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PRAU Run set for today, targets sh800 million to build a home

Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) will launch celebrations to mark its Golden Jubilee with a run on Friday May 22. This year’s PRAU Run, held under the theme “Run for the PRAU Home” forms part of a series of activities the Association has …

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FOOD SECURITY: Stanbic, agribusiness leaders fight counterfeit inputs

Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  Stakeholders in Uganda’s agriculture sector have called for stronger collaboration between financial institutions, regulators, manufacturers and farmers to combat counterfeit agricultural inputs and strengthen food security efforts across Sub-Saharan Africa. The call was made during the second edition of the CropLife Uganda Symposium held at …

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Uganda challenges visiting Australians to share the Pearl of Africa story when they return home

  Uganda Moves to Convert Australian Tourism Interest Into Visitor Numbers After Countrywide Familiarisation Tour.   Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | A delegation of Australian tourism professionals who recently completed a countrywide familiarisation tour across Uganda has met Uganda’s High Commissioner to Australia for a strategic reflection on how …

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Why employee wellbeing matters for organizational success

COMMENT | PAULINE NANTONGO | Today, many organisations are learning that employees are their most important asset. Buildings, money, and technology are important, but it is people who make an organisation successful. When employees are valued, supported, and motivated, they work better and help the organisation grow. According to the …

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Tea’s future depends on its farmers

        COMMENT | BOUBAKER BEN-BELHASSEN | The tea in your cup began its journey in someone else’s hands. Hands whose work most of us never think about. Almost certainly, those hands belonged to a smallholder farmer tending a small plot of land, plucking leaves by hand beneath …

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Reach A Hand launches Beyond The Canvas, 2026 edition

Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |   Reach A Hand has launched the latest edition of “Beyond the Canvas” with a renowned global motivational speaker, Nick Vujicic, headlining the unveiling at Reach A Hand, Africa Headquarters in Kampala, Lungujja on May 18, 2026. Now in its 3rd edition, running under the …

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