July 22

• East Africa: COMESA Advised On Post-Harvest Processing

  Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) should adopt a strategy on processing surplus produce for alternative markets as a solution to... Read more »

• Uganda: Business Processing Takes Hold

  Some people view the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) model as the perfect antidote for rampant youth unemployment,but sustainability of job creation by the BPO operators will... Read more »

• Rwanda: Rwanda Agriculture Underfunded

  With only five percent of the latest budget being allocated to the country's leading employment sector - agriculture, experts are saying there is need for the government to... Read more »

• Kenya: Teachers Strike Leaves Confusion

  Confusion reigned in Kenya's education sector for the fourth week running following a debilitating strike by the countries over 280,000 teachers. Read more »

• Kenya: Miga Will Guarantee Kenya Power Projects

  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, has reassured the government on its continuing support to Kenya's... Read more »

July 17

• Uganda: Fireworks Get New Bigger Umbrella

  Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications firm, recently announced an exclusive partnership in Kenya with the creation of Engage Burson Marsteller. Read more »

• Tanzania: Biggest Shipyard Opened

  An ultra-modern ferry shipyard, the biggest of its kind on Lake Victoria has been certified to start operations. Read more »

• East Africa: Tackle Graft or Lose People's Confidence

  The region needs to work very hard in the fight against corruption, graft and mismanagement of resources, if it is to enhance its potential as the investment choice for FDI. Read more »

• Uganda: Uganda to Register Co-Operatives

  Uganda Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde has challenged Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to form co-operatives to access markets as well as micro financing so that they can exploit... Read more »

• Tanzania: Tanzania in 800mw Coal Generation Bid

  Tanzania is anticipated to generate an average of 800 megawatts (MW) from the coal reserves found in the south west of the country. Read more »

• Uganda: Air Uganda Offers Somali Options

  To many outsiders, Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia still carries a whiff of contant violence and danger. However, they also say 'the early bird catches the worm'. Last week East... Read more »

• Rwanda: Power Outages Hurt Rwandan Enterprises

  Unreliable power supply is affecting the profit margins of many enterprises here experts have revealed. Read more »

• Uganda: Jinja Fuel Tanks Ready for Stocking

  The refurbishment of the reserve tanks in Jinja to cater for stop-gap amounts of fuel in case of unforeseen shortages have been completed. Read more »

• Tanzania: Mobile Operators Query Tanzania SIM Tax

  The Tanzania government may lose a huge sum in tax revenues following disagreements with mobile phone network operators over the recently imposed monthly tax of Tsh1,000 ( about... Read more »

• Uganda: Tourism Hit By Riots

  Tourism stakeholders in a sentence can describe the first half of 2013 as a bad year for the industry. Read more »

• Uganda: KCB Joins Small Scale Body to Train Members

  Kenya Commercial Bank (Uganda) Limited and the Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA) have entered an enterprise skills training partnership. Read more »

• Rwanda: Kabuye Sugar Makes Loss

  The struggling Kabuye Sugar Works, Rwanda's only sugar manufacturer has posted a Rwf2.4 billion loss (about $3.5million) according to latest figures. Read more »

• Uganda: Wildlife Soars

  The number of animals in Uganda's national parks and game reserves has soared over the past decade, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has said. Read more »

• Tanzania: China to Build Tanzania Gas Pipeline

  Tanzania has drawn up ambitious energy plans for 2025. Most of the projects have already started, aiming at increasing the number of Tanzanians who access electricity. Presently... Read more »

• Tanzania: Tanzania Upgrades Fuel Lot

  The Tanzania International Petroleum Reserves Limited (TIPER) has invested over $12 million to increase its storage capacity. Read more »

• Uganda: Aviation Industry Players Ask for Open Skies

  Aviation experts on the continent say countries must open their skies for the free movement of airlines to enable the growth of the sector across the continent. Read more »

• Tanzania: Kilimanjaro International Voted Number One

  Kilimanjaro International Airport near Arusha, in Tanzania was named the overall top airport in terms of attracting new airlines and marketing by the Routes Africa Summit 2013 that... Read more »

• Uganda: Ben 10 Rainbow Carnival to Develop Kid's Talents

  Rainbow, the Daily Monitor weekly children's magazine is organizing an event dubbed Rainbow Ben 10 Carnival to develop life skills among learners. Read more »

• Tanzania: Tanzania Small Miners Win Giants Acceptance

  After a long and loud outcry by artisanal miners over rights to prospect and dig for minerals, especially around concessions held by Tanzania's mining giants, a deal has been... Read more »

• Kenya: Mombasa Hosts Heaviest Ship

  Mombasa port has set a record by handling the heaviest ever vessel in terms of containers loaded and discharged in a single ship call. Read more »