Thursday , November 14 2024

The Independent

New Google-IFC report estimates Africa’s Internet economy to be $180 billion in next five years

  Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT |  The e-Conomy Africa 2020 report released today by Google and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), estimates that increased access to faster and better quality internet, and Africa’s commitment to creating the world’s largest single market under the African Continental Free Trade Area, …

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Police arrest 10 on Gulu highway as Kyagulanyi heads to Arua

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero town has detained 10 National Unity Platform – NUP supporters as they struggled to contain crowds that blocked Kampala-Gulu highway to wave to their presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine. Kyagulanyi was heading to Arua district in northern Uganda ahead of …

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Presidential aspirants bounced, fault EC for failed nominations

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven aspirants who returned forms to run in the 2021 presidential elections blame the Electoral Commission for failure to nominate them. They are part of the 24 aspirants who returned the nomination forms for verification. In total 87 aspirants picked the presidential nomination forms, …

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Elegu Floods: Over 1,000 now sleeping in URA warehouse

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Over 1,000 residents of Elegu Town Council at the Uganda South Sudan Border in Amuru district have taken refuge at the Uganda Revenue Authority warehouse following recurrent flash floods. On Sunday night the residents, consisting of children, women, male and elderly persons deserted their …

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FDC’s Amuriat promises to restore Presidential Age Limit

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Presidential Candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has pledged to restore the presidential age limit in the Ugandan constitution once elected President of Uganda. The FDC candidate Amuriat disclosed that his government will use all powers within its means to ensure that the age limit is …

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Putin silent on US election result

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. allies from Europe to East Asia have congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the next U.S. president, with Germany hailing it as a “new and exciting chapter” in transatlantic ties and Japan’s leader pledging to work to ensure “peace, freedom, and prosperity …

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