Experts look for solutions underground Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | What should East African countries do when their rivers and lakes dry up, as is predicted to happen in the next 20 years? Experts who recently met in Entebbe, Uganda, for the Second Water Forum of the IGAD region …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A two-year study on the refugee populations in Uganda has revealed that refugees are more economically viable than they have been considered before. The ‘End-line Study for the Financial Inclusion for Refugees Project’ on the theme: Rebuilding Livelihoods in Displacement was aimed at enabling policymakers, …
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Airtel Uganda increases internet bundles, leaves price uncnaged Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Telcom firm, Airtel Uganda has taken a price war to the door step of MTN Uganda with a massive increase in internet capacities. The telco, effective Feb.21, doubled daily internet bundles and increased the one on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After making various attempts to switch off substandard cell phones in vain, Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has shifted focus on empowering Ugandans to enable them to make informed decisions when buying mobile phones. UCC has for more than ten years made various attempts to get rid …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecom firm, Airtel concluded its three month countrywide Airtel Money-After-Money Promotion on Feb. 18 with customers and agents winning Shs 1.5bn in cash prizes. The promotion saw Airtel customers and agents transact and win daily, weekly and monthly cash prizes countrywide. Airtel Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is common for Ugandan mobile internet users to exclaim at how fast their internet bundles run out, saying the company has (eaten) stolen it! That is the common conclusion. This happens when a user fails to account for the data they have used within a …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Multiplex Limited is on the spot over the delayed completion of road works in Mbarara city. The company was awarded the contract in May 2021 for beautification, street lighting, and rehabilitation of three city roads which include Stanley road (0.78 kilometres), Maj Victor Bwana road (0.95 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 80 kiosks have been removed off Kampala streets as part of the smart city campaign which is intended to decongest the city. Kiosks that were previously set up along Ben Kiwanuka street, Allen road, part of Burton street, the Old taxi park, Nkrumah road, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecom firm, Airtel Uganda, has contributed assorted scholastic items to selected school’s top performers in Primary Leaving Examinations as a starter package to secondary education as schools re-open. The initiative is part of the Airtel Adopt a School Program launched in 2011. So far, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s stock market saw a big leap in growth in 2021, thanks to the listing of MTN Uganda, after more than three years of near-stagnation with limited shares activity. Over the year, the total value of the stocks of the locally listed companies, or …
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