Ethiopia and Norway signed agreements on hydropower development and capacity building academic cooperation worth around 400 million ETB on Monday, a press release from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis said.
Uganda's major electricity companies - generator Eskom and distributor Umeme - have applied for permission to have power tariffs increased on grounds that they made heavy investments this year.
The Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC) has impounded 62 unroadworthy motor vehicles valued at Sh50 million that were illegally imported by unscrupulous car dealers.
Zanzibar is back on the national and international agenda. Of course it has always been on the agenda. But it's a long time since it was such a mysterious agenda.
A crackdown to smash a ring of importers bringing old vehicles into Kenya has netted 62 illegally imported cars worth Sh50 million.
Mumias Sugar Company is considering acquiring stakes in other sugar firms within and outside the country.
Consumers will pay more money for less electricity starting next month unless the government quickly revolves a developing crisis, we can reveal.
Dominion Petroleum, one of the four firms exploring for oil in Uganda, has said a group of "quality" global oil giants are interested in taking up a share of its oil block in the western region.
Makerere University's Appointments Board has appointed three new top officials in changes that saw the exit of Amos Olal Odur as academic registrar.
THE local government minister, Adolf Mwesige, has advised Gulu municipal authorities to give tender priorities to the vendors' association, as long as they can manage the markets well.
PADER district has earmarked sh1.9b, part of funds from the Government's Peace Recovery and Development Plan, to construct 112 classrooms in 28 primary schools.
UGANDA is to send oil technicians to Cuba, a country which has been successful in oil and gas production, for training.
MAKERERE University has dropped its academic registrar, bursar and secretary following the end of their terms of office.
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco), has entered into contract with Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) for improvement of human resources. Under the five-year project, Jica would facilitate training of about 2,100 Tanesco staff.
Exim Bank has launched a new account dubbed 'Faida' that will enable its customers to draw money from ATMs linked to MasterCard system worldwide.
Feasibility study for the construction of an international airport in Bagamoyo has already started.
Togo-based Ecobank, which currently operates in 25 African countries, will commence operations in Tanzania next month.
The Government has once again been forced to look for money to pay workers of the troubled Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL), who are on strike.
A government vehicle worth over Shs90 million that was recently given to Mayuge District has been crashed.
Police have set tough measures for bus operators after accidents involving buses are taking an upward trend.
The East African Business Council (EABC) with support from TradeCom Facility has embarked on a regional private sector sensitisation programme aimed at educating private sector players on ways of harnessing business opportunities under the World Trade Organisation.
The United Nations Expert Group on Women and Finance estimates that 70 per cent of the world's populations living on less than a dollar a day are women. Despite the numerous approaches to address household income and improve societal well-being, poverty levels remain high and steadily rising.
The Bill Gates Foundation has approved a $19 million (about Shs35 billion) grant in support of surveys in agricultural information in Uganda, Tanzania, Niger, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Malawi.
Internet search giant, Google, has published its 2009 Zeitgeist, a list of the most popular topics online.
The finding that Kenya's business community pays up to 16 different taxes, and spends a staggering 417 hours to make 41 tax payments is neither amusing nor attractive.
