Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016
After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]
Uganda
Uganda’s inflation unchanged at 4.9 pct (State agency)
Uganda’s inflation has remained unchanged at 4.9 percent year-on-year in June, thanks to a decrease in food prices, the statistics office said on Tuesday. According […]
Trucks loaded with goods to the DRC stranded in Uganda
Trucks loaded with goods destined for the Democratic Republic of Congo are blocked since last Tuesday in the Ugandan customs post Vura, at the border […]
Tanzania earmarks $ 2 billion for roads construction in Dar Es-Salaam
The Tanzania government is planning to invest 4.394 trillion shillings ($ 2 billion) to build new road infrastructure and launch a rapid transit bus to […]
China Wu Yi Co to build roads in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia for $ 73 million
The construction firm China Wuyi Co Ltd announced on Monday it had won $73.2 million worth of contracts for the construction of roads in Kenya […]
Kenya: Diamond Trust Bank to open branches in Madagascar and DRC
Kenya’s Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has announced interests in extending operation in Africa. Ranked Kenya’s seventh biggest bank by assets is planning to use part […]
Uganda: New cabinet team will not be regionally biased, PM Rugunda
Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda of Uganda unveiled a new cabinet on Sunday but some members of the parliament are questioning the modalities used to […]
Uganda: $5million worth rebel commander surrenders
One of the most sought after members of the Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA), Dominic Ongwen, has surrendered to U.S troops in Central Africa Republic. Ongwen […]
Bill Clinton tours Africa
Former United States President, Bill Clinton, is currently on an African tour that is leading him to South Africa, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Uganda where he […]
Congolese warlord sentenced to 14 years in prison
The Hague-based International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison for recruiting child soldiers and turning them into […]