Bank’s customers will be provided with convenient access to fast, affordable, and quality air and ground evacuation services in the event of medical emergencies Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Kenyan subsidiary of the pan-African financial institution, Ecobank, has entered into a partnership with the African Medical and Research Foundation …
Read More »Kenya, US trade deal
They are negotiating what could be a model for Africa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. and Kenya announced a trade and investment partnership in July 2022. During a virtual meeting on July 14, 2022, United States Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, and Kenya’s Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise …
Read More »COMMENT: The Serbia-Uganda trade deal
It makes perfect sense for two complementary economies that each produce things that the other does not and cannot COMMENT | ODREK RWABWOGO & BRATISLAV STOILJKOVIC | The agreement signed between the two countries in Belgrade last week has breathed new life into a little-known but in fact, long-standing and increasingly …
Read More »Egypt and Ethiopia are working on a water deal
What that means for other Nile River states Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, which started filling up in July 2020. The political row has threatened …
Read More »Regional NGOs warn Kenya on EU trade deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eastern and Southern African trade promotion organisations are pushing for the rescinding by Kenya of the recent agreement with the European Union to implement the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between them. They say the deal pauses “imminent danger” to the integration of East Africa …
Read More »RDB signs deal with Basketball Africa League
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Basketball Africa League (BAL) and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) today announced a multi-year extension of their existing collaboration that will see the BAL continue to play games at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda each season, including the BAL Playoffs and Finals in 2024, …
Read More »Rwanda, Uganda in 400MW energy deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power trading between Rwanda and Uganda could start soon, Rwanda Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL) has revealed. EDCL is a subsidiary of Rwanda Energy Group (REG) mandated to increase investment in the development of new energy generation projects, develop appropriate transmission infrastructure, and execute energy …
Read More »Nytil gets deal to manufacture uniforms for Equatorial Guinea army
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni on Thursday flagged off the export of military consignments manufactured by Southern Ranger Nyanza Limited (Nytil)to Equatorial Guinea. The consignment included 5,400 cartons of army uniforms and accessories for the Equatorial Guinea army manufactured in Uganda. The items were first displayed to President …
Read More »PPDA tribunal cancels wrongfully awarded Uganda Airlines fuel deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) tribunal has cancelled the aviation fuel supply contract that Uganda National Airlines had awarded to Vivo Energy, citing procurement irregularities. On November 8, 2022, Uganda Airlines, through a newspaper advertisement, invited sealed bids for the procurement …
Read More »MPs warn President not to reverse their decision on coffee deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliamentarians have warned President Yoweri Museveni against entertaining any thoughts of a U-turn against the resolution of the House that endorsed the termination of the agreement between the Government and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited – UVCCL. The Committee led by Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama, also …
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