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KCCA inspects city restaurants

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has inspected 3,737 eating places as part of....

Tanzania Pepsi maker sees bright future

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - SBC Tanzania Limited, the local Pepsi products maker, has said that it see....

Speaker wants treaty in full swing

KIGALI, RWANDA- Dr Margaret Nantongo Zziwa, the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EA....

EA passes border bill

Arusha, Tanzania - EALA passed the One Stop Border Posts Bill, 2012, paving way for it to become C....

Warid, Airtel deal causes anxiety

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The Bharti Airtel takeover of Warid Telecom last week, has caused a mixed reacti....

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Uganda pleased with border Bill

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Ugandan business people are pleased with the recently passed One Stop Border Posts Bill  by the East... Read more

Kikwete to open EA agricultural forum

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete will mid this month officially open a major regional agriculture conference.The... Read more

Kigali firms shaken by new tax system

KIGALI, RWANDA - Business owners across the city are skeptical of the recent introduction of the Electronic Billing Machine. The... Read more

Rwanda bank clarifies on loans to exporters

KIGALI, RWANDA - Rwanda Development Bank (BRD), the country’s leading financier of the coffee sector, will continue giving loans to... Read more

Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange gets new boss

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – The governing board of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) has appointed Moremi Marwa,... Read more

Delayed job offers raises worries

NAIROBI, KENYA - Fears of a delayed budget making process heightened last week when the issue surfaced in Parliament for... Read more

Prices rise in Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA - A general increase in the cost of food items drove up the cost of living for Kenyans... Read more

Rwanda traders ask for tax reductions in budget

KIGALI, RWANDA - A cross section of business people interviewed, want the government to cut taxes so that profit margins... Read more

Centenary Bank beats profit target

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Centenary, Uganda’s largest indigenous bank, recorded strong growth in profit and assets in the financial year 2012.... Read more

Africa takes stock after 50 years

Preparations are in top gear by the Ethiopian government and the Addis Ababa city authorities for the 50th anniversary of... Read more

Cargo traffic at Dar es Salaam Port goes up by 20%

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – Cargo handled at the Dar es Salaam Port between July 2012 and February 2013 has... Read more

Tullow Oil grooms women high flyers

KAMPALA, UGANDA - London listed energy resources firm, Tullow Oil,  is now supporting qualified Ugandan women to take up highly... Read more

BG Tanzania finds unexpected huge gas field

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - BG Tanzania has disclosed that tests show a larger than expected natural gas field about... Read more

Dar es Salaam to host business expo for women

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - The Dare to Dream Foundation has joined Vodacom Tanzania and CRDB Bank to host the... Read more

Joint effort provides school desks

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – Upcountry primary and secondary schools are handicapped by a shortage of desks which has affected... Read more

Heavy rains disrupt new factory

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Heavy rains in recent weeks have dampened the excitement of many farmers intending to sell their sugarcane.Sugarcane... Read more

Tanzania spices up tourism offers

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - Tanzania has introduced night viewing in Lake Manyara National Park to attract more tourists. Some... Read more

Work on Tanzania fish market slow

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – Little repair work has been done on the Dar es Salaam’s International Ferry Fish market,... Read more

Tanzania farmers advised on technology

ARUSHA, TANZANIA - Farmers around Arusha have been advised to use the available technology and opportunities in agriculture to boost... Read more

Harvard don vouches for modified seeds

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Ugandan farmers have been told that national food security could be substantially improved by using Genetically Modified... Read more

USE trading grosses $46m

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Trading at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) last week started off from where it left the previous... Read more

BOU holds May CBR at 12%

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The Bank of Uganda has held its benchmark rate, the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 12% for... Read more

KCCA inspects city restaurants

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has inspected 3,737 eating places as part of an exercise to certify... Read more

Home affair as funds bar regional participation

KAMPALA, UGANDA - The 14th edition of the East and Central Africa Inter-Cities basketball championships that was held in Kampala... Read more

Tanzania Pepsi maker sees bright future

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - SBC Tanzania Limited, the local Pepsi products maker, has said that it sees a bright... Read more

How Warid exit will impact telecom sector

Kampala, Uganda – As the month of March climaxed, India based telecom giant Bharti Airtel confirmed their acquisition of all... Read more

Oil experts head for Nairobi to share tips

NAIROBI, KENYA--Regional oil industry experts are to converge in Nairobi to discuss ways of negotiating oil contracts, financing and dispute... Read more

Kenya pips Tanzania in AGOA trade

DARE S SALAAM, TANZANIA - Tanzania’s performance in regards to exporting goods under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)... Read more

Traders query RVR on costs

KAMPALA, UGANDA – A cross section of Ugandan businesspeople are querying the Rift Valley Railways (RVR) concession claiming that its... Read more

Investors snap up Rwanda’s bond

LONDON, UK - Rwanda’s $400 million bond offer was oversubscribed last week, confirming investors confidence in the economy of the... Read more

Kenya insurance firm spreads its wings

NAIROBI, KENYA - Kenya Reinsurance Company is on an ambitious expansion programme that will see it launch operations in four... Read more

Hoteliers ask for more time to upgrade

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Ugandan hotel owners have asked the government for more time before the nationwide accommodation classification exercise begins.... Read more

Kenya salaries body under pressure

NAIROBI, KENYA - Concern is spreading among civil society organisations that the cost of public administration is close to being... Read more

IMF gives Kenya $108m for reforms

NAIROBI, KENYA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rewarded Kenya with $108 million for keeping up reforms in spite... Read more

Rwanda wins kudos

Any lingering doubts about Rwanda’s future economic prospects were dealt a hefty blow by investors last week.The Rwanda $400 million... Read more

Dutch win Dar es Salaam Terminal 3 contract

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA -Tanzania Airport Authority (TAA) has given BAM International a $170 million contract to design and build... Read more

Emirates beats rivals to e-freight

NAIROBI, KENYA - Emirates SkyCargo is the first carrier to adopt Electronic-Air Waybill (e-AWB) shipments. “Following the recent World Cargo... Read more

RwandAir orders for new aircraft

KIGALI, RWANDA - RwandaAir are to spend $33 million to buy a Q400 NextGen turboprop from Bombardier, Canada’s top aircraft... Read more

RVR will re-open Tororo-Pakwach line in August

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Rift Valley Railway (RVR), the current operators of the Kenyan and Ugandan rail networks, have announced that... Read more

Nakumatt needs $50m for Burundi outlet

BUJUMBURA BURUNDI - Nakumatt, East Africa’s biggest supermarket name, is looking for $50 million to add more outlets in the... Read more

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