Ecobank Rwanda will invest more funds in agency and e-banking as the lender seeks to increase uptake of its digital products and bring on board the unbanked population across the country, official has said. This comes ahead of planned closure of five of the bank’s branches across the country next
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Men with more kilos than necessary are at greater risk of infertility, shows a study that also says they could suffer low sperm count and poor quality seed, the precursor to infertility. The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction last week, found that greater body mass index (BMI) was
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Seven teachers from five African countries have been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize 2018. Now in its fourth year, the US$1 million (Shs3.6bn) award is the largest prize of its kind. Catherine Nakabugo from Uganda, Ayodele Odeogbola and Itodo Anthony from Nigeria,
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The Minister of Science Technology and Innovation has applauded Huawei for technological transformation in Uganda. This happened at the Ntare School Alumni fundraising dinner at Sheraton Hotel Kampala on 13th December where Huawei contributed 15 laptops for information technology boost in Ntare. “I thank Huawei for this wonderful contribution of
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a brief hiatus from paternity leave on Wednesday to reflect on the philanthropic work he and his wife Priscilla Chan have pursued over the past year through their charitable foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In a co-authored note on the social network, Zuckerberg and Chan
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has been accused of deliberately failing to renew licenses of media houses that are critical to the ruling NRM government. The remarks were made by Busiro East MP, Medard Ssegona Lubega while on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday. “… There is a high level of
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Uganda’s largest power distributor, Umeme Limited has revealed that new connections backlog will be cleared before end of year. This follows Business Focus’ story indicating that Umeme had run out Yaka meters, affecting new customers/connections and consequently business. In an exclusive interview, Stephen Ilungole, the Stakeholder Relations Manager –Media and
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Stanbic Bank Uganda in partnership with Smart Toto have launched the very first Community Library and Flourishing Centre in Mpigi, aimed at promoting community literacy development at the Kaleke Kasome Children’s Centre (KAKA) in Mpigi. Stanbic Bank made a generous donation of over 3,000 books to flourishing centre which will
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Scan your eyes over Apple's just-published list of the year's most popular iPhone apps, and there's one notable omission: Shazam. In fact, it's been a while since the song-identifying software squeezed its way into the iOS App Store's top 10. So, why has Apple confirmed it is "combining" its business with
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Umeme Limited, Uganda’s largest power distributor has run out Yaka meters, affecting new customers/connections, Business Focus has reliably established. Reports indicate that people who applied and paid for Yaka meters almost three months ago are yet to receive them as the power distributor continues to play ping-pong; a thing that
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