A three-year initiative to equip women-led start-ups with essential skills, financing, and networks to drive long-term impact. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s entrepreneurial landscape is set to receive a significant skilling and financial boost following the launch of the Women in Tech Uganda Accelerator Program, an initiative of …
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Dr Okoth: We need to change a situation where a cross- section of our people in the Eastern Uganda are forced to remain home to die when faced with the need to seek more sophisticated medical treatment by travelling to Kampala – or Nairobi. COMMENT | DR ANTHONY OKOTH NDIRA …
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🏁 Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal ⚽ 65′ Saka ⚽ 67′ ViniJr ⚽ 90′ + 3′ Martinelli Madrid, Spain | REAL MADRID MEDIA | This time it wasn’t to be as the European champions were eliminated from the Champions League on Wednesday. With the crowd behind the team and a belief in the …
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Kampala, Uganda [April 16, 2025 | Absa Bank Uganda has appointed Henry Tumusiime as the new Human Capital Director, effective 16 April 2025. With experience of over 18 years in organizational leadership and development, human resource management and cultural transformation, Henry joins Absa Bank Uganda from Abacus Pharma (Africa) Limited, …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In a bid to enhance agricultural productivity in Uganda’s Karamoja region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), introduced a mechanization initiative aimed at transforming …
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COMMENT | RODRIGO DE CASAS | A recent report by Vital Strategies urges governments to end all collaboration with the alcohol industry in drink-driving prevention (See story below). While we fully support accountability and scrutiny in public health, recommendations based on ideology – rather than evidence – risk undermining life-saving work. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & UGU MEDIA | National Council of Sports (NCS) General Secretary Dr Bernard Patrick Ogwel has expressed confidence in the golf talent that abounds in the country. He revealed this as he flagged off the national junior golf team that will travel to the …
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BUENOS AIRES | Xinhua | Argentina received 12 billion U.S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday, the first disbursement under a new loan agreement aimed at stabilizing the economy and rebuilding foreign reserves. The payment raises the country’s gross international reserves to 36.8 billion dollars, according to …
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“Africa should improve governance in order to improve transparency, close illicit financial flows. Africa loses almost ninety billion dollars every year. That is far much more than we get from aid and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) every year” Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire | THE INDEPENDENT | African Development Bank Group Secretary General …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Energy Minister, Irene Muloni has tasked her predecessor to explain why most sub counties in the country don’t have access to the national electricity grid. Muloni, an Electrical Engineer was the Minister of Energy Minerals until 2019. and was at the Ministry when the …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
