While celebrating the International Girls in ICT day at Wanyange Girls SSS, women scientists from the American Tower Company-ATC, MTN, Airtel and Lyca mobile challenged girls to break the barriers to lead modern technology.
Agnes Kirabo, Executive Director of the Food Rights Alliance Uganda, believes it’s time to challenge and change that culture. She says schools and homes must encourage a new food culture—one where smaller portions are served first, and individuals are welcome to go back for more if still hungry.
Speaking to URN on the sidelines of the Energy Access Investment Forum (EAIF) 2025, Okasaai noted that despite investing up to USD 1.5 billion (about UGX 5.7 trillion) over the past decade in the electricity sub-sector, the funding remains inadequate to achieve nationwide electrification.
In the last academic year, Gulu University started allocating 10 admission slots to students who study in northern Uganda and wish to study for a bachelor's degree in either Medicine or Pharmacy.
According to Uryek-Wun, a tube essential in relaying the images from scans malfunctioned due to the power fluctuation rendering the machine unusable for diagnosis.
Luke Etuk, the head teacher of the school explains that without these adaptive devices, routine tasks like reading or and solving math problems, is difficult for visually impaired children. Adding that the school do not have enough resources to procure such devices.
Umeme says it leaves behind a $700 million revenue business growing at an average of 10%. It however warns that Uganda will run out of power in the next three years if more generation capacity is not built.
Patrick Alip, the District’s Senior Agricultural Officer explained that ban is aimed at protecting farmers from bad planting materials, bad seeds, and agro-chemicals being sold in the open market.
The groups enrolled on Mobis for Savings Groups, a savings groups platform by Ensibuuko, have now digitized their transaction data on savings, loans, and withdrawals of members.
Records indicate that the destructive earthquake, in the early hours of Sunday, 20 March 1966, was officially recorded at a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale, though several monitoring stations reported readings as high as 7.7. It remains the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the region to date.
The Last Mile Electrification Project (Phase 2), initiative aims to connect at least 40,000 households across 34 districts and two islands in Lake Victoria: Koome and Bugaya.
Dr. Dianah Nampijja shared a striking example from a recent training session. "A fourth-year social work student walked into the lab. She had never used a computer before but was fluent in Braille. Within 15 minutes, she mastered the keyboard layout, typing faster than many sighted students! The joy on her face was priceless. ‘I’m happy I got this chance before graduating,’ she said. It was a reminder that access to technology can be truly transformative."
In 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) with funding from the World Bank under the Uganda COVID-19 Response and Preparedness Project (UCREPP) awarded the 3.9 billion shillings construction contract to Techno Three Limited. Ultra- modern laboratory equipment worth 700 million shillings has been installed at the facility.
As primary caregivers in their communities, women are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, which exacerbate food insecurity, health risks from extreme weather events, gender-based violence, and disruptions to their livelihoods.
