President Uhuru is delighted to have presided over the opening of the UNCTAD Africa Regional E-Commerce Week. This Forum is a major milestone event for UNCTAD and Kenya, since it is the first time it is being held in Africa. Check also: Melinda Gates Explains How You Can Use Tech To Help Lift People Out Of Poverty For Africa to benefit ...
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2021 Elections To Cost Shs900 Billion
The Electoral Commission has unveiled strategic election road map for the 2021/22 General Elections in which it estimates to spend over 868 billion on organizing the polls from the local administrate level to the presidency. The road map will guide Electoral Commission activities until elections take place between January 10, and February 8, 2021. The new cost is double the ...
Read More »National Medical Stores Set To Mark 25 Years Anniversary
National Medical Stores (NMS) has launched activities to mark 25 years anniversary. As part of the celebration, NMS will hold a number of stakeholder engagement meetings to create a platform where they can discuss issues affecting the health sector in their areas and find a way forward. The engagements will be held under the theme “innovations for effective and efficient ...
Read More »Wefarm Launches Champion Farmer Award For Farmers Driving Agricultural Knowhow Countrywide
Uganda– Ahereza Asheri, a maize farmer from Busheny, Western Uganda, has been named by Wefarm as a Champion Farmer, having more than doubled his own output and led the way in raising the productivity of his fellow farmers on the Wefarm network. Wefarm, which provides more than a million East African smallholders with a digital platform for share farming knowhow, ...
Read More »Liquid Telecom Receives $180m Investment from CDC Group Plc
London – Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has reached an agreement with CDC Group Plc, the UK’s development finance institution, to invest $180m with the company. This investment will enable Liquid Telecom to expand its high-speed broadband connectivity to some of the most underserved communities across the African continent, including supporting Africa’s thriving tech start-up ecosystem with high-speed internet ...
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