This declaration was announced at the second Africa Regional Media Dialogue meeting in Maseru, Lesotho, to discuss the role of the media in Africa’s development. After the Africa Regional Media Dialogue, the NEPAD Agency conducted field visits to some of the NEPAD projects in Lesotho. Declaration : “We participants of the second Africa Regional Media […]
The recent events in North Africa, and the ripple effect they have set off in the wider region, have once again highlighted how close our two continents are. The changes underway are encouraging, but also present their fair share of challenges: for our partner countries which have started to build genuine democratic societies; and for […]
Sharma visits Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines in official visit to the Caribbean region Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will lay particular stress on youth employment, underachievement by boys and strengthening economic resilience during his six-day trip to the Caribbean region, 12-17 June 2011. Mr Sharma is scheduled to visit […]
News Release The second course on Proposal Writing and Grant Management, Oral Communication and Presentation was held at the University of Nairobi, Chiromo Campus, Kenya. This short course is part of the module in the five day course on Scientific Communication and Publishing. The course started on 6 June and ran through to 8 June 2011 […]
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2011 BY HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda At Parliament Kampala, June 8, 2011 HE The Vice President, Rt Hon Speaker, His Lordship the Chief Justice, Rt Hon Deputy Speaker, Rt Hon Prime Minister, Rt Hon Leader of the Opposition, Hon Ministers, Hon Members of Parliament, […]
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development derives its mandate and functions from the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and other related subordinate laws, including; the Budget Act (2001), the Public Finance and Accountability Act (2003) and acts establishing agencies and auxiliary organisations. Accordingly, the Ministry plays a pivotal role in the […]
Bank of Uganda will host an International Conference on Agricultural Finance in Africa, which is organized in collaboration with the partnership for Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) from Jun 28, 2011 at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala. The challenges of Agricultural Finance are widely recognized. But what really works in the business between agriculture and […]
News Release United Nations climate negotiations will resume in Bonn, Germany, on 6 June 2011. This session follows the slow progress made at earlier talks in Bangkok in April, and are essential for building momentum toward the Durban climate conference in November. The Bangkok talks were focused on setting the agenda for the negotiations for […]
President Yoweri Museveni has finally released the long awaited list of cabinet ministers that he will work with to deliver services he promised Ugandans in the 2011-2016 term. The full cabinet list is as follows: President and Commander in Chief of Armed Forces- Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Vice President– Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi Prime Minister and […]
By Seimu Babalola Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia 24/11/011- The first African Innovation Outlook which captures major issues affecting Science Technology and Innovation, in the continent’s has been launched with a call on leaders to invest more in the sector as a way of fast tracking the socio-economic development in Africa. Speaking during the public presentation of the […]