The ninth TICAD set for August to unlock opportunities in trade, technology and agriculture ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | With US tariffs rocking the global economy, countries are scrambling to deal with the resultant trade tensions and realign their economies. Japan, the world’s fourth largest economy with a GDP of $4.3 …
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The Japan-Africa conference in Tunis from August 27 to 28 will give Japan a chance to get relations back on track after the upheavals of the pandemic | NEIL FORD | Japan’s relations with the African continent are again in the spotlight as the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African …
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The export is limited to the initial three months Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Sugar cane farmers in Busoga sub-region have received a limited reprieve to export their excess cane to the neighbouring Kenya, even as questions on how much impact it will cause to the local sugar millers …
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Japan has promised to provide a $116 million loan to improve Kampala metropolitan infrastructure. Japan is already involved in several projects aimed at improving the road network in Kampala, including building fly-overs. Japanese Prime Minister, Chinzo Abe gave the assurances at a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni at the 6th Tokyo …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Japan will pour $30 billion of investments into Africa by 2018, including $10 billion in infrastructure development, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday at a summit in Nairobi. Abe is using the conference to meet dozens of leaders from across Africa, among them Kenya’s President …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
