Airtel Uganda Managing Director, Anwar Soussa has quit the telecom firm under unclear circumstances. But the company said his quitting is as a result of his personal decision to take up a new and exciting opportunity outside Airtel. Soussa joined Airtel Uganda in June 2016, replacing Tom Gutjahr, who left
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Fake cancer medicines have hit the Ugandan market, putting patients of the deadly disease in more danger. Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) says they have impounded some unregistered and counterfeit medicines; Avastin® (Bevacizumabi) tablets packed in plastic jar on the market with features Avastin® 400mg, Batch no: NC 2001, Expiry
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The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) will host over 100 stakeholders from all over Africa and beyond on August 24 and 25th , 2017 at Speke Resort Munyonyo to discuss cancer under the theme: “From Prevention to end of life care”. Speaking to journalists in Kampala today, Dr. Jackson Orem, the
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At least 2,000 residents on Buvuma Island, the largest island on the chain, have received 430 water filters from SPOUTS of Water, a social enterprise that produces the Purifaaya Ceramic Water filters. Buvuma Island has one of the highest incidents of water-borne diseases like Bilharzia and typhoid because of poor
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The National Drug Authority (NDA) has spoken out on the 12% verification fees charged on selected imported medicines that are also locally produced in Uganda. This follows speculation and misinformation that the 12% fees were applicable to all imported medicines. According to Fredrick Ssekyana, the NDA spokesperson, the 12% fee
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Uganda and a US based oil firm are set to begin working on the country's oil refinery, according to Dr. Stephen Robert Isabalija, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. He revealed this in a statement released on Sunday. Below is the full statement; The Government of
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Work on the pipeline that will take Uganda's crude oil to export markets begins after Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni laid the foundation stone at Chongoleani, in the port city of Tanga Saturday. President Museveni arrived in Tanzania on Friday evening for a two-day state
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A new version of Bitcoin has been mined for the first time in the crypto-currency's history. Bitcoin Cash is the result of months of debate and development over how the currency would continue to evolve. Fears of large swings in the value of Bitcoin have so far not been realised
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Facebook has shut down two artificial intelligences that appeared to be chatting to each other in a strange language only they understood. According to the Independent, a UK based newspaper, t he two chatbots came to create their own changes to English that made it easier for them to work
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Empty plastic bottles (waste) remains a challenge in keeping Kampala and other towns across the country clean. However, Christine Ddamba, 23, a first year student at St. Lawrence University (SLAU) is turning this waste into precious furniture; she makes different types of furniture from empty plastic bottles and paper rolls.
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