Facebook today released its ‘2019 Year in Review’ infographic, showcasing just some of its investments across Sub-Saharan in 2019. Committed to giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together, throughout the year this translated into significant support and investments into growing the ecosystem of
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The African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards committee has unveiled the winners for different categories in the just concluded polls for the African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards 2019, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi emerging as the African Political Leader of the Year 2019, after
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As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to take the world by storm, adequate regulation is necessary to safeguard the interests of consumers while maintaining fair competition among service providers, the UCC Executive Director has said. Delivering a paper on “Ethics in and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence” at the 5th Engineers Forum
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The new UNAIDs Executive Director of, Winnie Byanyima has asked nations around the world to remove stringent laws that require adolescents to seek parents’ consent before accessing reproductive health. “We must remove parental consent laws that block independent access for adolescents to access reproductive health services, including contraception, STI treatment,
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Legislators have rejected a report from the House Committee on Education and Sports on the alleged sexual harassment of students by security operatives during the October strike at Makerere University, saying that the investigation was not conclusive. Committee Chairperson, Jacob Richards Opolot, presented the report during plenary sitting on 11
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The Christmas season has an atmosphere of joy and magic that can’t be found any other time of the year. The season brings out the best in all humans; it evokes warm fuzzies, smiles and memories of fun times spent with loved ones. However, this is normally not the case
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Uganda's Ministry of Health has promised government support to children born with physical impairments. This commitment was made on Wednesday by Dr. Jesca Nsungwa Sabiiti, Commissioner of Maternity & Children Department at the Ministry of Health. She was speaking at an event dubbed #LatoHelpChristmas luncheon under the auspices of the
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Oxfam Uganda has designed new programmes to address gender based economic imbalances. While commemorating the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence at the National Stakeholders event at Royal Suites Bugoloobi on Monday, Margret Peace Chandini (in featured photo above), the Coordinator of the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) at
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They’re one of the deadliest animals in the world, but mosquitoes could soon be wiped out - thanks to one man’s farts . Joe Rwamirama, 48, from Kampala, Uganda claims that his farts can kill mosquitoes up to six metres away, and that he’s been hired by a manufacturing company to help develop a
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Any African visiting Nigeria will be able to get a visa on arrival, President Muhammadu Buhari (pictured) has announced. He told a meeting of African leaders on Wednesday that it was part of a commitment to ensuring freedom of movement on the continent. “Nigeria is committed to supporting the free
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