Six health workers at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital have tested positive for Ebola Virus Disease. According to Herbert Luswata, the General Secretary of the Uganda Medical Association, three are medical workers, two are interns and one medical student. The samples of the health workers were sent to the Uganda Virus
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Officials from Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) have decried the ban imposed on government entities against foreign travels, saying this has left the University incapable of paying the Cuban professors hired to teach students at the institution. “Because the element of foreign travel was suspended, for two years
Read MoreWhy Internet Is So Expensive In Uganda Compared To Other Countries In East Africa
Uganda’s telecom companies have invested heavily in infrastructure services to boost internet access but the low users have limited their ability to lower internet costs for their customers including the Small and Medium Enterprises. Enid Edroma, the general manager, Corporate Affairs at MTN Uganda says only about 35% of their
Read MorePELA Commodities in Soroti has recently completed the installation of Uganda’s first Aflatoxin removal machine (TOXI-SCRUBⓇ). The machine was designed by Eye-Grain and delivered together with the grain handling equipment by Perry Engineering Ltd who is an authorized reseller of the TOXI-SCRUBⓇ system. It was installed by Eye-Grain ApS, its
Read MorePatrick Kachope, the truck driver(L) explaining to the URA officer how he had always managed bypass security at the DRC border. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Customs team has seized smuggled cigarettes concealed as charcoal. In an intelligence-led operation last evening, the team busted the racket in Koboko at on
Read MoreThe KACITA team led by their Chairperson, Thadeus Musoke (2nd right) presents a gift to the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Thomas Tayebwa (right) after their meeting on Tuesday 27 September 2022 Traders under the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have petitioned the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, on the high
Read MoreUganda’s Top ICT Consulting Firm, Data Care Launches Homemade Solution ProMISe ERP At 16th Anniversary Celebrations
Patrick Kagenda, the Managing Director of Data Care (U) Ltd signs the ProMISe ERP placard during the launch and 16 year anniversary at Hotel Africana in Kampala.ProMISE ERP, a system that swiftly digitizes and automates business processes. Data Care (U) Ltd, the leading ICT consulting company that has been at
Read MoreOil and gas pipeline. While the developed countries are saying no to Oil and Gas. Totlaenergies says investment is needed up to mid 2030's Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies says the current energy market disruptions have reinforced the necessity of dialogue on a global basis about the energy
Read MorePresident Museveni (in white shirt) in a group photo with key stakeholders in the oil and gas sector President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has asked the European Parliament to stay away from Uganda’s oil industry and learn to be tolerant of other people. This comes as the debate of the EU Parliament resolution
Read MoreMTN Pulse Hip Hop Cypher Winners Release Debut Group Song “Bikaaye” With Swangz Avenue
One of the MTN pulse cypher challenge winners The talented youth that emerged top 5 from the MTN Pulse Hip Hop awards under the cypher challenge category this year have premiered their debut rap song as a group, titled “Bikaaye”. MTN Uganda introduced the MTN Pulse Cypher challenge to discover,
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