Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In November this year six selected businesses from the UK-funded Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Uganda will seek over US$28 million in funding as they pitch their innovative low-carbon projects to investors, officials said on Sept.26. These six new businesses, chosen from more than 140 applicants, …
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Could the latest government poverty eradication programme have done better? COMMENT | WALTER AKENA | In February 2022, the President launched the Parish Development Model (PDM), the latest of a series of poverty eradication programs that the Government of Uganda has implemented. The model seeks to propel the 39% of …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Scoring 20 points in BCM, Onesimus Chemutai was declared the best performer in Seeta High School and among the country’s top UACE students. Despite UNEB registering a significant dip in Biology performance, Chemutai managed to score an A. “Chemutai scored distinctions only. This was an …
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The telecom company is currently implementing the Ambition 2025 Strategy premised on leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As a child, Martin Tumusiime watched households and businesses frustrated with uncollected wastes in the Kampala suburbs that sometimes could end up in water channels, streets, or …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | AstraZeneca has announced a planned expansion of its access to healthcare programme, Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), to 10 new countries, starting in 2023. The programme, which is currently present in nine countries including Uganda, is designed to contribute to the prevention and control of hypertension …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | TradeMark East Africa plans to scale up its women and trade programme to reach over 300,000 beneficiaries in the region in the next five years, according to the organization’s CEO, Frank Matsaert. Speaking during the recently concluded Trade and Development Forum in Kampala, Matsaert said …
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By Julius Odeke The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRD-Net) will officially launch its 3-year programme aiming at safe legal and working environment for human right defenders (HRDs) across Africa on Monday Feb 4. Joseph Bikanda a coordinator of Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network says the programme is supported …
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