Those who have it, love to spend it

With a taste for Jimmy Choo shoes and Hermes handbags, Choice Okoro’s idea of shopping is a world away from her mother’s.   “My mother would not pay what I pay for shoes,” said Okoro, a Nigerian professional in her late 30s as she prowle

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Harmonize regulations says procurement forum

Saturday, 18 February 2012 13:43

 

Harmonises LawsThe three- day meeting was attended by representatives of Burundi Public Procurement Authority-BPRA; Uganda’s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority-PPDA; Tanzania’s Public Procurement Regulatory Authority-PPRA, Kenya’s Public Procurement Oversight Authority-PPOA and Rwanda Public Procurement Authority-RPPA.

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Keeping up with news makes sense

Monday, 01 August 2011 00:00

Many would-be suppliers to government and its departments have always complained about lacking information about ‘juicy’ business deals. Let’s look into this.

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