Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | TotalEnergies EP Uganda has today unveiled 200 Ugandan youth who have been selected from the Tilenga MOOC to join the Tilenga Academy training program. The program is aimed at empowering youth with skills and international certifications to work on the Tilenga project during the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero was on Tuesday put to task by the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee –PAC Central Government to explain why she failed to submit accountability documents to the Auditor General. Musenero and the State House Comptroller, …
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COMMENT | MOSES KAKETO | Imagine waking up one day to find MTN Uganda operating electric purses, issuing debit cards and prepaid cards, taking fixed deposits, and investing some of the money they get in bonds and securities. Industry experts apparently believe this to be a fairly accurate dream. The road to the …
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Algiers, Algeria | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Algeria’s leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune has held talks with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who is on a three day visit to the north African country. The talks are said to have covered several areas of mutual interest, as Algeria reportedly plans to spend $1 …
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Los Angeles, USA | Xinhua | NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely off the coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida on Saturday, NASA said. The four-member international crew, consisting of NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University students have embraced the newly introduced bicycles to ease movement within the University. The bicycles were introduced by Star Digital Bikes early this week to enable students and staff to exercise as well as move from and to different destinations within the campus. …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As Uganda continues to experience economic growth, the need for reliable and efficient logistics has become more apparent. Many businesses have struggled to meet this demand, which has limited their ability to expand and reach new markets. According to the World Bank, Uganda’s economy grew …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has warned residents of Buyende District to desist from hurried sale of their land to speculators who are targeting securing it before the sh34 trillion nuclear energy power plant project set for 2031 is built. Government identified …
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The Ugandan government and other stakeholders ought to prioritise to boost economic transformation COMMENT | Michael Mukasa | Over the past three decades, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. Technology has transformed the way we communicate, obtain information and do business. However, the benefits of the internet …
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Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said no one will cut the operating budget of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation as long as he is still the President of Uganda. He says the government cannot make such a mistake because Uganda currently needs science …
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