Huawei launched its LEAP digital skills development programme on 9th April 2022. Announced at its ICT Competition Awards Ceremony, LEAP aims to help advance the ICT skills of more than 100 000 people across the Sub-Saharan Africa region within three years. LEAP which is an acronym for Leadership, Employability, Advancement
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Shimoni Core PTC will be hosting UNITE as government phase out 23 Primary teachers' colleges. The Ministry of Education and Sports has set avenues through which Grade III teachers can upgrade and attain bachelor’s degree qualifications as required by the 2019 National Teacher Policy. Grade III is the lowest
Read MoreThe Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala has declined to order an injunction against ongoing procurements in the oil and gas sector. Blocking the procurement would halt the ongoing efforts to develop the infrastructure needed to get oil out of the ground. The court in a ruling
Read MoreNever Again Shall We Close Our Education Institutions Because Of A Pandemic, Says Minister Muyingo
Team Uganda with the State Minister for Higher Education Hon. Dr JC Muyingo The state minister for higher education Hon. Dr. JC Muyingo has said that Uganda shall never again close its education institutions because of a pandemic due to technological advancement. The state minister made these remarks on 9th April 2022
Read MoreCancer Treatment centre in Gulu will be renamed after the former speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah Local government councils in Northern Uganda have resolved to rename the Northern regional Cancer Treatment centre in Gulu after the former speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah. The resolution is one
Read MoreRetail prices of fuel in Uganda continued to rise early this week, mainly attributed to the persisting high global prices of crude and cost of transportation. The two market leaders Shell and TotalEnergies quoted a litre of petrol at 5,220 shillings while diesel stands at 4,800 a litre, an
Read MoreAs Uganda grapples with high maternal and newborn mortality rates, the Kampala Slum Maternal and Newborn Health (MaNe) implementation research project, tested innovative approaches addressing the demand and supply side barriers affecting care seeking, effective referral and provision of quality care for maternal and newborn health in urban slum settings
Read MorePortrait of the former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah who succumbed to cancer at Parliament's Lobby. The government has signed a contract to procure a Positron Emission Tomography - PET scan to bolster detection and treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute. The Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng revealed this
Read MoreSADDENING: Workers Handle Human Waste With Bare Hands in KCCA’s Blocked Drainage Channels
KCCA headquarters in Kampala aka City Hall Harriet Kizza, 56 has been working with Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA since 2011, desilting drainage channels in different parts of the City. She wakes up as early as 5am to prepare for work and by the latest 6am, she's at her station
Read MoreHigh Viral, Bacterial Infections: Why Clinicians Could Be Giving Wrong Diagnosis
A medical officer carrying out tests/Courtesy photo Experts have warned that clinicians could be offering the wrong diagnosis to patients amidst high rates of unexplained bacterial and viral infections that seem not to heal easily. Dr Hakim Sendagire, a Biochemist based at Makerere University Microbiology lab says lately they
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