The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) —Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs—will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on January 1, 2020. Applications are made through TEFConnect, the digital networking hub for the African entrepreneurship ecosystem, created by the Foundation. The TEF Entrepreneurship
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Uganda Joins 145 Nationalities To Make History On Emirates Flight
Celebrating the unique unifying power of diversity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a historic one-off Emirates A380 flight marking the 48th UAE National Day and the UAE Year of Tolerance took off from Dubai International Airport on November 29, 2019. Ugandans living in the UAE were part of the
Read MoreMinister Elioda Promises SMEs Gov’t Support As 100 Mid-sized Companies Are Recognized
Uganda's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Elioda Tumwesigye has promised Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) government support to enable them grow their enterprises. Elioda made the promise on Friday at Hotel Africana, while delivering remarks at an awards dinner hosted to honor the Top 100 Mid-sized companies. “As government is
Read MoreUganda’s Joshua Cheptegei Breaks 10km Road World Record In Valencia
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei (pictured) broke the 10km road world record in Valencia, setting a new time of 26 minutes 38 seconds. The 23-year-old broke the previous record by six seconds, which was set in 2010 by Kenya's Leonard Komon. Cheptegei was crowned 10,000m world champion in Doha in October, having
Read MoreThe Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has promised to lobby Government to support the local film industry in Uganda. Kadaga was officiating at the 2019 Uganda Film Festival held at Acacia Mall, Kampala on Wednesday 27, November 2019. The Speaker said that she regrets the fact that the film industry
Read MoreBy Mirror: A list of Ballon D'Or rankings has been leaked on social media ahead of the awards ceremony on Monday - with Lionel Messi named as the winner. The Barcelona forward is favourite to win the award for a record sixth time but faces competition from Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk. In the image shared on Twitter, Messi tops
Read MoreKenyan banks are making more money from their customers compared with their much larger Nigerian counterparts thanks largely to technology, ratings agency Moody’s says in a new report. Deployment of mobile channels to replace brick and mortar and hiring of third party agents have helped banks cut the number of
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