When I was six years old my family moved to Kyangwali refugee settlement in Uganda. For two decades, I called Kyangwali my village and home. Every day, for seven years, I walked kilometres to and from school before completing my primary school in Kyangwali. When I went to secondary school and university outside the refugee […]
Suud Olat was barely a few months old when his family sought refuge at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya after fleeing from a civil war in Somalia in 1991. For 20 years, he lived in squalid conditions at the camp, surviving on food rations from the United Nations until 2011 when he got the […]
President Yoweri Museveni has told Ugandans to borrow from Uganda Development Bank (UDB) and invest in import substitution projects. The President said the government recapitalized UDB to the tune of one trillion Ugandan shillings, with more funding expected to come from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. He emphasized that Ugandans should borrow from […]
The coronavirus pandemic is a health crisis and human tragedy which has affected thousands across the globe. As a result, economies are charged with providing a response to the pandemic. Some of the challenges countries are faced with include debt increase, oil demand decline, and rising unemployment. In this light, Mercer, a global consulting leader […]
When coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic hit the world, many governments were forced to shut down schools. In March, President Yoweri Museveni faced with the same problem ordered schools to close in order to safeguard pupils, students and teachers from the pandemic. In total, the President sent home over 15 million scholars. But as the pandemic persisted, […]
Kampala, May 21, 2020 – Bridge International Academies has launched a free online learning resource called Bridge at Home, to support remote learning for pre-primary, lower and upper primary children in Uganda. Bridge at Home provides all parents, teachers, and caregivers with access to free weekly lessons and activity plans that are class-specific. Bridge has […]
A new Board of Directors that will steer the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) for the next four (4) years has been inaugurated. The new board was inaugurated by Dr Kitutu Kimono Mary Goretti, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development. This is the second Board of Directors for the Authority. The inaugural Board took […]
Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has said the cumulative number of the planned jobs in the last 3 quarters totals to 23,055 of which 7,716 are being created by Domestic Direct Investments and 15,339 are being created by Foreign Direct Investments. However, according to UIA, the numbers are significantly below target considering the investment licensed last […]
Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner General Doris Akol has advised women to venture into mobile businesses and child-oriented businesses arguing that they are the most trending and lucrative businesses that can easily benefit women without too much hassle. Akol, who was addressing the Annual Women Conference 2020 at Hotel Africana this morning under the theme “An […]
Lameck Omara Apita, the Commissioner in Charge of Physical Education yesterday flagged off the Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games – 2020 edition with a call to schools to avoid using none students popularly known as Bachuba. The flag off, that took place at the magnificent St Mary’s Stadium in Kitende, will see over 600,000 students […]
Stanbic Bank Board of Directors has appointed Anne Juuko as Stanbic Bank Uganda’s new Chief Executive effective 1st March 2020. Anne Juuko who holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Makerere University and a master’s degree in Strategic Planning from the Herriot Watt Business School in Edinburgh, Scotland, brings on board a wealth of experience […]
MultiChoice Uganda, has rewarded 200 customers who took part in the Back to School promo dubbed “Sasanya Amajja” that was launched on 19th December 2019. The promo which was intended to reward DStv and GOtv customers who subscribed or reconnect their DStv or GOtv for a period of two months running from December 2019 to […]
The Church of Uganda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with World Vision Uganda to implement initiatives that can address key human rights challenges mostly facing Ugandan children. The MoU, that was signed by the Church and the humanitarian agency, will see the Bishops from various Diocesan and the Ministers spread a Gospel of Children […]