Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan student Hakim Nakaana Kakooza was among 14 students from the African Leadership University (ALU) who participated in the fourth annual Silicon Valley Global Leadership Programme — a transformative, month-long trip designed to nurture entrepreneurial leadership and technological expertise. The programme, hosted at Stanford …
Read More »UK-based energy innovators to explore energy access markets in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The Department for International Trade, Uganda (DIT) in collaboration with Innovate UK, this week hosted a team of UK companies for a Trade Mission in Uganda to seek partnerships with key Uganda energy companies to realise affordable and clean energy. 12 UK companies from the energy sector …
Read More »Lack of funds leave scientists stranded with innovations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Innovators in Uganda are failing to tap into the market with their technology due to lack of funds. The innovators are now asking the government to change its approach so that their prototype ideas are transformed into products that can be commercialized into the Ugandan …
Read More »Accelerator lab launched to solve development challenges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Nations Development Program- UNDP has launched the Accelerator Lab to solve complex development challenges in Uganda. The UNDP Accelerator Lab in Uganda is part of a three-year global initiative to build a network of 60 labs in 78 countries across the world. The labs …
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