TECHNOLOGY | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheba Ayinzabyonna has always held the career of programming in high regard. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology (IT) and has since then served as an Information Communications Technology (ICT) teacher for secondary school students. But she always dreamt of becoming …
Read More »Julius Acon honoured as ‘Olympian for Life’
On July 26, former Ugandan athlete, Julius Acon, was among five former Olympians inducted into the “Olympian for Life” Hall of Fame of the World Olympians Association at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Games. Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Olympians for Life project was launched at the Rio 2016 …
Read More »Predicting COVID-19 increases
Here’s the tool Ugandan scientists are using to predict cases, lockdowns, and reopening | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the obstacles if you are trying to guide policy and protect people from COVID-19 is the bewildering amount of data available every day. We are awash in information, but everyone wants …
Read More »Re-opening schools post-Covid-19
Insights from Uwezo Surveys in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | MARY GORETTI NAKABUGO | Covid-19 has forced an unprecedented level of school closures, affecting more than 1.7 billion learners around the world. Now, a question of growing concern is how governments should be planning for the re-opening of schools. Education systems …
Read More »More COVID-19 vaccines arrive
But experts says number of jabs too small for populations battling third wave Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Following recent calls from African leaders to manufacturers and rich countries to ensure equity in distribution of the desperately needed COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Region Office has …
Read More »The curious case of MP Muhammad Ssegirinya
The Kawempe North MP opened a small hospital during the second wave of covid19 and has donated food and other items to support constituents beaten by the 42-day lockdown Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “You don’t have to be rich to give. Giving comes from the heart.” Mohammed Ssegirinya, …
Read More »Mengo, Central Government set for clash over Mailo land status
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II marks his 28th coronation anniversary today, his kingdom is yet again bracing itself for another showdown with President Yoweri Museveni’s government. Like it has been in most of the previous confrontations, land is at the centre …
Read More »Why Museveni relaxed lock-down measures
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has said his decision lift many lockdown measures was based on the advice and modelling by the Uganda Planning Authority (NPA). In his address to the nation Friday night, he said NPA predicted that if the country fully opens …
Read More »Uganda steps up use of clean technology to mitigate climate change
Cleantech: The urgent need for concerted efforts in its adoption Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When it comes to climate change, Uganda has been doing one thing right, and that is maintaining a small carbon footprint. According to the information from Our World in Data, 2017 statistics stood at …
Read More »Billionaire’s space race
Leaving planet earth in crisis is a terrible idea? | THE INDEPENDENT | The four minutes billionaires Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos spent in a state of weightlessness on the edge of space recently were historic feats in the burgeoning space tourism business, but many critics say Branson, Bezos …
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