AFRICA

  Equity Group Holdings plans Trans-Africa expansion with $100 Million (Ksh 11 Billion) loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB)  ✳️ AFDB facility will support Equity’s expansion in East and Central Africa and ensure MSMEs have access to capital to recover and thrive in a Post COVID-19 Environment ✳ The …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni and the President of  Tanzania Samia Suluhu today April 11, 2021 signed agreements to start full implementation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. Museveni said he asked Suluhu for an April 11 signing, a day that was …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda and its Tanzanian counterpart have today signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline agreement that effectively signals the start of the construction of the pipeline that will transport Uganda’s oil from Hoima to the port of Tanga. The construction …

  PROGRAMME *⃣ 9.30am President Sulhu arrives Entebbe *⃣ 11.10am Pres Suluhu recived by Pres Museveni *⃣ 11.50am Tete-a-tete *⃣ 12.55pm Signing ceremony begins *⃣ 13.30pm Joint Communique *⃣ 2.pm Luncheon *⃣ 2.45pm Suluhu departs Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT|  Tanzania’s president Samia Hassan Suluhu is in Uganda to sign …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | XINHUA |  The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,330,666 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic …

Cairo, Egypt |  XINHUA |  Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed on Thursday lauded the cooperation between Egypt and China on combating the COVID-19 pandemic as “fruitful and unprecedented.” “I would like to thank the state of China, its leadership, government and people, for their great solidarity with us in this …

Nairobi, Kenya |  XINHUA |  Kenya and the United States have held virtual talks on signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Betty Maina, Kenya’s cabinet secretary of Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development said in a statement on Thursday. Betty Maina said that she discussed with Katherine Tai, the …

Cairo, Egypt | XINHUA | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Wednesday that “all choices are open” in dealing with the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “Don’t touch a drop of Egypt’s water,” Sisi said during the inauguration of an integrated complex for secure and smart documents in Cairo. …

Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA |  Sudan on Tuesday blamed the lack of progress during the new round of talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on “Ethiopian obstinacy.” “A round of talks over the GERD was concluded today (Tuesday) in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa without any progress because …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |  XINHUA |  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said it needs 49.7 million U.S. dollars to meet the needs of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia. A monthly fact sheet published by UNHCR said it needs the funding to meet …