South Sudan President Salva Kiir was on Wednesday held up in Gulu for nearly seven hours after the plane carrying him ruptured a tyre.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir was yesterday held up in Gulu for nearly seven hours after he survived an incident in which the plane carrying him ruptured a tyre.

The government's plan to invest Sh15 billion in a project to supply the southern regions of Lindi and Mtwara with reliable electricity should be immediately followed up with action.

AFRICAN countries should step up regional integration as one of the measures to reduce the high cost of infrastructure development, a study has suggested.

The chairman of the East Africa Council of Ministers and the minister for East Africa Affairs, Dr Diodorus Kamala, has vowed to ensure that the East Africa Competition Act becomes effective in order to facilitate fair play in the regional

Former Bank of Tanzania (BoT) director personnel and administration Amatus Liyumba was a key coordinator in the twin tower project, the Kisutu resident magistrate court heard yesterday.

Tanga Cement (TCC) expects brisk business from implementation of the East African Community (EAC) Common Market, its officials have said.

The Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) will set up a processing and packaging facility at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has collected Sh14.2 billion in Iringa Region, equal to 111 per cent of the estimated target for the year 2008/09.

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UGANDA'S banking sector has been urged to fast-track the biometric finger technology to attract the unbanked segment.

Global trade contracted in 2009 at a rate not seen since the Great Depression, and those paying the heaviest price are those who can least afford it.

The unveiling of the pilot Digital Terrestrial Television away from analogue last week is a fresh window for Uganda to seize the opportunities that global technological advances are providing.

In a bid to stimulate the debate on Uganda's newly discovered oil and the sharing of the oil wealth, Business Vision runs a series of articles by Professor Kasozi, the director of the National Council for Higher Education. This week's

The new curriculum for technical colleges will focus on the changing trends of technology. "The quality of the technology, the maintenance and repairs of the different systems are very important for a sustainable and prosperous society," said Dirk Sijbesma, a

The Nokia China factory at the Xingwang high tech park in Beijing China is a good illustration of what a high-value industrial park should be and can bring to a country.

UGANDA'S insurance industry accumulated gross premium worth sh167b ($84m) written by licenced insurance companies by 2008, according to the annual report by the Uganda Insurers Association (UIA) issued last week.

THE Bangladesh central bank governor has said micro-finance institutions (MFIs) should be regulated to protect the vulnerable poor from being cheated of their money.

LAST week's Africa tax administration forum concluded that integrating Africa's tax and audit systems will contain capital flights, which is the biggest source of hemorrhage of the continent's revenues.

THE Government has distributed coffee seedlings to the youth in Kayunga district in order to increase their household incomes and help them get rid of poverty.