Uganda has officially launched the HIV self testing kit in a move aimed at helping all Ugandans know their HIV/AIDS status. Launching the kit on Wednesday in Kampala, Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Health said that “the kits will ease your access to your HIV results
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By Alex Joel Masereka Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out on the United Kingdom's struggle of independence from the European Union saying the former has the capacity to determine her destiny. Museveni was speaking on Thursday while addressing members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) that Uganda is hosting
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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda, through Century and Rwenzori Bottling Companies, has launched a collaboration with Nyonta Relief to provide increased access to safe water for vulnerable households in Ndeeba Parish in Kampala. Supporting the project “Nyonta Tree For Life”, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa will supply 100 ‘Nyonta kits’ to families
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Sixty-six migrants who were stranded in camps in Libya have arrived in Rwanda. They are the first group to be relocated following an agreement between the Rwandan government, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the African Union. "Special thanks goes to all the people of Rwanda who have been sharing
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Leaders should devise an “incentive structure” to promote a startup culture among young Africans. “I think they will produce the magic,” Albert Muchanga, the African Union’s Commissioner for Trade and Industry, told a gathering on infrastructure at the United Nations on Wednesday. Muchanga said colleagues were working to “harmonise our
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President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday visited Makerere University to look at the innovations on display at the institution's Agricultural Day and Exhibition. He thanked the Vice Chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, the principals of the colleges and the staff for re-orienting the university and firmly moving it towards research and innovations.
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A gilded coffin looted by art thieves in the wake of the Arab Spring and unwittingly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has been returned to the Egyptian authorities. The sarcophagus dates back to the first century BC and once held the mummy of Nedjemankh, a
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Uganda, fertile and sun-drenched, is harboring dreams of becoming the next cannabis (marijuana) hotshot of the African continent. Foreign capital has been flowing in to launch the new industry. So, much hangs in the balance as the country’s cabinet weighs changes to the criminal code allowing cultivation to proceed. There
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A new study released at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) by food and beverage (F&B) strategy & design firm KEANE, forecasts that 700 new hotel restaurants and bars will be opened in Africa by 2025, in internationally branded hotels. The prediction is based on KEANE’s research into 410 F&B
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The Standards and Utilities Division of the High Court yesterday convicted City Businessman, Drake Francis Lubega (in featured photo), who is also the owner of Jesco Industries Limited, for manufacturing plastic bags commonly known as Kaveera that do not meet standards. Lubega was found guilty on two counts of producing
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