Ketty Adoch, a Ugandan innovator in the Agriculture sector has been named among eleven innovators who have been nominated for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth Innovation Awards. Adoch (in featured photo), a geographical information systems specialist works towards monitoring change detection for Land Cover Mapping around the areas surrounding
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Journalist and poet Harriet Anena has won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, becoming the first Ugandan to receive the honour. She tweeted that she was "super happy" to have won the award for her book of poetry, A Nation in Labour. Her publisher calls it "a
Read MoreRyan of Ryan ToysReview really isn’t that different from any other first grader. The 7-year-old loves trains and cars; he giggles over Disney characters; he builds entire civilizations with Legos. Except when he plays, he does so in front of a camera. An adult, presumably, then promptly uploads these videos
Read MoreIt’s now official that Kenya's Harambee Stars have qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) slated for June 15 to July 11. This is after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) disqualified Sierra Leone last Friday following an Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting in Accra, Ghana. The West African
Read MoreThe Uganda Revenue Authority will this month unveil its fancy Headquarters (in featured photo) located in Nakawa, Business Focus understands. The state-of-the-art building is divided into four podiums and eighteen tower floors totaling to 26,021 square metres. The Shs139bn project is fully funded by the Government of Uganda. It includes
Read MoreUganda Virus Research Institute Approved As A Regional Reference Laboratory For Yellow Fever
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has been certified to perform yellow fever regional reference lab functions in the Arbovirology department that supports yellow fever diagnostic surveillance. This makes UVRI the only certified Yellow fever reference laboratory in Eastern Africa and the second in the African Region, the other being
Read MoreUganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected gross revenue totaling to Shs1.37 trillion in October 2018 against a target of Shs1.29 trillion. This implies that the tax body registered an impressive gross surplus of Shs79.28bn. According to information obtained from URA, net revenue collection for the month of October 2018 totaled to
Read MoreDoris Akol (in featured photo) was first appointed Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority in October 2014. She was definitely headed for a daunting task considering the fact that she was replacing Allen Kagina, the ‘lady’ who had literally become the image of URA. Under Kagina’s leadership, URA became one
Read MoreInterview With Africa’s Richest Woman, Isabel Dos Santos Of Angola
Many people around the world are familiar with Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian who is often described as Africa's richest man. But Isabel dos Santos (in featured photo), 45, an Angolan businesswoman, is Africa's richest woman and the eldest child of Angola’s former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who was in
Read MoreSouth Sudan Refugees Dream Big, Start Enterprises In Uganda
South Sudan refugees in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Western Uganda are visualizing enterprises that will transform their lives, thanks to a series of life skills training by Enabel, the development agency of the Belgian government, URN reports. The training, conducted from May to August 2018 was followed by one month
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