and bio-ethanol technologies, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ardent Energy Group (AEG) Ethiopia and Eco-Energy S.C. Ethiopia on December 4 and 5, 2009, one after the other.
Sheba Systems Plc, producer of cassettes and compact discs in Ethiopia, will launch its move to transform the company to a share company on Sunday, December 6, 2009.
Anbessa City Bus Enterprise has submitted a document to the Addis Abeba City Government which it hopes will lead to the city taking over the enterprise based on a recommendation made by the board of Anbessa.
The Mojjo Dry Port terminal is complaining of large amounts of materials imported by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) for rural electrification which have been in store for the past two months.
Another round of banking profits were announced over the last two weeks by United Bank and Bank of Abyssinia (BoA), which respectively grossed 133.5 million Br and 145.5 million Br.
Tanesco has assured Tanzanians that it was doing everything possible to fill the 60MW gap created after IPTL turbines were switched off.
The Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA), yesterday admitted weakness in controlling the importation of counterfeits items by unscrupulous businessmen.
The Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC) Juma Mwapachu has said that the establishment of a free trade bloc will by May next year be pronounced by Heads of State of the tripartite regional framework.
As Uganda celebrated the International Day of People With Disabilities (PWD) on the December 3, it was important to take stock of the achievements of the disability movement. There have been great strides made in alleviating the plight of PWDs by the government and various bodies. A significant achievement is constitutionalising the rights of PWDs, especially enacting enabling laws like National ...
Transparency International, the global anti-graft watchdog, that recently ranked Uganda as comparably more corrupt today, said President Museveni's economy class commercial flight home from overseas will not end the cancer of extravagance in his government.
A mixture of a school tropical breeze and intense piercing heat as is characteristically brandished by the afternoon African summer skies, take centre stage and reign over the lake shores. The air smells of different forms of decay, swaying from deserted ships, to the right, abandoned tables used for cutting fish, to the left are greenish seaweed filtrate floating on the lake ahead.
THE Teso communities of Katakwi and Amuria have petitioned the Office of the Prime Minister over the shoddy road works done in the area.
MANAFWA district has partnered with the Uganda Coffee Development Authority to revive the growing of Arabica coffee.
THE Police is intensifying its operations on roads to reduce carnage ahead of the festive season, Kampala metropolitan Police chief Andrew Sorowen said yesterday.
The question of a new set of electricity tariffs being introduced is back on the table but as usual every time it is mentioned nobody wants to take responsibility.
When it comes to counting how many Ugandan businesses have survived decades of frightful competition, Uganda Baati stands out.
Pan-African bank Ecobank has been named the leading bank in 11 African countries for its outstanding financial services in the market. The bank scooped the awards at the prestigious The Bank of the Year Awards in London. The awards which took place on December 3, are a spin-off of the Financial Times The Banker Magazine.
Climate Change is projected to affect the natural productivity and economic potential of the region's fisheries.
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), an organisation charged with promotion of Hong Kong's external trade has earmarked $10.3million (about Shs19billion) to facilitate African countries, willing to participate in a grand trade fair in Hong Kong early next year.
Citi Bank Uganda celebrated 10 years of operation. The Monitor spoke to the Bank's managing director Mr Chinedu Ikwudinma.
Four leading companies teamed up on Thursday last week to offer their clients what is being described as the very best safety security package on the market While teaming up at Kampala Sheraton Hotel, Emergency medical company AAR, Fire masters, security company KK, security and insurance company Chartis are to offer households a combined "one stop shop" providing emergency ambulance , fire tender ...
Kenyan firms will carry the heaviest cost when East Africa launches its common market next year, analysts said, citing the high level of taxation in the country compared to its partners.
Despite the economic downturn, government focus around the world has remained on tax reform, concludes a new report released today by the World Bank Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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