What key areas does your work portfolio focus on? When the Telecom duopoly was de-regularised in 2006, we were the first company to get a licence. We started the business as wholesalers of voice and data under the capacity re-sell licence. We spent the first three years doing only that. …
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The Ministry of Health will spend $9m in an Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) exercise to fight and manage a malaria epidemic in Northern Uganda. Indoor spraying will be carried out in 10 epidemic districts this September. The districts were selected based on the malaria burden, giving priority to those with …
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By Julius Businge Tomorrow [Sept. 18], UNICEF Uganda Country Office will mark International Day of Peace by holding a one-day pre-event in which the Office of the Prime Minister’s Platform for Conflict Prevention and Peace building and civil society youth groups and activists will attend. Speaking to journalists today [Sept. …
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By Sarah Namulondo UNICEF has today said that more than 300,000 children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been affected by the violence in CAR and its consequences. Credible reports were received by the UN that rebel groups and pro-government militias are increasingly recruiting and involving children in armed …
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By Joan Akello In 2011, UNICEF reported that young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed compared to adults, and those in work are more likely to be in casual employment or jobs that are exploitative or hazardous. Youth unemployment is a significant concern in almost every national economy …
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