Month: November 2024

From L-R_ Patricia Ninsiima (Long Coat), Stella Nakirijja (in purple), Olivia Nakiwanuka (in jean trousers), Angel Uwera (in (black and white dress) and Assumpta Nakalema (C) in black In a groundbreaking shift, Ugandan female youth innovators have outshone their male counterparts by clinching top prizes in the 2024 Agriculture, Youth,

Forty percent of female commercial sex workers in Arua district and Arua City are married, a survey done by Makerere University School of Public Health has revealed. The survey, which involved 640 commercial sex workers in the two administrative units, found that 31 percent of the women engaged in commercial

The Ivory Tower is ready to be occupied Makerere University’s iconic Main Building, known as the Ivory Tower, is set to reopen next month, nearly four years after extensive reconstruction efforts began following a fire that gutted the building in 2020. According to Ritah Namisango, the University’s Principal Communications Officer,

Muhereza Kyamutetera, Chief Executive Officer, Yewagnesh Biriggwa (Yogi), the President and Peter Mwanja, the General Secretary, sign contracts. The Uganda Tourism Association (UTA), the umbrella organisation that brings together all tourism trade associations in Uganda, is pleased to announce the appointment of Muhereza Kyamutetera as its Chief Executive Officer, effective

The new council members addressing the UMEAS 2023 attendees at Kampala Serena On Tuesday 17th September 2024, Evolve Africa, a renowned marketing outfit unveiled the inaugural Evolve Marketing Council. Evolve Africa is the organization behind properties like the annual Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards (UMEAS), Marketer Magazine, Women in Marketing Honors,

Participants in a group photo after the business workshop Coffee and cocoa exporters have been urged to put in place risk management strategies to protect their business from volatile currency, and commodity prices, and ensure business stability, to achieve sustainable growth and expansion. This was during the Absa Bank Business Banking

A passenger bus, Buscar from Kenya, registration number KDG 377G, that plies the Kampala Nairobi route, was impounded on Friday 13th September with over UGX 32 million worth of undeclared currency of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The bus was also found in possession of several undeclared assorted goods made

Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the government to impose hefty fines on telecom companies in Uganda that are selling unregistered SIM cards as part of their punishment for harboring fraudsters that end up defrauding and committing crimes with their unregistered SIM cards. He cited a

Murchison falls park gate Travelers to the West Nile and Northern Uganda will be exempted from entry fees to the Murchison Falls National Park while Karuma Bridge remains closed for repairs. Uganda Wildlife Authority on Thursday issued a statement saying there will be no fees for vehicles transiting through Tangi-Bugungu