Samantha Niyonsaba and CK Japheth, The Innovation Village Team Lead at a meeting The Innovation Village, through its EdTech Lab in partnership with Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works and the Arizona State University Education for Humanity, has launched a business development programme dubbed ‘Future of Education’, a challenge with the
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TIME has named Tony O. Elumelu (pictured), one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognises the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world's most influential individuals. Mr Elumelu, who is
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Sheena Ruparelia Sheena Ruparelia, one of the directors of Ruparelia Group has tipped women on how to compete with their male counterparts and bring transformative change within their societies and the country in general. Sheena Ruparelia was speaking during an online talk show held at Victoria University Kampala alongside Uganda
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Nalongo Jayne Kalumba who last week won the race to represent Maddu Town Council for the post of Mayor has vowed to use her experience to develop the area. Nalongo beat Vincent Mugenyi despite violence and intimidation unleashed on her. Kalumba is a renown Ugandan-Canadian looking forward to development Maddu
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The overall winner Opio Derrick, Director One Lamp Uganda Limited (2nd right), receives a dummy cheque of UGX 20m from Kumaran Pather, Managing Director Orient Bank (extreme right), Prof. Waswa Balunywa, Principal of Makerere University Business School (2nd left) and Dr. Diana Ntamu Director MUBS Entrepreneurship Centre (extreme Left). Orient
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Looking out over the skyline of the vibrant city of Johannesburg, one youth activist considers the work that still lies ahead to safeguard women's rights and safety. In a country with one of the world's highest rates of gender-based violence, Amonge Sinxoto is making sure young women are empowered to
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Dr William Wasswa’s low-cost digital microscope speeds up cervical cancer screening Two Ugandan innovators, Dr William Wasswa and David Tusubira have won $13,000 (UShs47.9m) each in this year's Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize for engineering innovation The top prize was won by Technology entrepreneur Charlette N’Guessan. The Ivorian 26-year-old,
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Aliko Dangote plans to spend $15 billion on a project that — if successful — could revolutionize Nigeria’s economy. On a peninsula east of Lagos, 30,000 workers are employed on a project that holds out the promise of transforming Nigeria’s economic fortunes. It’s here that Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, plans
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Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos The world's richest person, Jeff Bezos, is wealthier than he's ever been. Early Wednesday he crossed a milestone previously unseen in the nearly four decades Forbes has been tracking net worths: With Amazon stock edging up 2% as of Wednesday afternoon, Bezos' net worth
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CiplaQCIL CEO, Nevin Bradford Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Ltd (CiplaQCIL) has announced the acquisition of the Human Care Business of Quality Chemicals Limited (QCL) in Shs4.67bn deal. “Pursuant to Rule 38 (1) (a) and Appendix 4:Paragraph 1 of the Uganda Securities Exchange Listing Rules 2003 (as amended), CiplaQCIL is pleased
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