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Google Inc. is scaling up its digital skills training programs to accommodate a million Africans in the next year,[1]   aiming to deal with high unemployment numbers on the continent.[4] Check also: Facebook Zuckerberg wants to help Cure All Diseases The U.S. tech giant is planing to give training to 300,000 people in South Africa, it said in a statement Tuesday,[4] ...

Coventry University UK has launched a £500 000 scholarship and announced the establishment of the Africa Institute for Transformational Entrepreneurship (AITE).[1] Check Also: Top 10 Best Universities In Africa 2015 Coventry University UK aim to boost socio-economic development across the continent. The total cost of the projects is £1 million.The announcements come as the university’s vice-chancellor and CEO of Coventry University UK, ...

Somali security forces have captured a wanted Al shabaab leader with $2,000 of bounty on his head following a special operation in Mogadishu on Sunday evening. Check Also: Kenyan Army Killed 21 Al Shabaab Militants In Somalia Hassan Mohamed (Hassan Fanah), defected from Al shabaab and joined ISIL by the end of 2015. Somali federal government has offered two thousand US ...

Set for retirement. A civil engineer by training, Dr Badru Kiggundu has for 13 years been at helm of the Electoral Commission, a period during which he presided over three general elections – with two of them ending up at the Supreme Court because they were controversial. To start with, do you know you are one of the most hated ...

Muhwezi: Cabinet has approved a $11.2million loan (sh36billion) from Kuwait Fund for power distribution and extension in six districts. Minister of Information and National Guidance Jim Muhwezi said the project will introduce 285km of new power lines in Kasese, Kibaale , Nebbi, Bushenyi, Rukungiri and Kiryandongo.[1] The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will seek parliament’s approval soon, Muhwezi ...