Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities on Saturday launched a research project aimed at enhancing the use of herbal medicines as an alternative cure for non-communicable diseases. The research will also involve adding value to herbal medicines through manufacturing processes and marketing. “Research and developing herbal …
Read More »Binance to equip Ugandans with free bloc chain, cryptocurrency skills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Binance has unveiled free classes to Ugandans as it continues with its mission to increase the freedom of money for users, drive blockchain adoption and enable greater accessibility to a wider population globally. Through the Binance Academy, the company remains at the forefront of …
Read More »Umeme decries vandalism in Tooro Region
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s main electricity distribution company Umeme has decried the rampant vandalism of power equipment in the Tooro region. The Managing Director Umeme Celestino Babungi says that the company has lost transformers, transmission cables, poles and pylons to unscrupulous people. Speaking in Fort Portal …
Read More »How five-floor building constructed by brick layer collapsed in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A five floor building that collapsed in Lukuli, Makindye in May last year, killing 13 people was being constructed by an “engineer” by whose highest qualification is a certificate in bricklaying. This revelation that URN is making public for the first time is in …
Read More »Tanzania approves $13million for construction of grand industrial park
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | The government of Tanzania has approved 30 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 13 million U.S. dollars) for the construction of state-of-the-art industrial park and business center in the east African nation’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, an official said on Friday. The 13 million …
Read More »NDA impounds drugs worth Sh163.5 million in Northern Uganda
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drugs Authority (NDA) has impounded drugs worth 163.5 million shillings in Northern Uganda. The drugs were impounded during a two- weeks operation conducted in the three regions of Lango, Acholi and Karamoja covering 17 districts of Abim, Agago, Alebtong, Amolatar, Amuru, Apac, …
Read More »TEACHERS: Order to re-register private schools illogical
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Private Teachers Union (UPTU) is concerned that the Ministry of education is ordering private schools to register afresh. The ministry now requires private schools to register afresh, a process that will always be repeated every five years. According to the Ministry of …
Read More »Decades-old U.S. blockade still brings hardships to Cubans
Havana, Cuba | XINHUA | The U.S. embargo on Cuba, which began in the 1960s, continues to make life difficult for the Cuban people, Cuba’s Prensa Latina news agency reported on Friday. In an opinion piece released on the news agency’s website, Por Xin Ping, a commentator on international affairs, …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Corruption at the World Bank
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Corruption at the World Bank: But if it can’t rank business friendly countries, who can? THE LAST WORD Museveni’s Covid paranoia: Why Uganda and other African countries have consistently taken extreme and inappropriate …
Read More »Shelter Afrique fully repays commercial debts, eyes regional bonds
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT – Pan-African housing development financier Shelter Afrique has fully paid commercial debts owed to eight lenders, giving the company the leverage to underwrite new debt. In 2018, Shelter Afrique signed a Debt Restructuring Agreement with the eight lenders – six DFIs and two commercial banks – to …
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