Nigeria will face Mali in the final of the FIBA U18 Women’s AfroBasket 2024 on Saturday (today) at 4 pm at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Junior D’Tigress reached this stage by defeating Uganda 71-67 in a nail-biting semifinal clash at the same venue on Friday, with the narrow win also securing them a ticket for the FIBA U19 …

The World Bank has said it will no longer consider new loans to Uganda over the adoption of a law that proscribes same-sex conduct. The Ugandan government had earlier in the year passed a law against anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender practices in the country. The law includes life imprisonment and a death sentence as penalties for anyone convicted. The …

African integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch has said that it has partnered with Equity Bank, one of the top banking groups in East Africa, to provide the bank’s customers with faster and more affordable banking services at over 650 Interswitch-enabled Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) belonging to 17 local banks in Uganda. Interswitch said the arrangement showed the company’s …