In a bid to improve the reliability and the capacity of electricity supply in Northern Uganda, Umeme in collaboration with the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) and Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) together with several partners are executing several projects aimed at boosting quality and reliability of supply in the region. Umeme Head […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of US$600,000 from the Government of Japan to boost nutrition and prevent deaths of young children in Karamoja region, where households in two out of nine districts have malnutrition above emergency levels. “This is a very timely and important contribution,” said WFP Country Director El-Khidir […]
In response to the recent media debates and discussions of issues related to the regulation and supervision of financial institutions and what amounts to conduct of financial institutions business in Uganda, Bank of Uganda (BoU) wishes to state as follows: Bank of Uganda is the regulator and supervisor of financial institutions and financial institutions business […]
Kenya Airways (KQ) and Delta Air Lines have expanded their current codeshare partnership into 3 more points in the USA ahead of the resumption of its flights to New York on 31st October 2020. The one-stop service via New York into North America is critical especially in the current environment as Kenya Airways continues to […]
Being proactive is all in the mind. In order for one to be proactive, they need to have a go-getter mindset. Reactiveness involves driving things as opposed to reactiveness. For instance, your health, how can you be proactive about your health? Ensure that you have a regime or a routine that you follow to have […]
PostBank Uganda, a financial institution that is committed to empowering people and transform their lives has unveiled its first-ever digital campaign dubbed Digital Banking, Beyi Powa, in an effort to increase the number of customers transacting with its digital platforms. Unveiling the campaign to the public Julius Kakeeto, the Managing Director, PostBank Uganda said he […]
Huawei Uganda has today awarded three students who represented Uganda in the Huawei ICT global competition Africa stage. These students took first position and are to represent Africa at the global stage next year. Under the theme of “Connection, Glory, Future”, the four-day competitions that kicked off on 10th September 2020 covered over 14 countries […]
Women in Uganda use the internet far less than men according to a new survey from the World Wide Web Foundation which found that 27% of men in the country are online, compared with just 19% of women. Uganda had by far the largest gender gap in internet access among four countries included in the […]
Roke Telkom, a Ugandan telecommunications company, has kicked off its annual corporate social responsibility initiative named Roke Gives Back, with a charity visit to Generations In Action Children’s Home in Gulu. This year, the philanthropic initiative will impact about 300 children in different orphanages and homes across Uganda. Roke Gives Back is an annual umbrella […]
Small-scale Farmers within East Africa have called upon EAC Member states to support them to adopt Organic farming practices. The farmers under their umbrella organization the Eastern and Southern Africa Small scale Farmer’s Forum(ESAFF) said that farming organically has economic and environmental advantages to the community member states. They said it reduces environmental degradation through […]
Ugandans in nine urban areas were at Crisis levels of food insecurity or worse for months leading to August because of negative impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown. The worst affected of were Gulu, Jinja and Kasese where nearly one in three people struggled to find nutritious food on a regular basis. For the rest of […]
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is set to disburse emergency cash transfers to more than 56,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children under the age of 2 years and refugees in the West Nile region. The emergency fund has been availed by the Swedish funding to a social protection and health systems strengthening program […]
Pearl Dairy Farms Ltd the producer of Lato Milk has added five more new flavours to their yoghurt range providing their consumers with a total of seven varieties to choose from. The new yoghurt flavours which include apricot, peach, butterscotch, coconut and plain were officially launched by the State Minister of Finance for Investment and […]