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Africa’s share of trade slumps

Sub-Saharan Africa’s share of world trade has declined from about five per cent in the 1970s to less than two per cent today.
This was the grim message heard early this week at a ministerial conference of Africa's trade ministers in Arusha.

Govt calls for action against child labour

With more than two million children in Uganda engaged in child labour, the government has called for the formulation of policies and programmes to eliminate the practice.

East Africa to rejoin Comesa as one state

Source : Daily Monitor. A senior official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed floating plans to make the three East African countries of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania reapply to join the Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) as a single East African state.
This means Uganda and Kenya will have to first disengage their current subscription to COMESA while Tanzania also disengages from SADCA.

STUDENTS TO VIDEO CHAT ONLINE ACROSS CONTINENTS AT TUNIS SUMMIT

Students from Cameroon, Kenya, the United Kingdom and France will engage in a live video chat over the Internet about the challenges that girls face in secondary education at an event held during the Tunis World Summit on the Information Society. The event will demonstrate new technologies that can help bridge the digital divide and build understanding between different cultures.

Tanzania suffers skilled labour shortage

Tanzania has in four years, received nearly $2 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
However, the shortage of skilled labour still limits its ability to lure Transnational corporations (TNCs), which currently dictate global FDI flows.

Swedish firms plan more investments in E.Africa

SWEDISH multinational corporations have set strategies to expand their investments into the East African countries of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

WSIS: Tunisian private sector panels for ICT4ALL

The private sector group for the WSIS is holding 5 workshops in the framework of the ICT4ALL event. Some important personalities from both the private and pulic sectors will moderate the debates.

US firms donate $200 million to boost higher education in Africa

Kampala - UGANDA is one of the seven African countries to benefit from a $200 million higher education boost in the next five years, a commitment by six of the US's largest foundations.

Amadeus comes to Uganda

Kampala - Amadeus, an international company with operations in the tourism industry has entered the Uganda market.

Swiss funded project to enhance Tanzania exports

The Permanent Representative of Switzerland to UNIDO, Ambassador Rudolf Schaller and UNIDO Director-General Carlos Magariños, signed a Trust Fund Agreement on 26 September for a project that will enhance Tanzania's export capacity...

Dramatic Drop in Poverty Comes With a Warning

There was a dramatic drop in the number of people living on less than $2 a day in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union over the five years to 2003, according to a new World Bank report.

Uganda drops in global competitiveness rankings

Uganda has dropped eight places in the latest global growth competitiveness rankings.
According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday, Uganda dropped from 79th position in 2004 to 87th in 2005 among 117 countries.
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