The Uganda Girl Guides Association (UGGA) has launched a fundraising drive aimed at raising awareness and funds toward hosting the historic World Conference of Girl Guides. The body which has been in existence in the country since 1914 is affiliated to the global World Association of Girl Guides and Scouts
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Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telco by market share, has turned 19, with new products it says will remain forever young, Daily Nation reports. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed mobile services operator on Wednesday marked its last teen year by rolling out data, voice and SMS packages without expiry dates. SUIT The roll-out
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Government has come under fire after The State Minister of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education and Sports, John Muyingo (in featured photo) issued a directive to have all teachers obtain degrees if they are to retain jobs. Reacting to government’s move, Kalungu East MP, Joseph Ssewungu, a teacher
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The telecommunications sector is one of the most dynamic segments of the economy both domestically and globally. The technological advancements of the Third Industrial Revolution have changed the way our global society operates and interacts with the advent of electronics, Information Technology and, of course, the Internet. Now we stand
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Facebook has announced new measures aimed at fighting the spread of misinformation on its platform. In a statement, the social media giant said it will now prominently label content rated false by third-party fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook recently expanded its fact-checking programme to 10 new countries across
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Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed says "no force can stop Ethiopia" from building a dam on the River Nile despite objections from Egypt, BBC reports. The dam, under construction on the Blue Nile tributary in northern Ethiopia, will create Africa's largest hydroelectric power station. Some
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Airtel Africa, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ("ETI") , the parent company of Ecobank the leading pan-African banking group operating in 33 countries, have signed a partnership which will allows millions of Airtel Money and Ecobank customers across
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Orient Bank’s Business Academy is increasingly shaping blossoming entrepreneurs through hands-on training with the aim of growing small businesses into bigger ones, albeit sustainably. Business Focus’ Taddewo William Senyonyi interviewed Emmanuel Njuki (in featured photo), the Head of Orient Business Academy, who also doubles as the Corporate Communications and Marketing
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Students from Uganda's Makerere University have stormed a police station in the capital, Kampala, to demand the release of their 15 colleagues who were arrested while protesting against a hike in tuition fees approved last year. The 15 female students were arrested on Monday as they attempted to march to
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University students who can generate innovative ideas aimed at solving the world’s most pressing challenges stand a chance to get funding from The Hult Prize, a start-up accelerator initiative for social entrepreneurship. Launching the programme in Uganda at Cavendish University, the Hult Prize Campus Director, Frank Mugisha called upon students
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