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Africa’s Gas Sector Gains Momentum through International Partnerships

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 4, 2025/ — As the global energy landscape shifts toward cleaner fuel sources, natural gas is taking center stage in Africa’s energy transition, with international collaboration playing a key role in unlocking the continent’s vast gas potential. Africa holds approximately 6% of the world’s natural gas reserves and is expected […]

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Uganda Tackles Power & Taxation After BCI Report

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By Naome Namusoke/KMA Updates KAMPALA — In a decisive move to address mounting concerns from the private sector, key players in Uganda’s business community have joined forces with government representatives to discuss the country’s deteriorating business climate, following the release of the Business Climate Index (BCI) for the second quarter of 2025. The high-level workshop, held

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MTN Uganda, MTN MoMo and UHOA Seal Strategic Partnership to Digitize Uganda’s Hospitality Sector.

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L-R Dennis Kakonge, General Manager Corporate Services at MTN MoMo, Ibrahim Senyonga, General Manager, MTN Business Susan Muhwezi, the Chairlady of the UHOA, Yewagnesh Biriggwa, President COUTA and Juliana Kagwa MTN Uganda, MTN MoMo, and UHOA signed a strategic MoU to drive digital transformation in Uganda’s hospitality sector through tailored ICT and mobile money solutions.

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EAC, SADC Leaders Unify DRC Peace Efforts

Leave a Comment / Africa, Business, East Africa, Politics / Ronald Kabuubi

East and Southern African leaders have agreed to merge regional and African Union (AU) peace structures to accelerate efforts in addressing the worsening security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The resolution came during the Joint EAC-SADC Summit with the Panel of Facilitators for the DRC Peace Process, held in Nairobi on

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NETSCOUT EMPOWERS CUSTOMERS TO DEFEAT CYBERTHREATS WITH AI-POWERED DDoS DEFENCE

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AI-Backed DDoS Attack Detection Accelerates Responses and Streamlines Operations WESTFORD, Mass. – July 31, 2025 — NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, today announced new AI-backed enhancements to its NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense and NETSCOUT Arbor Enterprise Manager Adaptive Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) solution to help

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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, reveals that Nigerians can own a piece of his oil fortune

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Aliko Dangote announced plans to list the Dangote Refinery on the stock exchange to enable Nigerians to become shareholders. Speaking at a conference in Abuja, he emphasized fostering partnerships with African governments and institutions to refine petroleum locally. Dangote highlighted the company’s LPG production as an initiative to promote clean cooking in Nigeria. Dangote made

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EAC Slams Tanzania for Foreigner Business Ban, Says It Threatens Common Market

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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu/Photo The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has issued a stern warning to Tanzania regarding its recent directive banning non-citizens, including Kenyans, from operating within 15 business sectors. In a statement, EAC Secretary General Veronica Nduva noted that the restrictions imposed by Tanzania were in violation of the commitments enshrined in the

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African countries make bold commitments to end preventable deaths of children under five by 2030

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MAPUTO, Mozambique, July 31, 2025/ — African countries have made bold pledges to address the continent’s maternal and child mortality crisis, as a challenging health landscape, shrinking resources, climate change and conflict threaten to reverse decades of progress in child survival. Nearly five million children (https://apo-opa.co/44TWUFA) die from preventable causes before the age of five every

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Canon named a Leader in IDC Market Scape: Worldwide Hardcopy Remanufacturing 2025 Vendor Assessment

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 31, 2025/ — Today, Canon (https://en.Canon-CNA.com) is pleased to announce that it has been named as a Leader in The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Hardcopy Remanufacturing 2025 Vendor Assessment [1]. The report highlights the increased demand for circularity and sustainability in the print and document solutions market and takes an in-depth look at the global, regional,

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STATE HOUSE REAFFIRMS INVESTOR PROTECTION COMMITMENT AS JAPANESE CAR DEALER YOSHINO MOTORS EYES EXPANSION IN UGANDA

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STATE HOUSE REAFFIRMS INVESTOR PROTECTION COMMITMENT AS JAPANESE CAR DEALER YOSHINO MOTORS EYES EXPANSION IN UGANDA In a show of Uganda’s growing appeal as a top destination for international investors, Col. Edith Nakalema, the Head of the State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU), on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, warmly welcomed the top management of Japanese

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