African Leaders Prepare for U.S-Africa Summit

American officials making preparations for the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC are expecting a large influx of African government officials as well as business and civil society representatives for the three-day event from December 13 to 15. “We’re nearing 45 RSVPs for heads of state or heads of delegation,” said Dana Banks, Senior…

South Africa Pilots HIV Prevention Injection

South Africa is expected to begin piloting the HIV prevention injection early next year as one of several projects that experts hope will reveal the answers to some of the biggest questions about the future of the shot – who will deliver the injection, where, and how to sell people on the idea that just…

KCCA to Construct over 40 Modern Public Toilets in Kampala KCCA

Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” By KCCA-PCA More than 40 modern public toilets are to be constructed in Kampala city, to ease pressure on the existing toilets and improve on sanitation. The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka has revealed that the toilets will be constructed under…

Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 162, hundreds injured

Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the ‘Ring of Fire’. A powerful earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing 162 people and injuring hundreds of others –…

Canada: Why the country wants to bring in 1.5m immigrants by 2025

Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” By Robin Levinson-KingBBC News, Toronto Canada is betting big on immigration to fill the gap in its economy left by aging Baby Boomers leaving the workforce – but not everyone is on board with bringing in so many people from abroad. Earlier this month, the…

Kenya marks five years since single use plastic bag ban

Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” A ban on single-use plastic carrier bags has been in place in Kenya for slightly over five years now. It has led to a cleaner environment, as plastic bags were clogging drains, filling dumpsites, and endangering the lives of livestock that consumed them. However, one…

Inside Airtel Money’s hucked systems and how it stopped.

New details have emerged about how black hats used the website of a gaming platform in Uganda to plunder money from the systems of Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMCUL).  While the licensed betting firm’s website prides itself on making “use of standard encryption to protect the data of its users”, this publication has been…

Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter account after taking poll

The people have spoken,’ says site’s owner, having acknowledged during online poll that automated bots were voting too Dan Milmo Global technology editor Elon Musk has reinstated Donald Trump’s Twitter account after users on the social media platform voted by a slim majority to lift a ban on the former US president. Trump’s account was suspended in…