Uganda: MTN Listing Will Double Size of Use - Regulator

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Uganda: MTN Listing Will Double Size of Use - Regulator

[Monitor] Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has said MTN's listing is expected double the size of the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE).

Source: allAfrica.com

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[New Times] The number of people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus in Rwanda is about to hit 300, according to figures from the Ministry of Health.

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Tencent bails out streaming TV provider iFlix

Naspers affiliate Tencent is buying certain assets of iFlix, a struggling streaming platform with about 25 million users focused in South and Southeast

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Family Bank books 85pc rise in profit on improved lending

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Aleisha Salmon, a grade 12 student at Meadowbrook High, told the Jamaica Observer that since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced the physical closure of schools, she has been worried and fearful as she is not certain what will obtain with the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Africa: Sahel Crisis - Answers From Dynamic Demography

[allAfrica] It is now a decade since the Sahel crisis unfolded. Yet, the region has picked up the hard lessons and remains of interest globally.

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Vaccination critical to tourism’s recovery, says UN body - Barbados Today

Although Barbados has “done well” in controlling the spread of COVID-19, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned of devastating losses in the tourism industry that remains the island’s main source of income. According to an UNCTAD report, COVID-19 AND

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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.

Campbell’s love for numbers puts her in Top 10 - Barbados Today

by Kobie Broomes Never in a million years would 17-year-old Jasonia Campbell have expected to place in the top 10 in the Caribbean Examination Council’s Mathematics exam. Campbell, a former student of The Alexandra School told Barbados TODAY she expected to get a grade one but this was a good

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CBK seen capping premium on reopened 5-year bond

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Naivasha depot to host all EAC cargo

All cargo destined for Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan will be transported via standard gauge railway (SGR) for clearance at the Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) starting June

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Somalia: UN Agencies Warn Somalia's Gains At Risk From 'Triple Threat'

The political and security gains made by Somalia over recent years could be at risk of reversal if swift action is not taken by the international community to help local authorities avert a major humanitarian crisis due to the combined effect of devastating floods, desert locusts and the widespread

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya receives first batch of 141,000 Johnson and Johnson vaccines

Kenya has this evening received the first batch of 141,0000 Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses, procured via the African Union.

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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke

New SOEs to fight potential formation of super gangs — Holness

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday declared two new states of public emergency (SOE) in the island, drawing immediate criticism from Opposition Member of Parliament and former Minister of National Security Peter Bunting that the measure is being overused and has failed to serve as a deterrent

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Hospitals begin to run out of oxygen across Eastern Caribbean as ‘Delta wave’ sweeps region, says PAHO - Barbados Today

Hospital oxygen supplies are being pushed to the brink across the Eastern Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has warned, as a wave of the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant causes more deaths and infection rates soar to record levels largely among the

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Hanover principals mull school reopening challenges

Principals in Hanover have raised concerns that the configuration of school plants may hamstring attempts to conform to COVID-19 health protocols, with six-foot social-distancing stipulations the biggest challenge for the start of the 2020-2021 academic year in

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Uganda's Debt Burden As Financial Year Closes

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF), although the debt stock would increase to respond to the emerging financing needs, debt dynamics would remain sustainable and Uganda would remain at low risk of debt distress, with public debt projected to rise above 54 per cent of GDP in FY 2021/22

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14 more deaths, 519 new covid19 cases - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Another 14 people have died of covid19. This brings the death toll to 331. An additional 519 cases were recorded from samples taken between May 14 and 18. The Health Ministry’s covid19 update on Wednesday said the people who died were two elderly men, three elderly women, seven middle-aged

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Mandeville water supply to be improved from $410M investment

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that the town of Mandeville in Manchester will have improvement in its water supply from a $410-million investment, over the next 24 months. Making the disclosure at a virtual quarterly press...

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Kenya: Kisumu Sets Up Centre to Tackle Sickle Cell Disease

[Nation] A total of 21 out of 100 children in Kisumu are born with the sickle cell trait, new statistics show.

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Crack task force to go after gangs

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Doctors expected to resume duties Friday

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Lawyers fighting for Jamaican man imprisoned in Barbados for breaking quarantine - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) In what has been tagged an unduly harsh sentencing, a Jamaican man has been imprisoned for six months in Barbados for breaking quarantine; while influential tourists flouting the COVID-19 protocols, when caught are reportedly given time to pay fines instead of

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US faces severe economic downturn

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Uganda: Banks Record Shs685b in Non-Performing Loans

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CMU under pressure to return payment for construction project The scandal-scarred Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is being pressed to pay back $19.8 million to the Ministry of Transport and Mining after it failed to construct containerised...

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Weak demand to keep inflation rate in check

The CBK sets the target of inflation at five per cent, plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

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Source: Business Daily

Support grows for change to ganja law

An increasing number of Jamaicans are of the view that the law should be changed to make it easier for people to buy ganja for their personal use.That is the finding of two public opinion polls conducted for the Jamaica Observer by Bill Johnson between March and July this year.

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Rwanda: Central Bank Maintains Repo Rate at 4.5%, Optimistic of Economy Picking Up

[New Times] The key repo rate is the maximum rate at which commercial banks invest their money at the central bank.

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Uganda Records 10,000 Covid Cases in 10 Days

[Monitor] Up to 69 per cent of the new 15,248 Covid-19 cases detected countrywide were reported in the last 10 days, Daily Monitor has established.

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Microsoft reiterates commitment to bolstering Xbox Game Pass offering

Xbox Game Pass, once seen as a risky move by Microsoft, now appears to be positioned to become the future of gaming across every platform.

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Kenya, Tanzania call truce on border row

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