It’s a public secret that Uganda is one of the most enterprising countries in the world. To affirm this, a Ugandan Doctor, Dr. Abudallah Katongole has invented reusable medical overalls as the country battles deadly COVID-19 disease that is caused by the Corona Virus. With this innovation, health practitioners who
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The Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine has been among those at the forefront of fighting the spread of coronavirus. She has addressed press briefings, given interviews in which she has busted myths and revealed facts about COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. BELOW IS A COMPILATION COVID-19
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BAT’s US bio-techsubsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP),is developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19 and is now in pre-clinical testing.If testing goes well, BAT is hopeful that, with the right partners and support from government agencies,between 1 and 3 million doses of the vaccinecould be manufactured per week,beginning in June. While KBP
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Pixan Inc, a Ugandan high-end technology, content production and distribution company, and Bold Cashers Limited, the developers of Cash Chat, a Ugandan digital and social network mobile application, Tuesday launched the COVID-19 Quarantine Time Mobile App Innovations Challenge. The two tech companies are using the Challenge to facilitate technologically innovative
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Uganda’s leading higher institution of learning, Makerere University has potential to raise Shs5.3bn annually in revenue if it forms a private company, a human resource audit report has revealed. The report on the University recommends a private company so that the University taps into accommodation revenue. The report recommended to
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After its public advisory notice on COVID-19 went unheeded by certain broadcasters, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has written to three TV stations demanding that they show cause why regulatory sanctions shouldn’t be taken against them. Besides regulatory sanctions, BBS TV, NTV and Spark TV also risk facing charges under the
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed plans to announce a new set of measures to supplement some of the directives already in place. The President announced his plans on his official twiter handle highlighting that a total of 227 returnees from Dubai and other places were tested, 5 were positive, bringing
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Uganda and other nations across the globe will have to wait for at least 18months before vaccine for the Coronavirus is confirmed for use, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). The development was revealed by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO during a press briefing in Geneva Switzerland
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A new online marketplace, Suubula ( https://www.suubula.com/) has launched its website in Kampala, Uganda to facilitate trade of discounted products and services. Suubula.com will offer unlimited space to traders, farmers, entrepreneurs, ICT developers, manufacturers and real estate dealers to sell a wide range of products in different categories including Agricultural Produce,
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Makerere University has retained medical students to supplement Government team fight the deadly COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus. It should be noted that recently President Museveni directed closure of schools including higher institutions of learning. “Management agreed to the request from the Ministry of Health to retain all Clinical postgraduate
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