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EADB provides Shs68bn to 1,500 small enterprises

The program, supported by KFW, spans the entire agricultural value chain, from input providers to farmers and traders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East Africa’s regional development finance institution, East African Development Bank, has unveiled a Shs 68 billion (USD 15.8 million) fund to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) …

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Youth call for tax waivers on their enterprises

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youths from across the country have urged government to waive off taxes on youth enterprises that have been earmarked to benefit from the Parish Development Model (PDM). The youths made this call during a plenary meeting of the Fifth National Youth Parliament where they observed that …

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Angola’s Luanda pips Hong Kong as costliest city

Paris, France | AFP |  Angola’s capital Luanda has overtaken Hong Kong to become the costliest city in the world for expats, Mercer’s annual survey said Wednesday. Dethroned last year by the Chinese city, Luanda regained the dubious honour despite the depreciation of the local kwanza currency against the dollar, …

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Supermarket Shoprite to merge with Steinhoff

South Africa’s Steinhoff and Shoprite to form retail giant Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  South African retail giants Steinhoff International and supermarket group Shoprite Holding Wednesday said they were in talks to merge their African operations to form a single company worth over $14 billion. The companies said in …

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Paris, the upstart startup capital

Paris, France | AFP |  Could Paris, the City of Light, soon become known as the City of Innovation helping propel young entrepreneurs to push technological and business frontiers? While efforts by Paris to lure financial companies from London in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union …

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