The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in ICT has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) inviting growth-stage, educational technology (EdTech) innovators to apply for an opportunity to grow their ventures while contributing to improving the quality of education in Africa. The deadline for submissions is November 21,
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Police in Uganda say they have arrested 120 people at a bar in the centre of the capital, Kampala, and are holding them for "frequenting a smoking place". Authorities say narcotics were seized during the Sunday night operation. Members of Uganda's LGBT community patronise at the bar which hosts a
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has advocated for tree planting at every public or social gathering as a way of mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. Making reference to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference that took place in September 2019 in Kampala, which was attended by over 800
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Zimbabwe's central bank is due to begin circulating new banknotes on Monday, which it says will help to ease a severe cash shortage as the country suffers a deepening economic crisis. The bank has played down fears that the move will fuel inflation, insisting that the new two- and five-
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The Electoral Commission should be facilitated to procure public digital display screens at every tally centre ahead of the 2021 general elections, Bunya East MP, James Waira Majegere has suggested. In his proposal to the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee that was tasked by Parliament to scrutinize the five electoral
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Many Ugandans have heart related complications but are not aware, Dr Emmy Okello, a Lead Cardiologist at Mulago’s Uganda Heart Institute has said. Speaking at the close of the 3-day health camp organized by Prudential Insurance at Constitution Square on Saturday, Dr. Okello said about 64% of the people who
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The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) is facing criticism by the five maize millers whose licenses it suspended on Saturday over high aflatoxin levels in their products, the Daily Nation reports. Kebs on Saturday banned sale of Dola by Kitui Four Mills, Kifaru by Alpha Grain Limited, Starehe by Pan
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Disturbing reports from the south western Uganda reveal that Ugandan citizens have been shot dead along the Uganda - Rwanda border. Reports reveal that two Ugandan businessmen were shot dead by security forces in Rwanda's border town of Nyagatare. The incident comes days after two Rwandan nationals were shot at
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The Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo is in Uganda on a two day state visit. Tshesekedi who arrived in Uganda on Saturday afternoon, told his host President Yoweri Museveni in a tet-a-tet meeting that he is consulting elders in the region to see how his country
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Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and Financial Sector Deepening Uganda on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims at fostering partnership in mutual areas of interest, such as positioning the Security Interest in Movable Property Registry System (SIMPO) to Uganda’s under-capitalized business ventures. The MoU will provide a
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