Liquid Telecom Uganda, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has announced a partnership with The Innovation Village, a hub and co-working space in Kampala, to support Ugandan start-ups with high-speed internet and cloud-based services. Liquid Telecom Uganda, formerly known as Infocom, will work alongside The Innovation
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 73, has revealed the secret behind his fitness and good health despite his advancing age. “I have managed to make it to 73 years of age because I do not drink alcohol. I have been here for the last 30 years and all this time you
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Exim Bank has donated over 110 hospital mattresses, sanitary towels, diapers, milk, sugar, clothes and other essential items to the Female Ward in Butabika Hospital. The Bank also painted the waiting room at the Female Convalescent Ward. This was on the Bank’s recent visit to the hospital where they were
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On the eve of World AIDS Day (December 1) Johnson & Johnson announced that its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies together with a consortium of global partners have initiated the first efficacy study for an investigational mosaic HIV-1 preventive vaccine. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and National Institutes of Health are
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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, one of the leading providers of cyber security solutions globally, recently announced results from the first ever study on the impact of mobile attacks in enterprise environments. Findings from the research are based on data collected from more than 850 organisations spread across four continents.
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The government of Uganda through National Drug Authority (NDA) has asked the public to go slow on a drug that is already on the Ugandan market, arguing that it presents the risk of abortion and birth defects . Victoria Nambasa, Director Product Safety at NDA says Fluconazole is the drug
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The MTN Foundation has Monday donated 100 beds to nine health centers under the jurisdiction of the Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA). The beds and amenities including mattresses, bed sheets, blankets and mosquito nets were handed over to Jennifer Musisi, the Executive Director, KCCA by Anthony Katamba, the General Manager,
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As part of Stanbic’ s Employee Community Involvement programmes, the Finance department has donated over 600 books worth over Shs10 million, 5 computers and a printer to St. Mbaga Tuzinde Primary School as they strive to improve learning and teaching conditions for both the students and teachers. While handing over
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Kenya based Jambojet is set to start flights to Uganda and Tanzania by February next year, kicking off its regional expansion plan designed to see the low-cost carrier fly to 16 new routes. The Daily Nation reports that Kenya’s Transport ministry said it had applied for permission for the budget
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President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda has enough power (electricity), transport routes and opportunities to enable foreign investors thrive in Uganda. Museveni made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with a delegation of oil and gas investors from the United Kingdom who called on him at State House, Entebbe.
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