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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will be represented by a 10-member team at the World Athletics under 20 championship slated for August 17-22, 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya. Namayo Mawerere, the Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) publicity Secretary said the team will fly out on Sunday aboard Uganda Airlines to …

Only 23 percent of African youth engaged in farming are using technology geared towards improving productivity Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The majority of African youth have not been able to tap into technologies and innovations required to facilitate their plunge into agribusinesses, says a report that was launched on Thursday …

  The programme with aim to reach at least 40,000 young people in 8 countries – Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Ghana, Jordan and Lebanon Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) has announced a collaboration with IBM to empower young women and men in Africa and …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for a gang of youth in connection with the destruction of several property worth millions of shillings in Pader Town Council in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The youth reportedly rampaged after police stopped their party at Hotel Perfect View …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with the Inclusion Works Consortium has rewarded finalists of the ‘Innovation Challenge for Youth with Disabilities’ with US$5,000 (approx.Shs18m) to help them realize their entrepreneurial aspirations, it said on Apr.20. This ‘innovation challenge’ is part of the Bank’s Diversity …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Funding of 17 new youth groups under the youth livelihood program in Gulu City has been halted after the authorities failed to recover funds disbursed to 58 different groups six years ago.  Santo Otto Anywar, the Gulu City Welfare Officer and the Focal Point …

Number of people committing suicide might increase with the increase in mental illness Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,500 youth in Lango have suffered mental illness as a result of excessive consumption of alcohol and smoking marijuana. Reports from Lira Psychiatric Department at the Regional Referral Hospital indicate …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Uhuru Kenyatta has hailed the contribution of digital technologies to Kenya’s transformation saying ICTs are helping the country to create employment opportunities for its youth and enhance delivery of public services. The president observed that digital technologies have enabled African governments and the …

  Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM’s Benard Oneni Odoi Mutusa has won the Eastern Region Youth Member of Parliament. Odoi, was declared winner by the Eastern Region Returning Officer. David Anyanzo, this morning at Mbale Secondary School in Mbale City. Odoi garnered 967 votes beating his …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Electoral Commission has disqualified the National Unity Platform-NUP central youth parliamentary candidate from the ongoing elections at the National Teacher’s College in Mubende district. The Central and Southern Region Regional Elections Officer, Robert Baine, says the NUP candidate, Moses Kasule used a voter …