Tag Archives: Digital

Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigeria’s apex bank has said it is postponing the proposed launch of the country’s digital currency, e-Naira, to an unspecified date. In a statement late Thursday, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the delay was due to other activities lined up to commemorate the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has signed onto the Global World Postal Strategy that is aimed at reviving, sustaining and growing the postal sector, which is under pressure from the digital revolution.  The four-year strategy responds to the current market needs and sets out approaches on how the …

   COMMENT | MICHAEL SSEKYONDWA | As the second and more deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip Uganda and many other African countries, putting everyone’s life at risk, there is greater onus on essential businesses that are in operation, to prioritize the safety of customers and the public …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has signed a contract with a Russian Company to provide digital trackers to all vehicles in the country. At a ceremony held on Friday at the Office of the President in Kampala, Waiswa Bageya the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Before the COVID-19 virus arrived in Uganda early last year, the tourism sector was registering a steady rise in foreign exchange from tourists. According to the Annual Tourism Sector Performance Report for Financial Year 2018/2019, revenue rose from $1.45 billion in 2017 to …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Greater adoption of mobile payment innovations should be at the heart of preventive and curative interventions aimed at reducing Africa’s burden of infectious diseases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday. Ahmed Hamani, finance officer at WHO Regional Office for Africa said that …

Accra, Ghana | XINHUA | The leadership of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is promoting a Pan-African payment system to facilitate intra-African trade, a top official said. Wamkele Mene, the Secretary-General of AfCFTA told Xinhua in an interview that the Pan-African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS) would be …

ANALYSIS  | THE INDEPENDENT |  On June 6, 2021, President Museveni delivered his much-anticipated speech in his second address to the nation since the newest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country. With scores of students infected according to recent media reports, the president only confirmed a lockdown many …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Medical Stores has began training health workers across the country ahead of a planned national rollout of the new NMS Plus Platform, an initiative which will be used to enhance transparency in procurement and delivery of medicines. The NMS plus initiative that starts …

    NRM MANIFESTO WEEK |  As soon as the Science and Technology ministry was established in June 2016, an Innovation Fund was created. Since 2016 the ministry’s Innovation Fund has so far received a budgetary allocation of Shs50 billion. Armed with this money each year, the Ministry has been …