Tag Archives: COVID-19

 Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Julius Businge | Centenary Bank General Manager in charge of financial markets Benoni Okwenje says the Uganda shilling trading with other foreign currencies’ especially the US dollar will largely remain unchanged in the week that starts tomorrow.  In a notice dated April 24, Okwenje said: …

As Africa heads towards recession, it’s not easy to know where to invest. Akinyi Ochieng and Isaac Kwaku Fokuo, Jr. highlight three areas that are likely to fare better during the downturn  Back in January, Africa’s economic outlook for the year was bright. African Development Bank projections predicted 3.9% growth in 2020 and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Moving to Canada at a time when the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) that has quickly become a global pandemic was a strange flu-like illness hitting parts of China, Dennis Lewis Bukenya never anticipated that he would ever get involved in any work related to the disease …

Survey shows Uganda response leading in Africa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study of the response of Sub-Saharan governments to the spread of the Corona virus disease COVID-19 sweeping across the globe has ranked Uganda higly. The survey by GeoPoll which is the world’s largest mobile survey platform …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to return to work soon after his recovery from COVID-19, as pressure mounts on his government to explain how to get Britain out of lockdown. Johnson, 55, has been recuperating at the British prime ministerial retreat, Chequers, outside London …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  World leaders, scientists, humanitarians and private sector partners have united in a landmark collaboration that will make new tools and medicines to diagnose and treat COVID-19, accessible to people everywhere.   The virtual launch of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator has seen participation from …

Coronavirus underscores what’s missing in Africa | MOSES NGWARE | Almost universally, one of the first measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 was the closure of schools, colleges and universities. This has affected over 1.576 billion learners, constituting slightly over 91% of enrolment. In Africa, about 297 million …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Four truck drivers who were intercepted at Pakwach on Thursday night after testing positive for COVID-19 have been isolated at Arua Regional Referral Hospital.  The truck drivers who entered Uganda through Mutukula through Kampala on their way to the Democratic Republic of Congo, were tested …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of Members of Parliament has tasked the Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to prepare legal instruments to effect the current measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease- COVID-19. Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa and West Budama South MP …

Tunis, Tunisia | AFP |  The feared impact of coronavirus on Tunisia’s fragile public health system has provoked a flurry of innovation from robotics to digitalisation efforts to bolster the North African country’s pandemic response. The government has even turned to students for help, asking the engineering school in Sousse, south …