November 27

• Tanzania: Liquidity U.S T-Bills Investment

  Sufficient liquidity has continued to push massive investments in treasury bills despite the unchanged yield rates. Read more »

• Uganda/Kenya: Ugandan Shines in the Kenya Premier League

  Uganda will miss the services of diminutive Gor Mahia Striker Daniel Sserunkuma who was ruled out of the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup currently being played in Uganda. Read more »

• Tanzania: EAC Election Guidelines Approved

  The East African Community (EAC) forum of Electoral Commissions has recommended the adoption of the regional principles for election observation and evaluation in the partner... Read more »

• Kenya: Kenya Tax Revenues Drop

  The Kenyan taxman missed the revenue target for the first quarter of the 2012/13 financial year by $524 million prompting fears over the feasibility of the $11.7b expected for... Read more »

• Tanzania: Fight Weight Gain With Vegetables, Say Experts

  Medics often advise people to consume food with fewer calories if they want to lose weight. Yet in Africa, vegetable consumers have for long been seen as inferior, or people who... Read more »

• Kenya: Telecom Firm Completes Expansion

  Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has said that it has undertaken an end-to-end network transformation... Read more »

• Tanzania: Tomato Seed Worth Its Weight in Gold

  Forget about the the gold in the mines, the money is in the gardens with tomato seed breeding. Read more »

• Tanzania: Multilateral, Commercial Debt Stocks Surge in Dar es Salaam

  The new disbursements and accumulation of interest arrears have been attributed to the increase in multilateral and commercial debt stocks in Tanzania for the year ending August... Read more »

• Tanzania: Increased Cross Border Trade Boosts Tanzania Aviation

  The increase in Cross Border Trade has been termed as an enormous opportunity for the aviation industry to flourish within the region. Read more »

• Rwanda: Rwanda to Help Improve Regional Social Security

  The Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) will work closely towards a 'common regional vision' for social security as a way of improving penetration levels for Rwandans. Read more »

• Uganda: EAC Urged to Learn From Electoral Errors

  Uganda's Electoral Commission Chairman Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu has urged East African Community (EAC) partner states to learn from each other and emulate best lessons with a view... Read more »

• Uganda: Kids' Party to Create Awareness On Burns

  In a bid to generate awareness on burns prevention and treatment in Uganda during this year's festive season, Hotel Africana is organising 'The Hotel Africana Kids' Christmas... Read more »

• Uganda: Uganda Shilling Slips On Dollar

  The Uganda shilling breached the initial resistance levels as strong interbank activity continued to prevail. According to experts, this continues to be driven by demand... Read more »

• Uganda: Govt Starts U.S.$476 Million Highway

  The construction of the long awaited Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, a four-lane dual- carriage toll-road linking Kampala to Entebbe Airport, commenced after it was commissioned early... Read more »

November 19

• East Africa: Region Reacts to Obama's Win

  Barack Obama's step-grandmother led celebrations in his ancestral Kenyan homeland today as he rolled to re-election and a second term in the White House. Read more »

• Uganda: Bus Operator Threatens to Quit

  City transport bus operator Pioneer Easy Bus Company (PEBC) has announced it is likely to increase its fares or suspend operations, following what its claims as failure by Kampala... Read more »

• Uganda: Funding to SMEs Hits 70 Percent

  Despite conflicting priorities and the economic downturn, banks around the world are still increasing their investments in innovation. Read more »

• Uganda: Improved Roads Slow Domestic Air Travel

  As Entebbe Airport continues to witness increasing international passenger numbers, domestic air travel numbers are in negatives, a source has said. Read more »

• East Africa: EAC Should Adopt Sustainable Development [opinion]

  Last week, Donald Kaberuka, the president of the African Development Bank, (AfDB) was talking to the public in a Bank of Uganda sponsored lecture in Kampala on the subject of... Read more »

• Tanzania: Corruption Irks President

  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has expressed concern over the increasing cases of mismanagement of public funds by government officials. Read more »

• Rwanda: Small Enterprises to Up Off Farm Jobs

  Small and Medium Enterprises are being banked on as one way of increasing employment levels mainly off farm jobs that are currently staggering at 28 percent of total workforce. Read more »

• Rwanda: 100, 000 Sit for Exams in Rwanda

  Exams for Ordinary and advanced levels started in Kigali with figures indicating an increase in the number of candidates at both levels. Read more »

• Tanzania: Arusha to Have Own National Park

  The Arusha City Authority is planning to establish a special tourist centre that would include Hippo among other animals at Suye hill in Kimandolu ward. Read more »

• Tanzania: Precision Air Injects U.S. $100 Million for Expansion

  Precision Air Services, one of the fast growing airlines in the region has announced plans to invest about $100m to expand the company's fleet modernization program. Read more »

• Tanzania: Zanzibar Inflation Drops

  The annual headline inflation rate in Zanzibar declined to 8% in August this year from 9.4% recorded in July. Read more »