CHAN 2024 Results August 03 Tanzania 2-0 Burkina Faso August 04 Kenya 1-0 DRC Morroco 2-0 Angola Madagascar 0-0 Mauritania August 05 Niger 0-1 Guinea Uganda 0-3 Algeria August 06 Congo 1-1 Sudan 17:00 Senegal 1-0 Nigeria 20:00 NAIROBI, NAIROBI | Xinhua & THE INDEPENDENT | The East African region …
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DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA | Xinhua | Ahead of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), scheduled for November in Belem, Brazil, the East African Community (EAC) has launched a regional initiative in a workshop to harmonize its climate position and present a unified voice on the global stage. …
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Abuja, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Talent Company (TATC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is expanding its successful youth employment programs from Nigeria into East Africa, aiming to create more job opportunities for young people across the continent. Since 2020, TATC’s Jobberman Nigeria, working with the Mastercard …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | East African member states have been challenged to transform their digital revenue collection to ensure compliance in Value Added Tax (VAT) payments and collection. Value-added tax (VAT) remains a major source of revenue in African economies. It has however been found that VAT …
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Beyond clinical application, the system is also designed with education and mentorship in mind ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | King Faisal Hospital has become the first medical facility in East Africa to introduce the ZEISS KINEVO 900S, the region’s most advanced robotic surgical microscope, marking a significant leap forward in neurosurgical care …
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Equity Group reports Kshs 15.4 billion profits after tax on prudent cost management and resumption of growth Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Demonstrating strategic agility and resilience in a dynamic global economic landscape, Equity Group has achieved strong results and growth of its diversified business across the region, becoming …
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In Uganda’s overcrowded camps, refugees survive on shrinking rations. But going home means walking back into war. Adjumani, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa & Apophia Agiressi Global Press Journal Uganda | Lindiro Jane has fled war twice. The first time was in 2016, when renewed violence in South Sudan pushed her, her husband and their …
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The facility could serve as a model for other similar transactions on the continent Nairobi, Kenya | JOHN BASQUILL | Standard Chartered has agreed a US$100mn facility with British International Investment (BII) to extend trade finance across key sectors of the East African economy, with a focus on economic empowerment for women. …
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How AI, X and online platforms are shaping diplomatic relations in the region and globally ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | An unexpected post on X from Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Jan. 30 in reaction to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the recent flare-up in eastern DR Congo caught many …
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Cloud computing infrastructure, analytics hailed for transforming business processes Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | US-based tech powerhouse Oracle has teamed up with Eclectics International, a leading Kenyan IT firm, to provide innovative technological solutions aimed at driving business efficiency and digital transformation across East Africa and beyond. The partnership was …
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