LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Ilkay Gundogan has returned to Manchester City on a free transfer, just a season after leaving the club to join FC Barcelona. Gundogan has signed a one-year contract with the Premier League champions, with the option for it to be extended for a second season …
Read More »MultiChoice unveils price discount on GOtv Supa package
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pay tv firm, MultiChoice is offering its Ugandan subscribers a price discount for its GOtv Supa+ package until Nov. 10, 2024. GOtv Supa Plus, which was previously Shs 110,000, is now retailing at Shs 90,000, offering new customers the opportunity to get immersed in the …
Read More »FAO boosts poultry farming in Teso sub-region
Katakwi, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is making significant strides in improving poultry farming in the Teso sub-region of Uganda. Through a comprehensive initiative aimed at building climate resilience and ensuring food security for smallholder farming households, FAO is providing farmers …
Read More »Stepping up youth employability
Skills and jobs are crucial for Africa’s economies FEATURE | Vera Ng’oma | Imagine routinely hearing this from young Africans: ‘’I run my own startup. I plan to hire three young people as the business is expanding”, or ‘’I was employed by a good company only three months after I finished school …
Read More »World Vision Uganda launches campaign to end child hunger and malnutrition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Vision Uganda officially launched the national ENOUGH Campaign, aimed at ending child hunger and malnutrition throughout Uganda on Wednesday August 21, 2O24 at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. This initiative aligns with global and regional frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Africa Agenda 2063, …
Read More »Education Minister Janet Museveni okays mobile devices in schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education says the use of laptops, smartphones, tablets, and other ICT devices will be allowed in primary and secondary schools. It however says the devices must be strictly controlled by the school authorities. The change policy was announced by Education Minister Janet …
Read More »Nakaseke students survive accident at Nkumba
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About fifty pupils and nine teachers of Trust Infant School from Nakaseke district survived with minor injuries when a vehicle they’re traveling in hit a State House double cabin pick-up, at Nkumba, the exact spot where a concrete mixer overturned killing an advocate early this …
Read More »Mpox ‘not the new COVID,’ WHO official stresses
GENEVA | TASS | The new outbreak of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is not such a serious threat to European countries as the coronavirus pandemic was, Hans Kluge, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, said. “Mpox is not the ‘new COVID,’” he noted at a briefing. “We …
Read More »FUFA women’s football gets shs2 billion from Finance Trust Bank
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Federation of Uganda’s Football Association (FUFA) has signed a four-year partnership with Finance Trust Bank, which will see the bank invest 2 billion Shillngs into women’s football. The partnership is the first substantial private investment in women’s football since the league was established in 2015. …
Read More »Uganda leads Africa in developing health national adaptation plan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rockefeller Foundation has hailed Uganda for being the first to develop the health national adaptation plan to guide them handle effects of climate change. Speaking to URN in an interview on Thursday just before the launch of the plan, William Asiko the Africa Vice …
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