May 22

• Uganda: Housing Teams Up With Umeme

  Housing Finance Bank Limited (HFBL) has gone into partnership with Umeme, the electricity distributor to ease payment of bills. HFBL is offering its MCash electronic platform for... Read more »

• Africa: Africa Lags Behind for Lack of Linkages

  Commodity-based industrialisation has been championed as the best way for African countries to grow their economies. Read more »

• Uganda: What's the Way Forward for Uganda Football?

  The saga between the Uganda Super League Limited (USLL) and the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) is one that has dragged on for so long and is slowing the progress... Read more »

• Uganda: Sri Lanka, Uganda Agree to Stronger Links

  Uganda signed a bilateral trade partnership with the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka last week. Read more »

• Burundi: Dutch Grant Burundi U.S. $12 Million for Fertilizer

  The Netherlands government has given €10 million (about $12 million) to the National Fertilizer Subsidy Program in Burundi (PNSEB). Read more »

• Rwanda: Rwanda Gets U.S. $58 Million for Vision 2020 Plan

  Rwanda's ambitious strategy to achieve middle income status by 2020, as spelt out in its Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2) received a $50 million... Read more »

• Uganda: Kampala to Host Sickle Cells Anemia Conference

  A Captain in the US Air Force, President and founder of the Uganda-American Sickle-Cell Rescue Fund, Lukiah Mulumba has organized the first Sickle Cell Anemia conference. Read more »

• East Africa: EA Drug Plan On

  East African Community (EAC) member countries are getting ready to come out with a blueprint that will drive the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector forward. Read more »

• East Africa: EAC Eyes Capital Markets for Development Funds

  East African Community (EAC) partner states have been discussing the possibilities of raising more money from international capital markets and reduce donor dependency. Read more »

• Uganda: Tourism Ministry Needs Tour Vehicles

  Tourism minister, Mrs. Maria Mutagamba, has asked the government for new custom-built tour vehicles and professional drivers to ease transportation of tourists. Read more »

• Tanzania: Tanzania to Jail Banana Wilt Spreaders

  Farmers who fail to report or control outbreaks of the banana wilt will be fined or jailed, if a proposed bye-law is passed in district local councils. Read more »

• Rwanda: China Grants Kigali Tax Free Access

  China has dropped all import duties on most Rwandan-made products entering its domestic market of just over one billion people. Read more »

• Uganda: China to Dig for Phosphates in Uganda

  Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group has negotiated a 49 year lease to mine the phosphates deposits in eastern Uganda. Estimated total deposits stand at 230 million tonnes and cover an... Read more »

• Uganda: Few Jobs for African Immigrants

  Suuna is a Ugandan who has lived in Europe for over 10 years, but his life there has never come up to his expectations. Sunna graduated from Makerere University with a lower second... Read more »

• Uganda: Rains in Western Uganda Lead to Price Hikes

  Prices for such things like passion fruits in many markets have started to climb due to the effects of the Kasese floods on the supply chain. Read more »

• Uganda: Uganda Hot On Turkish Airlines List

  Turkish Airlines, the two time winner of Europe's Best Airline Award and the people behind the popular ad of Lionel Messi dueling with Kobe Bryant, say they are ready to work with... Read more »

• East Africa: Gudlyfe, Amani Set KLA Afire

  East Africa's best dynamic duo Radio and Weasel also known as Gudlyfe were able to gather a large crowd at Hotel Africana during the launch of their Obudde album last Friday. Read more »

• Burundi: EU to Fund Burundi - Rwanda Power Line

  The European Union has agreed to give the East African Community €16 million Euros ($20 million) to build a power interconnector between Burundi and Rwanda. Read more »

• Kenya: Mobile Umbrella GSMA Opens Nairobi Office

  The Global System for Mobile (GSM) Association, the umbrella organization for the world's mobile operators, opened its African headquarters in Nairobi last week. Read more »

• Uganda: Increase in Share Prices Boosting USE Trading

  Increase in the share price of certain counters at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) have boosted trading levels at the bourse. Read more »

• Uganda: Pool Body Secures U.S. $600,000 Funding

  Pool Association of Uganda (PAU) last week sealed a three-year sponsorship deal worth Ush1.71bn ($641509) from beer company Nile Breweries under their flagship brand, Nile Special. Read more »

• Rwanda: Kigali Starts Online Produce Exchange

  Farmers will now be able to sell their products at a fair and competitive price on new Rwanda East Africa Exchange-EAX. Other perks from EAX include access to financing, something... Read more »

• Uganda: DSTV Promises More

  It is that time of the year when most bars and hang out joints have fewer patrons over the weekends simply because the European soccer leagues are concluding. Read more »

• Uganda: Publisher Appointed to Tourism Chair

  James Tumusiime, the Managing Director of Fountain Publishers Limited and founder of the Igongo Cultural Centre in Biharwe, western Uganda, has been appointed the new Chairman of... Read more »

• Uganda: World Bank Gives U.S. $100 Million for Uganda Competitiveness

  The World Bank has approved $100 million for Uganda to improve its growth and competitiveness. Read more »