Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A solar grid tie system has been developed to pilot a project at Makerere University to ease power outage problems. According to Dennis Rukundo, a solar PV Expert at the Makerere University Centre for Research and Energy Conservation (CREEC), the solar power grid tie system …
Read More »U.S. judge denies gov’t motion to stay preliminary injunction on WeChat ban
San Francisco, USA | XINHUA | A U.S. judge from the District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday denied the government’s motion to stay the preliminary injunction on banning WeChat, a messaging, social media, and mobile payment app owned by Chinese company Tencent. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler …
Read More »Trump warns Ethiopia of Egyptian attack on dam
Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump has voiced his concern about the failed talks on the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the River Nile, saying he believes Egypt will launch an attack against it. He blamed Ethiopia for ignoring a deal he had struck …
Read More »Museveni flags off Masindi port, Apac,Lira, Pader road works
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has flagged off the tarmacking of Masindi-Pader to Acholibur Highway. The upgrade of the 191km road running from Rwenkunyu in Masindi through Apac and Lira to Puranga town in Pader district is expected to begin around November following the launch of …
Read More »Uganda to use drug dismissed by WHO as useless against Covid-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is planning to go ahead and treat Covi-19 patients using Remdesvir, an injectable drug that had been developed to treat Ebola but failed to tame the deadly virus. But the decision comes after a World Health Organization study found the drug to have …
Read More »Uganda Airlines’ Airbus gets national colours
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent COVID-19 worldwide lockdown has not affected the building of Uganda Airlines’ two A330-800 planes ordered from Airbus. Despite a two month delay, one of the two Airbus planes is in the final stages of completion, with its manufacturers sharing a photograph of …
Read More »Econet Group creates a Wi-Fi marketplace for digital inclusion in Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Econet, through its subsidiaries Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) and Cassava Fintech International (CFI) has this week launched a network of #SasaiWiFiFinder hotspots in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda, providing locals with most affordable internet access. A statement from Econet says the …
Read More »Stanbic helps Makerere University ‘rise from the ashes’
Stanbic donates computers worth Sh100 Million to support Makerere University rebuild Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank has donated computers worth sh100 million to help Makerere University reequip its administration centre after a recent fire destroyed a substantial part of the famous Main building. Commonly referred to as …
Read More »Police arrests 3 more suspects over hacking into telecoms- Banks’ aggregator
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cyber detectives at Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID have arrested three more people in connection to the ongoing investigations into the hacking of Pegasus technologies and causing loss of billions of shilling to two telecommunication giants and two Banks. Hackers early this month …
Read More »MutiChoice promises thousands more stories at Uganda Media Showcase
Ten Thousand Stories and more from Africa’s most loved storyteller – MultiChoice Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MultiChoice Uganda today hosted its first ever fully online Media Showcase as it celebrated its drive to bring its audiences ‘African stories told by Africans’. The event streamed live from Kampala, …
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