Three hundred pupils from Kagugu Primary School in Gasabo district, Friday received Laptop computers during the official launch of the One Laptop Per child (OLPC) program.

The Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA), on Friday launched the country's first ever awards of excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

A High Level Task Force (HLTF) on the Negotiations of the EAC Common Market Protocol will be held 20 - 27 September 2008 in Bujumbura-Burundi.

One hundred and fifty workers of Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, suspected to be ghost workers, have been relived of their jobs following a staff verification and validation exercise ordered by the Chairman of the council, Hon.

Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, (EB-SUTH) at the weekend embarked on an indefinite strike over what it described as the state government's refusal to implement the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions' Salary Structure, the Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) in the state.

Almost one month after the Senate Committee on Aviation concluded its pubic sitting on the N19.5 billion Presidential Aviation Intervention Fund, the committee's chairman, Senator Anyim Ude weekend, declared that not only did he get threat calls to quit the

Chairman, Igbo-Eze North Local Government, Hon Chijioke Ugwu has said efforts were on by the council to partner with the state government on rehabilitating bad rural roads in the area.

Nigeria Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), has asked the Federal Government to give casual workers in its establishments permanent employment.

In this era of new technology being evolved by aeronautic experts to address safety challenges in aviation industry, African continent with its weak economy is still unsure of checking the preponderance of air crashes and missing plane phenomenon.

The government will improve the communication network in the North Rift region to link it up with the rest of Kenya and improve security, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka said on Saturday.

Eurocraft Agencies Limited, a ground handling company with offices at JKIA and Moi International Airport, has commissioned a computerised departure control system in Mombasa with a capacity of checking in 250 passengers in 25 minutes.

Ten years ago few would have imagined just what a money-making instrument the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) would become. However those with a keen eye are reaping big from their adventures on the USE.

THE Sankwalla mountains like the letter C almost encircles Busi 2, the village where the Beechcraft 1900D crashed. The mountains did not fully encircle the village otherwise we would not have found our way into the village.

Transport was paralysed in Karatina town for the better part of Saturday when matatus withdrew from the Karatina terminus to avoid a police crackdown on road unworthy vehicles.

Shareholders of two publicly listed firms, Kenya Power & Lighting Company and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, are bracing for uncertain times as electricity tariffs once more become a bone of contention.

Minister of State for Energy, Petroleum, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, has taken up the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, on his claim that N1.6 trillion belonging to the Federation Account was not remitted by revenue-generating agencies, including

Talk of East Africa's five nation integration into one regional economical community, long a topic for newspaper editorials is beginning to make some progress on the practical front.