SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Joyce Alinga, a resident of Aujongor Village, Obalanga Sub-County in Kapelebyong district conceived during the covid-19 lockdown in 2021. The 21- year- old of senior three students gave birth to conjoined twins in Amuria Health Centre IV in Amuria District by cesarean section. Looking at …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has started reaping the benefits of a partnership with the United States in terms of strengthened transparency in the management of public medicines and health supplies. The U.S. government helped NMS build a strong and modern health supply chain system which has …
Read More »Uganda Road Trips: 3 Tips for the Adventure of a Lifetime
SPECIAL FEATURE | Tricia Lee | Perhaps you have always wanted to do a road trip through one of the many amazing countries on the continent of Africa and have lately decided on Uganda. It is renowned for being a country where you will want to spend much of your …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | BUSINESS | Starting a business is no easy task. There are so many things to consider – from the initial planning stages to marketing and advertising your business, to maintaining it once it’s up and running. One of the most important aspects of starting a business is …
Read More »DIGITAL: Housing Finance Bank partners with Oracle and JMR
Housing Finance Bank partners with Oracle and JMR to accelerate Core Banking led digital transformation and deliver stellar Customer Experience SPECIAL FEATURE | BUSINESS | Housing Finance Bank, a full-service commercial bank in Uganda will deploy Oracle Banking suite, leveraging next-generation banking technology to enhance digital core capabilities and deliver convenient …
Read More »10 Misconceptions about the Tilenga & EACOP Projects
SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | TotalEnergies answers the most frequently asked questions relating to Tilenga & EACOP projects in Uganda and Tanzania. ******** QUESTION: Why is TotalEnergies embarking on the Tilenga and EACOP projects when scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Energy Agency and the …
Read More »More Ugandans will now have free access to safe water
Eng. Ahmed Ssentumbwe and Emmanuel Dennis write that Government of Uganda partner Evidence Action will expand its safe water program to reach 4.4 million people in the Eastern region SPECIAL FEATURE | September 28, 2022 Kampala, Uganda | Water is one of the most important requirements for human health and life …
Read More »China launches new group of remote sensing satellites
Xichang, China | Xinhua | China successfully launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The satellites were launched Friday as the third group of the Yaogan-35 family at 9:28 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket …
Read More »CHOGM 2022: Must visits in Rwanda
SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is the biggest postcolonial international conference that gathers all the former British colonial territories. A total of 53 countries gather together every two years in one of the commonwealth countries to discuss ways on how to further democracy, …
Read More »Top 5 things to do on a summer vacation in East Africa
SPECIAL FEATURE | Top 5 Things to do on a Summer Vacation in East AfricaEvery year, a number of people make the decision to take a summer vacation in Africa. Despite the fact that a large number of individuals do vacation during the summer months, there are even more that …
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