Business Times

In a move to put up low cost houses in the country, banks are calling for a public private partnership if Rwandans are to benefit from improved economic levels.

A new ICT academy has opened in Kigali aiming to bridge the gap between unemployed educated youth and market driven information technology needs.

As telecoms carry on to explore avenues to beat competition in both subscription numbers and revenue volumes, the battle has been shifted to mobile money services.

Uganda exported a below-target 187,595 60-kg bags of coffee in March compared with 223,099 bags a year earlier as the harvest drew to an end, a source at the state-run Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said last week.

In a move to put up low cost houses in the country, banks are calling for a public private partnership if Rwandans are to benefit from improved economic levels.

Average monthly supply of cattle at Pugu market in Dar es Salaam from upcountry declined by 5.2 per cent last month compared to the previous month.In March, an average of 765 cattle were supplied every market day while in February an average of 807 cattle were auctioned every market day.

The port of Mombasa should be handed over to autonomous companies to increase efficiency, a new report sponsored by the East African Community (EAC) has recommended.

The number of East Africans living below the poverty line has increased from 44 million to 53 million people, according to a new report.