Published by Daily Monitor There is a radical increase in rental rates fees for residential houses in Kampala and cases of tenants failing to pay are increasing. That is not withstanding the ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic. Uganda’s rental sector is growing rapidly but the East African nation is still far from addressing its housing […]
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Hope for airlines as global travel shows signs of revival
Published by Business Daily The global aviation industry is showing signs of recovery as more countries open their borders with an increase in the rate of vaccinations, giving hope to the sector that was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. International Air Travel Association (IATA) says the sector recorded an 18 percent growth in September […]
Flowers rot in farms amid KQ, Ethiopia freight wars
Published by Business Daily Flower farmers are being forced to throw away a quarter of their produce due to a drop in airline traffic in the wake of restrictions imposed on rival carriers to protect Kenya Airways. Kenya Flower Council (KFC), the lobby for large-scale flower farms, says they need freight capacity of at least […]
Sky wars: Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda carriers expand as Ethiopian, KQ falter
Published by The Citizen As East Africa’s leading carriers Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways grapple with financial and politically instigated crises, regional carriers Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines and RwandAir have laid out plans to eat the big boys’ lunch. This came to light at the just-concluded 2021 Dubai Air Show, where Uganda Airlines and Air […]
Training of Trainers (ToT) to ‘Woreda’ Agriculture Experts is concluded
The training was focused on poultry, dairy production management and Nutrition sensitive Agriculture. And it was organized by the office of Vice President for Research Affairs of Haramaya University, from 16-18 November 2021 at the Resource center. Vice President for Research Affairs Dr. Tesfaye Lema, in his opening remarks, said that, Ethiopia is well known […]
UNHCR Regional Update #25: Ethiopia Emergency Situation, 16 November 2021
Key Developments REGIONAL UNHCR is currently updating existing regional contingency plans for the Ethiopia situation, including for Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. While the further evolution of the conflict and external and internal displacement patterns are difficult to predict, UNHCR and partners are putting in place preparedness measures in several countries with […]