An 18-year-old student has designed a bra that can help in the early detection of breast cancer and has won top prize at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Julian Rios Cantu, a Mexican, said he was inspired by his mother’s battle with the disease which eventually led to both
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Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), the oldest telecom firm in Uganda is on life support so much that it has been placed under receivership after becoming heavily indebted. Business Focus has learnt that over 400 employees at the once popular telecom firm are in fear over safety of their jobs as
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Latest reports indicates that access to electric power in Uganda stands at 20.4% despite the country boosting of having surplus electricity. This implies that over 25 million people have no access to electricity. In Uganda, the baseline consumption is 80KWh per capita while the world standard is 3,026KWh per capita.
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Uganda has recorded a profit for the first time since it launched operations in Uganda in 2008. According to UBA’s audited 2016 full year results, the bank recorded an impressive 24% growth in total income of Shs29.7bn in 2016, up from Shs24bn in 2015, illustrating
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Kenya's veteran politician Raila Odinga has been confirmed as the main opposition coalition's presidential candidate for August's election. [caption id="attachment_1090" align="alignnone" width="1024"] President Uhuru Kenyatta[/caption] Mr Odinga is set to face incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, the man who beat him in 2013. This will be the fourth time Mr Odinga
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Ugandan parliamentarians have threatened to block the education ministry budget if key sector areas remain unfunded. The lawmakers sitting on parliament's education committee made this threat on Wednesday while meeting officials from the ministry. Education ministry officials led by Minister Janet Museveni were appearing before the committee chaired by Mbale Woman MP
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Uganda's legislature has passed a motion seeking to declare a state of emergency in the country as hunger continues to batter the East African nation. The Legislators voted in favour of a motion moved by Kumi Woman Member of Parliament Monica Amoding, stating that Government has failed to handle the situation
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The problems dogging the president of the country's oldest political party have seems may take long to disappear. The latest we have gathered is that a section of lower Democratic Party-DP officials in Greater Masaka region have abandoned the leadership of their President General, Norbert Mao. Local news agency, URN reports that
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Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (CoSASE) are set to meet Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni at State House, Entebbe today over his role in the Shs6bn oil handshake, Business Focus has established. Led by Committee Chairman, Abdu Katuntu, the lawmakers are set to ask
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Investors planning to set up businesses 50 kilometres outside Kampala city are set to eat big as government plans to reduce carbon emissions and decongest the city, Business Focus reveals. In the 2017/18 National Budget, government plans giving investors free land and tax holidays as it aims at achieving a
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