Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is set to establish a total of nine regional vocational training centers under the Special Presidential Initiative on skilling the youth program across the country. The nine regional centers are to be established in Lango, Acholi, Tooro, Karamojong, Ankole, Teso, and Busoga. Previously, …
Read More »Tackling youth unemployment
It is importance to identify and provide solutions to obstacles to youth participation in agriculture | MUSA MAYANJA LWANGA | According to projections from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the Ugandan population is expected to increase to over 55 million in the next ten years, with the youth (persons …
Read More »African govt’s urged to stimulate skills education
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has tasked African governments to foster practical skills education, in order to reduce youth unemployment. Museveni said that in the world, over 156 million youth live in poverty because they are tagged on whitecollar jobs other than enhancing practical skills …
Read More »Overwhelming turn up at LDU recruitment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was an overwhelming turn up of youth for the Local Defense Unit-LDU recruitment exercise at Old Kampala Secondary School on Tuesday. Bilaali Katamba, the Spokesperson of the recruitment team I, said an estimated 3000 youths turned up for the recruitment. He explained that because …
Read More »Over Sh28 billion Youth Livelihood Funds to be lost, Audit report reveals
Out of UGX38.8 bn that was disbursed to 5,505 groups, on average, only 26.7% was recovered from the youth country wide. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 2018 audit report by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has revealed that almost Sh28.4billion may never be recovered as …
Read More »A quarter-century later, Rwanda’s genocide weighs heavily on its youth
Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Every April 7, Rwanda recalls the hundreds of thousands of people who perished in the 1994 genocide — an occasion that for many survivors triggers terrifying memories. But for the two-thirds of the population born in the aftermath of the slaughter, the trauma is of …
Read More »Equity Bank partners with GOAL Uganda to empower youth
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank (U) Ltd and the DYNAMIC (Driving Youth-led Agribusiness and Microenterprise) program in their continued quest for financial inclusion have launched a partnership to bring access to formal financial services closer to the youth through Equity Bank’s agency banking and digital finance model. …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Free movement of goods in East Africa is key
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has emphasized that the free movement of goods and services is a matter of survival for Uganda, East Africa and Africa. “Supporting one another’s prosperity by buying one another’s goods and services is the correct way. With our united market, we can, …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Africa can transform into engine of world economy
DAY 2 Wednesday #AfricaNow19 Key speakers 9am ➡Eng. Amr Nassar 🇪🇬 12pm ➡ Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 2.45pm➡High Level Panel 4pm ➡ Pres A.Mohamed 🇸🇴 5pm ➡ Pres Museveni 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said Africa has all it takes to be the engine …
Read More »Museveni gives out Shs17b to youth, women
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has given shs17billion to women and youth groups carrying out projects under the Youth Livelihood and Uganda Women Entreprenuership programmes. The youth from 26 districts received dummy cheques worth Shs.8 billion for 915 targeted projects, while women groups from 43 …
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