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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda has bagged the World Travel and Tourism Council’s inaugural Global Leadership Award for its efforts to put tourism at the centre of economic and social development. The award, received on behalf of the country by Prime Minister, Edouard Ngirente, was presented at the …

Dogs really do resemble their owners – but not in the way you’d expect Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It turns out that dogs really do resemble their owners. Genes from the dog gut ‘microbiome’ – the community of vital bacteria that support digestion and metabolism – show many …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study has shown that hand dryers are spraying poo at us. The paper – published in the Applied and Environmental Microbiology – studied hand dryers in public toilets at the University of Connecticut. Previous studies like this one found that Dyson hand …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beers brewer, Uganda Breweries Limited, has announced a water and education support programme geared towards transforming livelihoods of the communities of Acholi sub region in Northern Uganda. The company’s Managing Director, Mark Ocitti, said the new initiative has already commenced with the construction of 16 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The world’s most faithful male is – well, a bird. Apparently, every year, for the past 16 years, the stork has flown 14,000 km from his winter home in South Africa to a small village in Croatia, Europe, to be with his handicapped mate, who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internet service provider, Liquid telecom, has promised to support business start-ups with reliable and efficient data solutions to enable them do research and grow. Barbra Nannono, the company’s Sales and Marketing Manager, who spoke during the DataHack4FI season 2 grand finale event held at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A professor in the small Moroccan city of Sidi Slimane recently had his whole world turned upside down by an urologist. He was undergoing a routine health checkup when he was told that he had been sterile for most of his life. But there was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ibrahim Karyoowa, a Bukoto-based generator mechanic was the first lucky winner in the recently launched Under the Crown promotion, Samba ne Coca-Cola. Karyoowa was handed a brand new 32-inch flat screen TV by company officials on April 20 in Kampala. “I have been drinking soda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On April 20, MTN Uganda Foundation handed over the revamped out-patient department (OPD) block of Kabarole Hospital Church of Uganda and donated hospital equipment to benefit hundreds of patients who frequent one of Western Uganda’s busiest public hospitals. Ten hospital beds, 10 mattresses, 10 blankets and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a new tool to protect women from HIV infection. The tool, a vaginal implant, decreases the number of cells that the HIV virus can target in a woman’s genital tract. Unlike conventional methods of HIV prevention, such …