In line with the Education pillar of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, Airtel Uganda has handed over 100 goats to 50 girls in Moroto district in a bid to join in the fundraising campaign #GOATSFORGIRLS that aims at keeping young girls in the Karamoja region in school. This handover follows
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President Yoweri Museveni has asked Parliament to use malaria funds to kill mosquitoes rather than organize seminars. “Let the Malaria fund aim at eliminating the mosquitoes by developing the larvicides to kill the mosquito rather than using the fund for benchmarking, seminars and workshops,” Museveni said. He made the remarks
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By Aloysious Kasoma Finance Trust Bank (FTB) has unveiled a new product; Trust water and Sanitation Loan aimed at extending safe and clean water to low income earners. Speaking at the launch on Wednesday at Serena Hotel, the FTB Managing Director Annet Mulindwa Nakawunde said that the loan was developed
Read MoreNearly 70,000 Congolese have arrived in Uganda since the start of 2018, fleeing violence back at home NAIROBI, Kenya, April 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The increasing flow of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has put Ugandan health facilities in affected areas under unprecedented strain at a
Read MoreBriefing on April 5, Flintlock 2018 Exercise in Niger NIAMEY, Niger, April 5, 2018,-/Africcan Media Agency (AMA)/- EVENT:Please join us on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at 13:30 GMT|14:30 WAT|15:30 SAST for a telephonic press briefing with Eric Whitaker, U.S. Ambassador to Niger, and Major General J. Marcus Hicks, Commander, Special
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-With the sudden passing of the South African mother of the nation, Winnie Madikizela Mandela, Africa Media Online sat down with photographer Sue Kramer to talk about her experience with this powerhouse of a lady. This portrait was taken at Nelson and
Read MoreMatt DeCourcey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs departs for Africa through to April 13, 2018, to visit The Gambia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and South Africa OTTAWA, Canada, April 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- As part of its G7 presidency, Canada reaffirms its commitment to working with African
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MTN Uganda Limited has confirmed that confidential information of Justine Bagyenda's Mobile Money transcation records leaked to the public. Bagyenda is a former Executive Director Supervision at Bank of Uganda. Recently Bagyenda’s MTN Mobile Money transactions records leaked, indicating that she had transacted over Shs500m in a period of three
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A section of Ugandans on social media are questioning the $500m investment by power distribution company following an accident in the city that saw an electric pole collapse on two vehicles, damaging them in the process. On Wednesday, traffic was brought to a halt and the pole damaged two cars on
Read MoreUN reaffirms its commitment to a world free from the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war ABYEI, Sudan, April 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) commemorated the International Day for Mine Awareness
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