Sydney, Austria | XINHUA | The Australian State of Victoria has taken the next highly anticipated step towards “COVID normal” as it eases its way out of a long and difficult lockdown. As of Monday, Victorians were given more freedom to travel and socialize after nearly three months of being …
Read More »Seven experts to scrutinize Isimba Dam works
UEGCL remains optimistic that official launch of the project is set for August Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On Monday, April 02, another step towards having a high-tech, well built 183MW Isimba hydro power plant was demonstrated by its main overseer– Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL). The Dam …
Read More »Coffee experts expose opportunities for youth and women
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Players in the coffee value chain have urged the youth and women to take advantage of the growing demand for coffee in Uganda and beyond to grow their income. Speaking to The Independent on the sidelines of a Coffee dialogue at Pearl of Africa Hotel …
Read More »Rwanda energy experts mull over nuclear
RWANDA: Strategists to use robust analytical tools Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of Rwandan energy experts have completed a three-week training course hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that will, hopefully, help shape the future of the country’s energy mix. According to a statement issued by …
Read More »Here’s the whiz kid who foiled cyberattack
Paris, France | AFP | They are called white hats — the good guys in the Wild West of the internet — and they ride to the rescue as in the case of the 22-year-old British expert who helped stop the WannaCry cyberattack. The young cyber security researcher, known …
Read More »Experts call for government policy on sickle cell disease
By Abushedde Angella Health experts have called for urgent government policy on sickle cell disease in order to cut on the huge number of babies that die before their fifth birthday due to the disease. Speaking at the second annual sickle cell conference organized by the Uganda Sickle Cell Rescue …
Read More »Uganda hosts South Korean IT experts
By Julius Businge A team of information technology experts from the South Korean National Information Technology Promotion Agency (NIPA) is in Uganda to undertake a feasibility study for the establishment of implementation of a Government Integrated Data Center (GIDC), Disaster Recovery Site (DRS) and Shared Services and Public Key Infrastructure …
Read More »Museveni’s vision
By Ronald Musoke World Bank, experts want shift in strategy In the week leading up to Uganda’s golden jubilee celebrations, President Yoweri Museveni made several optimistic speeches, the most vivid being a public lecture he delivered on Oct. 2 with the theme “A 50-year journey since independence (1962-2012): A good …
Read More »Ministry of health hires 10 foreign experts to handle Marburg outbreak
By Julius Odeke Ministry of Health and its partners have hired ten technical experts to handle and contain the spread of Marburg cases in the identified districts. The ministry of health says the death toll of both the probable and confirmed cases stands at eight, with the latest being a …
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