Click here to read or make comments on this topic »
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
A Chinese energy firm has chosen Kenya as its entry point into East Africa, where it expects to invest millions of dollars in the next three years.
Commercial banks in East Africa are losing billions of shillings annually through rogue dealers who are engaging in private foreign currency trading online, taking advantage of improved Internet connections and the 24-hour nature of the business.
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania, which is the supreme judicial authority in the country, has found itself on the receiving end of a judgement by an administrative tribunal.
Now that the power rationing that gripped the country forcing some areas to go without electricity for more than 10 hours is over, the government must start preparing long term strategies that would make the country insulate itself from this perennial power load shedding problem.
The government has launched fish farming projects in the country that will cost over one billion shillings and it is estimate that it will create 120,000 new jobs.
HIV/ AIDS pandemic are one of the leading causes of orphan- hood and child labour in Uganda affecting 15percent of children out of estimated 2 million, reports Inea News Agency Ltd.
The price of essential commodities may soon be controlled, if Kenya legislators have their way. MPs have overwhelmingly supported a Bill that seeks to cushion the common man from skyrocketing prices of crucial commodities, the Daily Nation reports.
Increased public expenditure through the national budgetary allocation over the years has not resulted into quality public service delivery in the country according to recent reports.
The government's decision to grant tax exemptions amounting to Sh3 trillion during the current financial year raises eyebrows.
A senior player in India's energy sector urged Tanzanian energy sector players on Thursday to take part in the exhibition of power, electrical and industrial electrical appliances in India in January next year.
Yet another session of the World Trade Organisation's Ministerial Conference on November 30 will hear appeals to save the crumbling free-trade Doha Round from US and EU farmers' subsidies - but that boring news hides an exciting fact: Africans can free themselves.
European private investors are hungry for shares in unlisted African firms and could provide the needed shot in the arm for a continent that has taken a beating from the financial crisis the West is emerging from, reports LEE MWITI
I read Gawaya Tegulle's piece two weeks ago; "Keep Uganda's Economy out of Gaddafi's hands now!" and I found it wanting in many aspects especially when he advocates dismissing investments made by Libyans (to him Arabs) in Uganda.
Dr Damien Akankwasa, the National Forestry Authority executive director, was already under suspicion by State House and the Shs900 million allegedly stolen from his bed room provided the perfect opportunity for the government to clamp down on him, Sunday Monitor can reveal.
A DATA bank of local and foreign companies doing or willing to do business with the Government has been established. According to the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) executive director, Edgar Agaba, this will be a providers' register aimed at promoting transparency in the way the Government conducts business with private companies.
BANKERS have been urged to learn sign language to aid deaf people in accessing banking services.
TULLOW Oil, the company with whom Heritage shares two blocks in Uganda on a 50/50 basis, has stated that it has the right to buy its partner's interests.
THE Commonwealth must be used to create business opportunities for its 53 member states, President Yoweri Museveni told the Commonwealth Business Forum on Thursday.
PLANNERS under the Uganda Institute of Physical Planners (UIPP) want street parking banned on busy city roads, saying it is the cause of traffic jams.
PARLIAMENT wants finance minister Syda Bbumba to explain why the Government has allocated billions of shillings to city businessman Hassan Basajjabala before he pays over sh1b owed to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in taxes.
UGANDA recorded a trade deficit of $58.4m in September due to a reduction in informal cross-border exports, the central bank data showed last week, reports Sylvia Juuko.
LEADERS of Moyo and Adjumani districts have urged presidents Yoweri Museveni and Salva Kiir of Southern Sudan to consider building Nimule hydro power since the Nyagak power plant is taking long.
TWO foreign strategic investors in partnership with local players have expressed interest in establishing a national re-insurance company.
THE Uganda Insurers Association has retained the best business associations and community awards 2009, beating over 400 contenders to the crown.
MULTINATIONAL companies operating in Uganda have been urged to devote resources and put in place robust policies and documentation because transfer pricing is becoming a major focus of tax bodies around the region.
Active Discussions: East Africa Business