By Priscilla Muhairwe The inauguration ceremony that took place at the UCC headquarters saw 10 African experts; which shows a break from the past when consultants would normally perform such advisory functions or experts from international agencies. The former V.C of Makerere University Prof Venansius Baryamureba has a sit on …
Read More »Political sins, legal penalties
By Priscilla Muhairwe Inside Mukula’s trial, conviction, and appeal Flt. Capt. George Mike Mukula is a rock star politician. The Soroti Municipality MP is flamboyant in dress and lifestyle, in good and in tough times and his recent conviction by the Anti-corruption Court, which has generated so much debate and …
Read More »ICRC celebrates 150th anniversary
By Priscilla Muhairwe International Committee of the Red Cross, its partners and colleagues in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement officially kick off celebrations in Uganda to mark the 150th Anniversary. The kick off for the celebrations started yesterday 17th Feb 2013 the first date of the “Special …
Read More »First Uganda Economic Update report Launched
By Priscilla Muhairwe Harnessing the potential in regional trade to help Uganda’s economy expand and diversify, the report has been launched by World Bank. According to the report, despite having one of the world’s highest rates of population growth Uganda has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction. …
Read More »Safaricom is ninth most innovative company
By Priscilla Muhairwe Safaricom features among the most innovative companies in the world in 2013 listing as number 9. Its innovations starting with M-pesa a mobile money service, which was launched In April 2007, following a student software development project from Kenya, their innovative thinking and clever product implementation which strives …
Read More »New projects under way to improve the ICT sector
By Priscilla Muhairwe Leonah Mborimpa the Corporate communication Officer of NITA says “ National Information Technology Authority,[NITA] is partnering with Uganda Communication Commission and International Telecommunication Union on another project still in the pipeline to enable the effectiveness of innovation in the country to be called UG- CERT [Uganda- Computer …
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