Yearly Archives: 2018
Brexit can still be saved – Boris
The former foreign secretary Boris Johnson accused Prime Minister Theresa May of betraying millions of Brexit voters and urged the government to rethink its...
SA celebrate Mandela with gold coins
South Africa on Friday launched a set of limited edition bank notes and gold coins to mark the 100th anniversary on July 18 of...
Magufuli wins African Liberation medal
Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano is expected to present an award to President John Magufuli after emerging winner of the African Liberation Medal, the...
GII ranks Kenya 3rd in sub-Sahara
Kenya has been ranked the third most innovative country in Sub Saharan Africa according to the Global Innovative Index (GII) 2018.
Kenya follows South Africa...
Dangote’s $650m loan for refinery
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has signed a $650 million loan facility with the African Export-Import Bank for his oil refinery project in Nigeria.
The...
Uganda revises mobile money tax
Uganda’s finance ministry has revised the controversial mobile money taxes, adopting the reduction of the levy from 1% to 0.5%, adding that it will...
Uganda stockpiles coffee for price growth
Uganda's coffee growers holding onto their stock until global prices climb back up.
Global prices have continued declining even in the first few weeks of...
FG recovered $2 trn corruption assets
With the pitching of the war against corruption losing voice and the court battles paced out, the disclosure of Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the...
UN envoy says herdsmen conflict deadlier
The Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, says the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria...
Dogara warns against huge China steel buy
Inspite of recent developments by the Federal Government to revamp the steel sector and resurrect a morbid Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill, the Speaker of...
