Commonwealth News
Uganda launches last-mile connectivity to increase electricity access to rural communities
Uganda launches the last-mile connectivity component under the Uganda Rural Electricity Access Project in Iganga in the eastern Luuka District with the support of the African Development Bank and other partners to provide reliable and affordable electricity to rural...
Trinidad and Tobago adopts world safe travel stamp
Trinidad and Tobago is now one of the 400 destinations around the world that hold a World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) ‘safe travels’ stamp. The safety and hygiene stamp was launched last year to rebuild global consumer confidence and encourage the return of...
Lesotho: Local company opens diamond mine
ThabaTelle Mining Company becomes the first locally-owned company to be awarded diamond mining rights in Lesotho. According to CEO, Lehlohonolo Nthontho, Thaba Telle was awarded a 10-year mining lease to mine the Khubelu kimberlite pipe in Mokhotlong. Read the...
An electronic record label has opened a school in Sierra Leone
An electronic record label 'Lost on You', in collaboration with Street Child, an organisation that supports children living in the world’s toughest places to go to school and to learn, opens a primary school for children in Sierra Leone. The label raised roughly...
Tanzania’s Zanzibar launches program to uplift small businesses
Tanzania's Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi launches special identity cards (IDs) that will be used by the government to identify small traders and extend relevant support like providing loans for their businesses. He also announced a package worth $43.2 million...
African Development Fund approves $116m to upgrade road corridor in Tanzania
African Development Fund approves a loan of $116 million to Tanzania to upgrade a 160-km Mnivata-Newala-Masasi road corridor in the southern part of the country. The loan comprises 98.71% of the project cost while the rest will be borne by the Tanzanian government....