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Egypt nods to Chinese Coal-fired Power Plant Proposals

January 7

Cairo – Egypt’s cabinet has approved two conditional contracts with Chinese firms to produce electricity from coal-fired […]

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The Suez Canal expansion project : Why Africa should look increasingly inwards to raise capital for infrastructure development

January 7

By Ghada Hammouda Egypt recently celebrated the opening of the newly expanded Suez Canal, a vital […]

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Uganda Nonperforming portfolio shrinks further

January 6

KAMPALA, JANUARY 05, 2015 – Uganda’s banking sector held on to the slim gains made against […]

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Project QU: In answer to Wolfgang and Paul Busharizi

January 5

I used the long holiday season to read my professional colleagues, Paul Busharizi and Dr.Wolfgang Thome’s, […]

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CS BAG Sees 2016/17 Budget “under extreme political pressures”

January 2

And below, the CSBAG critique of the 2016/17 budget framework paper   Our Budget under extreme […]

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There is some method to M7’s madness after all

January 2

On December 20, the CSO’s under their umbrella Civil Society Budget Action Group CSBAG convened a […]

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Rwanda’s SGR decision brings clarity to EA railway plans

December 22

KAMPALA DECEMBER 22- After a period of uncertainty over where the dice of Rwanda’s SGR connection […]

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UMEME primes for increased power supply

December 18

KAMPALA, DECEMBER 17 – Ugandan electric power distributor UMEME will be commissioning a new 40Mw substation […]

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Kampala signs contract for light commuter rail

December 16

KAMPALA DECEMBER 15- Kampala’s long promised light commuter rail has moved out of the conceptual phase […]

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MTN makes $125.8million partial payment for Cote d’Ivoire licence

December 16

KAMPALA, DECEMBER16 – MTN Côte d’Ivoire has paid 75 billion CFA ($125.8million) to Ivorian authorities in […]

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