Martin Kropff, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), said he expects the newly-developed high-zinc wheat to make up at least 80% of varieties distributed worldwide over the next ten years, up from about (...)
وقعت سلطات الانقلاب وأوغندا اتفاقية لتبادل المعلومات الاستخباراتية العسكرية، وفقا لما ذكرته الدولة التى تقع فى شرق أفريقيا ، على خلفية تصاعد التوترات بين مصر وإثيوبيا حول سد للطاقة الكهرومائية على أحد روافد نهر النيل. وذكر بيان صادر عن قوات الدفاع (...)
The Egyptian Commercial Service in Uganda has organised a visit for a delegation from the Egyptian Food Industries Export Council to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, to follow up on the arrangements for holding the first Egyptian exhibition for food (...)
Uganda announced, on Wednesday evening, that it has signed a military intelligence-sharing agreement with Egypt, against the backdrop of rising tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latter's massive dam on the Blue Nile, according to a (...)
Egypt and Uganda have signed on Wednesday a military intelligence sharing agreement to combat terrorism at the headquarters of the Ugandan military intelligence in Mbuya.
According to a statement by the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), the (...)
Medxia Global, a health technology solutions and products company, has announced that it has received EGP 5m in funding from a local investor.
The finance will go towards increasing its capital and expand its business in its operating countries, (...)
The Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) has unveiled the full festival programme for its 2021 event, with a total of 180 international documentaries set to take part.
The digital programme also consists of 40 live debates that (...)
Medxia Global, a healthtechnology solutions and products company, aims to increase its investments into the Egyptian market by 30 million pounds by the end of 2021, the company's president Mohamed Fayek said.
He added that his company has received (...)
Burkina Faso secured their place in next year's Africa Cup of Nations following a goalless draw away to Uganda in their penultimate qualifier on Wednesday.
The Stallions are now on top of Group B with nine points, just one ahead of second-placed (...)
With 18 years of experience in communications and public relations (PR), over three of which were spent building up our passion and pride at Jupiter Commz, I have had the opportunity to gather thoughts and reflections on the industry.
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Egypt's Samcrete Engineers and Contractors (SMCS) has signed binding agreements to establish two new road projects in Congo with total worth of $350 million, in addition, it is studying the possibility of establishing water projects in Tanzania and (...)
The Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt's leading private sector bank, has celebrated the completion of its training programme and the graduation of 19 certified Credit Analysts from Kenya and Uganda.
The training programme comes as part of (...)
Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati stressed on Sunday that reaching a legally-binding agreement over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would pave the way for investments and development in the Nile Basin (...)
In countries with historic ties to Britain, allegations by Prince Harry and Meghan that an unnamed member of the royal family had ``concerns'' over the color of their unborn baby's skin have raised a thorny question: Do those nations really want to (...)
Due to international pressure, many developing and developed States have shown a universal commitment to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which encompasses 17 SDGs including SDG 5--realizing gender equality.
Part of advancing gender (...)
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Trade and Industry raised the fees on exports of nitrogen fertilisers. An export fee had already been in place, as stipulated by ministerial decree 59/2021, but the Ministry of Trade and Industry has now amended (...)
Urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from the global COVAX initiative, with officials acutely aware their continent needs much more.
'Rich countries should not be so (...)
Egypt ends of the crisis of the Ugandan authorities imposing 35 percent custom tariffs on Egyptian exports of iron sheets in violation to the COMESA agreement, according to he Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevine Gamea.
The ministry's (...)
The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a former commander in the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages.
Dominic (...)
According to a 2020 Global Terrorism Index report, Africa has become “the centre of gravity” for the Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda, losing no less than $171 billion to terrorism in the last 10 years. Terrorist groups have moved there and to some (...)
Uganda accused the US ambassador on Tuesday of seeking to subvert last week's presidential election by trying to visit the main opposition candidate at his home, which has been surrounded by security forces since the vote.
Troops prevented pop (...)
Ugandans were voting Thursday in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring polling stations. Internet (...)
Uganda banned social media and messaging apps on Tuesday, two days ahead of a presidential election pitting Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, against opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine, a popular singer.
Users complained on (...)
A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country's COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country.
Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers about the (...)
As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it.
The level of testing across the continent is considerably less than what health experts say is needed to (...)
