Mbarara, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | When Matovu Muhudi watched his mother struggle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) after years of cooking over smoky traditional stoves, he saw more than a family tragedy. He saw a public health crisis affecting millions of Ugandans. Rather than continue treating the symptoms …
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Mukono, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Less than two years after its establishment, Enersave Enterprises Limited has transformed from a fledgling clean energy business into one of Uganda’s emerging players in the clean cooking sector, earning recognition as a hub under the Uganda National Alliance on Clean Cooking (UNACC). The …
Read More »Solar irrigation powering a cocoa revolution in Lira through Equity Bank
Lira, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | For decades, cocoa cultivation was considered impossible in Lira and the wider Lango sub-region. Farmers believed the area’s rainfall patterns, heat, and soil conditions could not support a crop traditionally associated with wetter regions such as Bundibugyo or West Africa. Today, that assumption …
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