Uganda Telecom Limited in partnership with Hive Colab Monday launched a Hackathon, an ideation event that will bring together a number of IT professionals and developers and allow them showcase their potential, skills and ideas. At the launch, Bemanya Twebaze, the Administrator, Uganda Telecom remarked “Every year, thousands of IT
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HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death for people in Africa, new statistics reveal. The World Health Organization's most recent data showed the crippling illness is now the second killer in Africa after years of campaigning for better contraception and education about the sexually-transmitted disease. Lower respiratory tract
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It was the most disastrous product recall in the history of the mobile phone industry. Now, a year on from the exploding Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the new version of its giant smartphone. It should be a nervous moment for a company which has had what
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Sheila Gashumba, a celebrated TV personality and daughter of social commentator Frank Gashumbahas landed a year-long lucrative deal at Africell Uganda. The telecom firm contracted Sheila Gashumba as ambassador for its Triple Data offer. While officially unveiling the Triple Data offer to the Ugandan market Wednesday afternoon at their head
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Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417m (UShs1.5 trillion) to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder. The California jury's decision marks the largest award yet in a string of lawsuits that claim the firm did not adequately warn about
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dfcu Bank has made a contribution of Shs75 million towards the refurbishment of a three-classroom block at Nakivubo Blue Primary School. This is part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility Program. The school is currently managed by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and has over 1,000 students from the
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Nutritionists are cautioning inactive and semi-active people to stop consuming energy drinks for recreational purposes. The experts say such drinks should be left for people in need of high energy burst like athletes. Energy drinks are beverages that increase physical and mental awareness. They can either be marketed as dietary
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Researchers at Macquarie University in Australia found that women prefer the body odor of men who eat a fruit- and vegetable-packed diet to those who eat a lot of refined carbohydrates. Schools of research have shown that the link between scent and attraction came about as a part of evolution,
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Stanbic Bank Uganda says it is ready to play a major role in Uganda’s nascent oil and gas sector by financing oil related activities. To harness the opportunities the oil and gas sector presents, Stanbic Bank in collaboration with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) on Friday
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Centenary Bank and StarTimes on Thursday signed a partnership that will see the bank’s customers acquire affordable StarTimes high quality digital TV sets and accessories under an Asset Financing Loan Scheme. The deal was inked at Centenary Bnak head offices at Mapeera House in Kampala. Customers will be able to
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