Off-grid electricity sector can contribute to achieving most of the country’s development targets faster Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Over 5,000 jobs in Uganda’s decentralized renewable energy (off-grid power) sector have been lost over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new study published …
Read More »NSSF and Mastercard invest $10m in Ugandan ‘Silicon Valley’
MasterCard Foundation, NSSF 2028 Target: To create 500 startups and up to 132,000 jobs ✳ Support 500 startups ✳ 100 startups to scale ✳ Create132,000 jobs ✳ 132,000 new NSSF members ✳ Use $10million ($5m Mastercard Foundation + $5m NSSF) ▶ In the past 14 months ✳ 8,039 entrepreneurs …
Read More »THE FULL STORY: Liz Truss resigns as prime minister
The five causes of her downfall explained NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only as long as …
Read More »Fighting Ebola ‘quietly’
Health Minister Aceng’s recipe for success or failure? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has the ability to effectively respond to its first Ebola virus outbreak in more than a decade and to curb its spread to other regions and neighbouring countries. That is the expressed view of the …
Read More »Three-way battle for Uganda golf’s top prize
⛳Uganda Amateur Open Golf Championships 2022 ✳️ Sept 19-22 💠 LEADERBOARD ➡🏌️♂️ 1⃣ A Ssekibejja 71,76, 75 | 222 🇺🇬 2⃣ M Tumusiime 72,73, 80 | 225 🇺🇬 3⃣ J Cwinya-ai 80,69, 78 | 227 🇺🇬 4⃣ G Nsubuga 75,77, 76 | 228 🇺🇬 5⃣ J Kasozi 78,73, 81 | 232 🇺🇬 …
Read More »The West’s role in the global food crisis
A staggering 345 million people face acute food insecurity, with more going to bed hungry COMMENT | ANA PALACIO | Actions speak louder than words. That adage explains why Russian President Vladimir Putin’s depiction of his brutal and senseless war in Ukraine as a noble fight against Western imperialism comes …
Read More »COMMENT: The role of the Uganda Cancer Institute at Mulago needs to be reviewed
Uganda Cancer Institute-Mulago a death trap? COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 19th Sept 2022 my sister checked in at Uganda cancer institute Mulago. Previously, we were admitted for over a week at Nsambya Hospital. The diagnosis was multiple myeloma, which many confirmed to us that it is treatable cancer depending …
Read More »How safe is it to drink rainwater?
`Forever chemicals’ are a threat to its use for domestic purposes | IAN COUSINS | In many parts of the world, including Africa, people rely on rainwater as a source of drinking water, as well as for other household and livelihood uses. One of the reasons is water scarcity – …
Read More »MusangoGwantamu: A Retrospective
A biography of Uganda’s leading art educationist and artist who inspired artists like Joseph Ntensibe, General Elly Tumwine and Fabian Mpagi ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The Uganda art industry has been recently touted to have a lot of potential and to grow exponentially in the next decade. But it …
Read More »Cwinya-ai bounces back strongly at Uganda Golf Open
✳⛳Uganda Amateur Open Golf Championships 2022 ➡🏌️♂️ DAY 3 (Sept 19-22) 💠 LEADERBOARD ahead of Day 3 1⃣ M Tumusiime – 72 & 73 (145) 🇺🇬 2⃣ M Ssekibejja- 71 & 76 (147) 🇺🇬 3⃣ J Cwinya-ai – 80 & 69 (149) 🇺🇬 Kigo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & PHILLIP CORRY …
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