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THE electricity distribution company, Umeme, has denied reports that it intends to raise power tariffs next year.
OVER 20 remains of people who died during the insurgency in Teso and were buried on a Catholic land in Madera, Soroti town, are to be relocated to pave way for a school.
A TOTAL of 220 schools will have their facilities upgraded and new buildings constructed in the first phase of a $150m (about sh282b)fund beginning next month, the Ministry of Education has announced.
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has called on the Federal Government to scrap Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and replace it with the Federal Roads Authority (FRA) as proposed in the 2009 Budget.
The recent announcement of the plan to set up a government run internet exchange point may look well intended on the face but also one that could either be ill-informed or driven by latent rationale if the arguments set forth in the media is anything to go by.
AFRICA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH and poverty reduction are closely linked with the quality of its infrastructure -- its power, transport systems, water supply and sanitation, and its ICT networks.
ESKOM power stations had the lowest costs compared with its international peers, Eskom's chief officer for generation business, Brian Dames, said yesterday, striking a contrast with the impression of an entity battling spiralling costs.
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.
Consumers will pay more money for less electricity starting next month unless the government quickly revolves a developing crisis, we can reveal.
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.
President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Kashim A. Ali, has called on the federal government to establish a Federal Roads Authority as well as a Road Fund to aid the recovery of our dilapidated roads.
When the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released its Palm Oil Buyers' Scorecard on 28 October 2009, a stark situation was brought to the world's attention: despite the availability of safe, earth-friendly palm oil options, Western companies were not meeting commitments to purchase those alternatives.
In a Wednesday presentation on the "Intersection of Energy and the Economy," Elizabeth Cheney of Shell outlined three energy realities: the demand for energy will double by 2050, "easy energy," or fossil fuels, is gone, and emission stress and carbon solutions are a priority.
Feasibility study for the construction of an international airport in Bagamoyo has already started.
Internet search giant, Google, has published its 2009 Zeitgeist, a list of the most popular topics online.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter yesterday ruled out the possibility of introducing video technology or even goal-line assistant referees in time for next year's Soccer World Cup.
The Vice President of Ghana, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, has called on the West African sub region and the continent as a whole to engage in partnership without borders to help accelerate infrastructure development within the continent.
The Ministry of Works has rushed to seal potholes near the Najjembe campsite in Mabira Forest Reserve where former Budiope MP Joseph Balikoowa met is death on Sunday night.
GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas equipment and services, in consortium with Rockson Engineering Nigeria, has been awarded a $230 Million contract by the Federal Government of Nigeria for the installation and commissioning of a dual fired (low pour fuel oil/gas) 150-200MW power plant in Kaduna
The Romanian ambassador to Angola, Iacob Prada, announced last Wednesday in Luanda that Romanian experts will start building in 2010 an oil research and prospect centre, in the ambit of a cooperation protocol to be signed between the two countries next year.
The shifting sands in the telecommunications industry are creating new opportunities and challenges for players in the field, forcing firms to re-evaluate their offerings in order to remain relevant.
Governor Peter Obi has said that the establishment of Microsoft Academy in many of the state -owned Secondary Schools was aimed at increasing job opportunities for students after school. Governor Obi spoke at the tenth anniversary of Cor Mariae Girls' Secondary School, Nkpor.
A strategic plan to transform Kenya into a newly industrialised middle-income country by 2030 has been unveiled by the Government.
The Government of Ghana announced in its 2010 Budget and Policy Statement the plan to develop an Oil and Gas Industrialization Plan as a sustainable model of managing her petroleum resources. The oil and gas driven industrialization is expected to make Ghana's oil a blessing. For this reason, the government plans to use oil and gas resources to boost the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, ...
One of the leading Global Service Network (GSM) companies in , Cellcom, has announced a new number series.
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