President Yoweri Museveni has met with a consortium of four American companies – Global IP, Boeing, Hughes Networks and Space X owned by billionaire Elon Musk – which expressed interest in investing in Uganda in order to provide the country with fast and reliable Internet services through satellite technology. The four companies
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Uganda’s health sector is in the news more often than not, for the wrong reasons. It cannot be overstated that as a country, we ought to do better. While it is the norm to cry foul to the government, a good health sector is a concerted effort by not just
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Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority Executive Director, Dr. David Kakuba has explained for the first time why British Airways quit Uganda over two years ago. In a statement, British Airways said it was stopping all flights to and from Uganda as they are "no longer commercially viable". This was blamed on
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By Mariam Abdullahi No industry will remain undisrupted in 2018 and the years to come. But for African telco providers, who have feasted on near-uninterrupted subscriber and revenue growth over the past two decades, the need to adapt is paramount. In a market where the average business lifespan is 12
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The Ministry of Health has embarked on a drive to dispose of expired and obsolete medicines and other health supplies from 6, 619 health facilities in Uganda, both Government owned and Private Not for Profit. Addressing the press on Monday morning at Uganda Media Centre, Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent
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By Amon Baita ‘Safe Drive Uganda’ is the code name for the mandatory motor vehicle inspection exercise. The recent Parliamentary review of the contract between SGS and Ministry of Works and Transport about the vehicle inspection exercise has led to certain misrepresentations of facts and this ought to be clarified.
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The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has joined the ‘mushrooming’ radio business in Uganda. Karuguuza Development Radio (KDR) is airing on frequency 100.3fm. It went on air last month. There are unconfirmed reports that he owns it with two other businessmen. Appearing on the station for
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Doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have successfully reattached the severed hand of 17-year-old Joseph Thairu from Kiambu County, the Standard Newspaper reports. Thairu's arm was accidentally cut off while cleaning a chaff cutter. He had just finished feeding their cows The highly delicate procedure lasted seven hours. It involved
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London-based oil explorer Tullow on Wednesday said it had pumped additional $2.9 billion (KSh293 billion) into the operation targeting full-scale export of Kenya’s oil to begin in four years’ time, reports the Daily Nation. Tullow, which has already spent more than $1 billion (Sh101 billion) in exploration activities over the
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MTN Group Ltd. plans to raise about $500 million (Shs1.8 trillion) from the sale of shares in its Nigerian business during the first half of the year, fulfilling the terms of a deal struck with the West African nation to settle a record fine, according to people familiar with the
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