Makerere University College of Health Sciences has partnered with St. Augustine International University (SAIU) to host the first international Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) symposium aimed at raising awareness about the silent killer diseases. The symposium is slated for February 12th -15th 2018 in Kampala. NCDs also known as chronic or
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Do you drink sodas? If the answer is in affirmative, then you have been drinking yourself into an early grave. Prof. Moses Kamya, the Dean, School of Medicine at Makerere University encourages Ugandans to keep off sodas for it is dangerous for one’s health. “It is very unhealthy to take
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The Uganda Shilling was relatively stable bolstered by end month conversions amid low market demand the week ending 1st December 2017. Trading was in the range of 3620/3630. In the interbank, liquidity remained high with overnight rate dropping to 7.5% while one week traded at 9.5%. In other economic news, Inflation continued
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The Annual Headline (total) Inflation for the year ending November 2017 lowered to 4.0% compared to the 4.8% recorded in October 2017, says Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Releasing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November 2017 at Statistics House on Thursday, Paul Mungyereza, the UBOS Executive Director revealed that
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On the eve of World AIDS Day (December 1) Johnson & Johnson announced that its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies together with a consortium of global partners have initiated the first efficacy study for an investigational mosaic HIV-1 preventive vaccine. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and National Institutes of Health are
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Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende has said the Central Bank regulations can’t stop banks from collapsing. Kasekende made the remarks on Wednesday while giving a key note address at the 7th Annual International Leadership Conference organized by Makerere University Business School (MUBS). His address centered on
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Uganda’s public debt will soon hit the Shs40 trillion mark as government continues to borrow heavily to mainly fund infrastructural projects. On Tuesday, Parliament approved borrowing of US $14.4 million (Shs52.5bn) from the Africa Development Bank Group (ADB) to support multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communications and Transport Project. ALSO READ:
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President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda has enough power (electricity), transport routes and opportunities to enable foreign investors thrive in Uganda. Museveni made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with a delegation of oil and gas investors from the United Kingdom who called on him at State House, Entebbe.
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Uganda has moved up 5 places in the ICT Development Index (IDI). Previously 158 in 2016, the improvement to 152 is indicative of the steady success the multifaceted approach being undertaken by the Government of Uganda and the Private Sector in driving the Digital agenda in Uganda. Additionally Uganda improved
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The 25th Joseph Mubiru Memorial Lecture will be held on December 01, 2017 and will be delivered by Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, a University Reader in Political Economy of Development, in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge. The lecture is titled; “Ambition, Pragmatism, and Imagination – Rethinking the
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