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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 5th cohort of the African Women’s Entrepreneurship (AWE) Program has successfully graduated 85 women entrepreneurs from Kampala, Lira, and Arua covering sectors of building, agriculture, education, health, and technology businesses and tourism courtesy of the US Embassy and SHONA. The U.S. Embassy Department of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On March 28, Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with the office of the Luzira Women Councillor LC III offered agribusiness training and donated 2,000 mushroom gardens to Luzira single mothers. The Corporate Relations Director Uganda Breweries, Juliana Kagwa said that many women living in urban settings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In celebration of the International Women’s Day, Airtel Uganda hosted its female staff at an engagement where they were encouraged to embrace the power of technology to attain a work-life balance. The session was held at Kampala Serena Hotel. The 2023 International World Women’s …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In commemoration of women’s month (March), ActionAid Uganda embarked on advancing women’s rights and gender equality through digital literacy. While speaking at the community dialogue held in Bukedea on March 22nd, Shibah Namulindwa the field programme coordinator, of ActionAid Uganda Eastern region said that they …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Football’s global governing body FIFA on Thursday launched the 2027 Women’s World Cup bidding process, which will be appointed, for the first time, by the FIFA Congress. The previous Women’s World Cup hosts were decided by the Council, but this time the Congress will vote for the …

Paris, France | Xinhua | Athletics’ global governing body has banned transgender athletes from international competition and tightened testosterone restrictions for other athletes with differences in sex development, World Athletics said on Thursday. The World Athletics Council has agreed to exclude male-to-female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At an event held recently in Kampala, a total of 28 women Agribusiness entrepreneurs graduated from the first cohort Business Accelerator Program (BAP) implemented by Agribusiness Development Centre and powered by dfcu Limited and Rabo Foundation. Launched last year, the Business Accelerator Program’s objective is …

  Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA |  In honour of International Women’s Day, ATC Uganda hosted a breakfast for its 45 female employees, to recognize and appreciate the contributions of women in the workplace. The breakfast was held on March 17, 2023, at the Serena Hotel, featuring philanthropist and entrepreneur …

The majority of financially excluded women are in the informal sector and hard-to-reach areas, which requires innovative financing solutions to reach out to them – innovations in digital financial inclusion with a special focus on women is, therefore, necessary to improve the financial inclusion standing of the women COMMENT | …

New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | After hosting the International Women’s Day in Kiruhura district, the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development Betty Amongi Ongom immediately flew to New York, USA, where she is leading the Ugandan delegation to the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on …