Kansiime Anne In Zimbabwe For 2 Sold Out Shows: Pictures
So I landed safely in Zimbabwe and never felt this at home.The pressure is too much though cos the show sold out 2 days ago (Yah! My ninjas are awesome like that), my welcoming team is full of tall I mean tall beautiful ladies that my manager forgot about me for a second lol… and […]
African Prophets And Profits
YOU can hear the Synagogue Church of All Nations long before you see it. The hymns sung by its 15,000 worshippers, their arms upraised, echo through the dusty streets of Lagos. Devotees come from far and wide every Sunday to hear, and be healed by, the man they call the Prophet, Temitope Balogun (“T.B.”) Joshua. […]
Kenya Shrugs Off Uganda Plan to Build Oil Pipeline Via Tanzania
Kenya has shrugged off fears over a decision by neighbouring Uganda to consider building a crude oil pipeline through Tanzania. Kenya brushed aside concerns that Uganda’s plan, if it proves cheaper than the alternatives, would scuttle its infrastructural plans for its own oil pipeline. Acting Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia told the Nation on Wednesday […]
Herculean Task for Tanzania President Magufuli, At Home and in the Region
John Pombe Magufuli, who was inaugurated last Thursday as the fifth President of the United Republic of Tanzania, has his work cut out. Almost immediately, he has to deal with thorny problems — in the country and around the region — bequeathed to him by his immediate predecessor, Jakaya Kikwete. The most obvious issue at […]
The Transformation Of Uganda Martyrs Shrine
At different points of the Uganda Martyrs Shrine, Namugongo, groups of men and women go about their work, either manning machines or manually digging or fixing something. The shrine is a busy place. And as workers go about working day and sometimes at night, there are locals prying on them, mesmerised at the work at […]
Mr. Universe, Ivan Byekwaso Wins Natural Bodybuilding World Cup
International Natural Bodybuilding Association (INBA) Mr. Universe, Ivan Byekwaso’s star continued to shine after he won the INBA Natural Bodybuilding World Cup in San Diego, California on Saturday. After spending close to a month in San Diego training with renowned San Diego based natural bodybuilding coach, Gaspar Lorenzo at the World Gym in California, the […]
President Yoweri Museveni Nominated As A Presidential Candidate For Next Year’s Elections
President Yoweri Museveni has been nominated as a presidential candidate for next years elections on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket. Mr Museveni was proposed by Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda and seconded by State Minister for Youth and Children Evelyn Anite for nomination. While addressing the media shortly after his nomination at Mandela National Stadium, […]
Burundi Ready for Fresh Round of Talks
As the African Union and the East African Community call for inclusive dialogue in the Burundi crisis, Bujumbura has welcomed Uganda’s minister of defence Cryspas Kiyonga to lead the mediation talks. This comes after the Office of the Special Envoy for the United Nations Secretary General for the Great Lakes region in Africa endorsed the […]
Dutch Tourist, Sofia Isabella Federika Missing In Uganda: Might Have Been Eaten By Crocodiles
Tourism Police and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officers have mounted a search for a Dutch national who went missing in Murchison Falls National Park part of Nwoya District on Wednesday night. Ms Sofia Isabella Federika is said to have told friends that she was going for a short call only to wander from the Students […]
Bamboo Finance and Louis Dreyfus Holding Launch Impact Investment Fund NISABA, Focusing on Agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bamboo Finance, a private equity firm specializing in investing in business models that benefit low-income communities in developing economies and Louis Dreyfus Holding, which owns a controlling stake in leading global agribusiness Louis Dreyfus Commodities, announced today a partnership to launch and jointly manage NISABA, a US$50 million impact investment fund project with a focus […]
