Facebook has announced details of steps it is taking to remove terrorist-related content. The move comes after growing pressure from governments for technology companies to do more to take down material such as terrorist propaganda. In a series of blog posts by senior figures and an interview with the BBC,
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The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) (on Thursday announced the top 10 nominees who will be contending for the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), to be awarded in Accra, Ghana on 18th July 2017. Innovators from nine African countries including Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria,
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Latest information indicates that there's panic at Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development since President Yoweri Museveni has just got info that a top official in that ministry tried to extort money from Italian investor Enrica Panetta behind the Shs900bn (or USD250M) hospital in Lubowa near Quality Supermarket. Reliable
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Ugandans who have been using emergency pregnancy control pills have a reason to worry after it has been discovered that some of them are fake and may not serve the intended purpose. National Drug Authority (NDA) has confirmed that the counterfeit Postinor2® is already circulating on the Ugandan market. Postinor2®
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Ugandan Members of Parliament (MPs) recently clashed the Executive over payment of health workers, with the two arms of government bitterly disagreeing on 2017/18 budget allocations. The Health Ministry had submitted a proposal requesting for Shs46.86bn in 2017/17 budget for wage requirement for the authorized recruitment of staff for health
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By Katusiime Kellen Airtel Uganda has joined hands with Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) to mobilize the public to donate blood in a 4-day campaign. Airtel and UBTS have set up six centres within Kampala and its suburbs to enhance their ‘Be Red Campaign’ which targets to raise over 4,000
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By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba A Salary Loan is one of the greatest opportunities that employed people have to start creating wealth for themselves, but many often squander this opportunity. Anyone that has ever approached a bank seeking a loan knows for a fact that qualifying for credit is indeed no
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Marriage appears to be good for your health, boosting your survival chances if you have a major heart risk factor such as high cholesterol, say researchers. A loving spouse might spur you on to look after yourself better, they told a heart conference, based on their study of nearly a
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KCB Bank Uganda has donated 10 kindle fires to Muni University in an attempt to boost the institution’s digital learning. The Kindles are expected to enhance teaching and learning through the seamless use of digital technologies at the science based university. Speaking during the handover ceremony recently, Annet Ajidiru, the
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A university student committed suicide in Shauri Moyo area, Nairobi, two weeks after he was sent home over tuition fee. Fredrick Kinyanjui, 22, a second-year student at Multimedia University was found hanging from the rooftop at the family home on Tuesday evening long after a suspected suicide. Buruburu DCI head
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