SAP Africa yesterday launched the SAP Experience Center in Johannesburg, the first of its kind in Africa and one of only a handful of similar centers in the world. The ribbon cutting ceremony was conducted by Tjaart Malan, Head of Digital Business Services at SAP Africa, who officially opened the
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When Nalongo Nabumadi was living on the streets of Kampala, Uganda’s capital city, she was so hungry that she and her son were reduced to eating worms. Widowed in her mid-50s when her husband died from a sudden illness and cast out of their house by their landlord after she struggled to pay the
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A delegation from the UN Women Country office in Kampala on Wednesday paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Frank K. Tumwebaze during which they discussed issues pertaining to the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) and the need to strengthen reporting on
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Vivo Energy Uganda hopes to maintain its position as market leader in distributing world class fuel products. This vision was unveiled by the country's Managing Director, Gilbert Assi during a media breakfast held at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Thursday morning. Also in attendance, was Hans Paulsen, the Vivo Energy
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The Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine and Dr Charles Olaro, the Ag Director General Health Services, have appealed to the country's Foreign Affairs Ministry to share health tips that can avoid the coronavirus hitting Uganda. The doctors' tips are contained in an advisory shared with the Foreign Affairs
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Officials in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo say at least 36 people have been killed by suspected rebels. This is the latest in a series of attacks believed to have been carried out by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The Congolese army began an operation against
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The final day of talks to resolve the dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt on the fate of Africa’s largest hydropower project ended yesterday without a word from any of the parties. Foreign and water ministers from the two countries and Sudan have been meeting in Washington for the last two
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has instructed parliament’s legal team to extract the hansard and examine the discrepancies in the Kampala Capital City Authority Act as amended in December 2019 that new provisions were smuggled into the Act without the knowledge of Parliament. The directive followed a complaint
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As part of their initiatives to ensure that more Ugandan entrepreneurs emerge as successful applicants in the 2020 Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) entrepreneurship programme, United Bank for Africa- Uganda organized and hosted a free and intensive business training for 70 potential applicants. The training took place on Wednesday 29th January,
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Cabinet has considered a Parliamentary resolution to suspend army operations on major water bodies and established a committee to investigate complaints of brutality by the forces. The Cabinet committee is chaired by Minister for Animal Industry, Bright Rwamirama, and will investigate complaints raised against the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit since
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