African heads of state have endorsed two major new initiatives to help end AIDS by 2030. The community health workers initiative aims to recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers across Africa by 2020. The western and central Africa catch-up plan aims to rapidly accelerate access to HIV
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The Radiotherapy Machine used by Cancer patients will be ready for use in November this year, officials have said. This revelation is contained in a statement tabled on the floor of Parliament last week by Joyce Moriku, the State Minister for Primary Health Care. It is worth noting that since
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Kwese Sports recently signed a four-year deal with Union of European Football Associations (Uefa) and Fifa, giving it broadcast rights for the Uefa national team football matches, 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020 across the continent with an exception of South Africa, raising competition for sports viewership in Uganda and
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Samsung is releasing a new phone using parts from its Galaxy Note 7, which was axed after a battery fault led to some devices catching fire. The firm said the Note Fan Edition would "minimise the environmental impact" of its high-profile flop. The handset will go on sale only in
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Uganda’s Parliament has extended the deadline for the mandatory vehicle inspections until it investigates and pronounces itself on the matter, Business Focus reveals. Parliament reached this unanimous decision on Thursday after Mukono County South MP, Johnson Muyanja raised the issue on the floor of Parliament, asking to have the deadline
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Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba has rejected the Makerere University Vice Chancellor search results, describing them as ‘sham’. “As one of the candidates who participated in the search process for the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, I have overwhelming evidence to show that search committee report that was used as a basis
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The Kenyan government has delayed plans to start crude oil production and exports until the government passes an amended law that includes setting out how revenues will be shared between national and county government and local communities. The law is expected to be in place by late September, when a
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Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the lives of people who suffer severe side effects and resistance to other treatments, the Reuters news agency reports. Dolutegravir (DTG), which was first approved in the US in 2013, is
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More than a quarter of the world's population now uses Facebook every month, the social network says. "As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially two billion people," founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg posted. The milestone comes just 13 years after the network was founded by Mr
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Uganda’s State House has said that it only pays school fees to students, but doesn’t offer scholarships. This revelation was made by the State House Comptroller, Lucy Nakyobe while appearing before the Parliament’s Committee of Equal Opportunities on Tuesday to answer questions related to State House scholarships. The meeting between
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