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[New Times] Achieving gender equality in technology and innovation is just one part of the wider struggle to guarantee equal rights and opportunities for women and girls, President Paul Kagame has said.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tanzania: Vodacom Shows Signs of Future Recovery Despite Losses
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Zero deaths reported as Kenya Covid-19 cases up by 485
485 out of 5,355 samples tested positive for the Covid disease in Kenya in the last 24 hours
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Uganda: Govt to Construct Factory for School Pads
[Monitor] Education minister Janet Museveni has said government is considering setting up a factory to manufacture and supply sanitary towels to all schools as a means to support the girl-child through school.
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Mozambique: Three More Covid-19 Deaths and 24 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- After three days in which no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease were registered, the Mozambican health authorities reported on Friday that three people had fallen victim to the disease in the previous 24 hours.
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East Africa: EAC Lawmakers Seek Harmonised Covid Protocols, Affordable Tests
[New Times] The high costs of Covid-19 tests is now becoming a hindrance to the free movement of people and goods in the East African Community (EAC).
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Barbados making a case for keeping corporate tax rate amid global move - Barbados Today
Barbados is mounting a case against the introduction of a global minimum corporate tax rate that would see the island having to almost triple its current rate and lose its status as a low-tax jurisdiction. However, Minister of International Business Ronald Toppin, who suggested the move is another
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Kenya: ODM, UDA and PEP Take Early Leads in Bonchari, Juja and Rurii Mini-Polls
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Vote tallying is underway for three parliamentary by-election conducted on Tuesday.
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Covid-19 positivity rate at 9.9 per cent as 573 infections reported
The total confirmed cases in the country are now 168,108 and cumulative tests conducted so far are 1,777,034.
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Uganda: 8,666 Ugandans Left Country in March in Search of Jobs
[Monitor] At least 8,666 Ugandans left the country in March in search of employment, according to a report by the Ministry of Finance.
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Uganda: How Many PhDs Does It Take to Install a Traffic Light in Kampala?
[Monitor] If you slaughter a five-year-old Ankole bull and then hang the carcass by the pelvic bone in a cooler for 48 hours the beef will be 30 per cent more tender than that from a similar bull that did not receive this spa... rather special treatment.
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Rwanda: Utility Body Banks on U.S.$400 Million Project to Fix Water Leakages
[New Times] Unbilled water and revenue leaks continue to weigh down utility firm Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC), costing it millions in losses, the Auditor General revealed last week.
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NMS gets Sh48.3 billion in budget to smoothly manage county functions
Nairobi Metropolitan Services is set to receive Sh48.3 billion for the 2021-2022 financial year.
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Nigeria: Tuberculosis - Experts Advocate Improved Funding to Eradicate Disease in Nigeria
[Premium Times] Nigeria remains one of the 30 countries globally with the highest burden of TB.
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Wedding bells!
Weeks after ratcheting up pressure on the Government about perceived inequity in the domestic wedding market, planners on Tuesday welcomed the more than tripling of attendance quotas for June, a traditional high-traffic month for nuptials. Prime...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Plantain Pilot Project launched
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, in collaboration with the Banana Board, has launched a Plantain Pilot Project, which aims to establish 10 hectares (25 acres) of irrigated plantain production. The objectives of the project are to increase...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Uganda: Increasing Import Bill Hits Foreign Exchange Reserves
[Monitor] Bank of Uganda made a $216.8m drawdown from the reserve account during the quarter ended February to fund a widening deficit resulting from growth in the import bill.
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SAPS murder latest: 'Police must defend themselves relentlessly'
After another KZN SAPS member was killed, provincial Transport MEC Nkonyeni has called for police to spare no effort protecting themselves.
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Nairobi MCAs root for Sh1.5 billion ward special account
Nairobi County MCAs are pushing for a Sh1.5 billion general-purpose account to specifically manage funds allocated for ward development projects.
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COVID vaccines still on schedule for delivery - Tufton
The shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines committed to Jamaica through the COVAX Facility will still be arriving at the end of the month, despite the decision by the Serum Institute of India to halt supplies to the COVAX Facility until the end of...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Tanzania: Hats Off Aboud On Covid-19 Report, Lockdown Is Severe
[Daily News] ON Monday at State House in Dar es Salaam, President Samia Suluhu received the Coronavirus assessment report from the committee she had formed under Prof Said Aboud as the chairperson. Congratulations Prof Aboud for the professional and fast-prepared report!
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Minister: $15b gaming sector paid just $82m in corp tax - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
MINISTER of Public Administration Allyson West said the local gambling sector did business worth about an estimated $15 billion annually but typically ends up paying a yearly corporation tax of no more that less than $100 million, as she spoke on Friday in the Senate on the Gambling (Gaming and
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JPS eyes rate hike
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is reviewing an application for a tariff adjustment by the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS). The OUR said it expects to make a decision by September. The regulator said that the current filing is...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Kenya: More Students to Join University This Year
[Nation] An additional 17,393 candidates in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam qualified for admission to university compared to 2019.
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Uganda Short of Staff to Run Icus, Experts Warn
[Monitor] Up to 75 per cent of specialists are lacking in hospitals, and some designated Covid-19 treatment centres do not have intensive care units (ICU), health experts have warned.
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COVID-19: US State Offers 'Joints For Jabs' - St. Lucia Times News
COVID-19: US State Offers 'Joints For Jabs'OS ANGELES, United States (AFP)— The US state of Washington is offering 'joints for jabs,' in the latest innovative bid to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 as inoculation rates continue to slow. Cannabis dispensaries in the northwestern state
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Counties get additional Sh53b in spending plan
All 47 county governments are among the biggest beneficiaries in this year's budget after getting an extra Sh53.5 billion in equitable share.
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39 frontline workers die of Covid-19
Covid-19 positivity rate at 10.8 percent as 410 out of 3,799 samples test positive in the last 24hrs; 22 patients die, raising toll to 2,950.
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Go after international business – Persaud - Barbados Today
As Barbados continues to fight to keep up with constantly changing international tax and money laundering policies, one of Government’s leading economic advisors is suggesting that greater effort be made to get more international companies headquartered in Bridgetown. Moreover, Avinash
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Cousins laments country’s soaring food import bill
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is now a net drain on the country’s foreign exchange, instead of being the main channel for achieving food security and nutrition. The value of Jamaica’s food imports is now four times that of food exports...
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