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Pan-Africanism: Nigerian business leader bags appointment in Uganda
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 20, 2025
In a groundbreaking move that exemplifies pan-African unity and progressive leadership, Uganda’s ruling party and the Office of the National Chairman (ONC) has appointed a dynamic young Nigerian business leader, Dr. Odera Ozoka, Special Mobilizer...
Govt, Bukona seal biofuels pact to fuel Uganda’s green energy shift
Independent (Uganda)
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July 20, 2025
Signing of a Public-Private Partnership Agreement (PPPA) between Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Bukona Agro Processors Limited and Nwoya District Local Government to implement National Biofuels Blending Programme. PHOTO URN Nwoya,...
Diamond Platnumz Shocks Fans With Revelation About The Paternity of His Children
Kenya Today
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August 6, 2025
Tanzanian music superstar Diamond Platnumz has once again sparked headlines, not for a chart-topping hit or a viral dance move, but for a deeply personal revelation about fatherhood. In a recent candid interview, the Bongo Flava icon shared that...
EXCLUSIVE: Kering- and Inditex-backed Regenerative Fund for Nature Opens New Partnership Tiers to Fashion Brands
WWD - New York
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August 7, 2025
PARIS — Conservation International’s Regenerative Fund for Nature, the Kering– and Inditex-backed impact fund, has crossed the 1 million hectare milestone and is lowering the threshold for new participants to join the program, the group revealed...
Okello Oculi: Tribute to a teacher of teachers and mentor of mentors, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf
Premium Times
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August 6, 2025
Okello inspired students; made us to think critically, strategically, and proactively; to recognise and pay serious attention to the specificities and uniqueness of African problems and crises; and to know that our faith as a people is organically...
UN experts cast blame on Rwanda and Uganda, what are they doing inDRC?
Zambian Observer
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July 20, 2025
Rwanda is in “command and control” of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda has “unilaterally doubled its military presence” in the DRC, and armed groups – including those aligned to the Congolese government – are...
International Energy Forum (IEF) Secretary General Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Amid Forecasts Global Energy Growth
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 20, 2025/APO Group/ -- Jassim Alshirawi, Secretary General of intergovernmental organization the International Energy Forum (IEF), has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest...
International Energy Forum (IEF) Secretary General Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 Amid Forecasts Global Energy Growth
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Jassim Alshirawi, Secretary General of intergovernmental organization the International Energy Forum (IEF), has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference as a speaker. As the world's largest...
Ugandan artiste Chameleone seeks land to build music school in Western Equatoria
Radio Tamazuj
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July 11, 2025
Celebrated Ugandan musician Joseph Mayanja, popularly known as Jose Chameleone, has appealed to the Government of Western Equatoria State (WES) to allocate land for the construction of a music and arts school to nurture local talent. Chameleone...
Uganda explores new export options as global coffee prices fall
NTV Uganda
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Uganda explores new export options as global coffee prices fall The fall in global coffee prices has caught the attention of government officials. Today, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance stated that the government is exploring...
Uganda dispatches team to probe military helicopter crash in Somalia
Xinhua News Agency
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KAMPALA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's military has dispatched a team to investigate the deadly helicopter crash that killed five peacekeepers and injured six others in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, a spokesperson said on Thursday. Felix...
Kampala Signs €250M Deal with UK Firm COLAS to Upgrade Over 100 City Roads
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 10, 2025
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has signed a landmark agreement with UK-based global infrastructure firm COLAS to kick-start the Kampala City Roads and Bridges Upgrading Project (KCRBUP) a major infrastructure initiative that will...
Converting idle thermal plants into nuclear plants: A strategic leap towards a clean energy future in Zim
Zimbabwe Independent
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Rather than tearing them down, I propose a bold, strategic transformation: convert our idle thermal power stations into modern nuclear energy facilities, using small modular reactors Introduction: The energy-development nexus in Zimbabwe There...
Folks Festival preview, music of the world
The Lyons Recorder - Colorado
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Annual FOLKS FESTIVAL, Planet Bluegrass == Located in Lyons, Colorado. For over 30 years the “Summit of the Song” has brought together some of our favorite songwriters of all genres to the Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, CO for three days of...
Ugandan football academy built with rammed earth
Global Construction Review
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July 10, 2025
Ground has broken on a new campus for the sports and educational institute the El Cambio Academy in Masaka, south west Uganda, designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen using local, natural materials. Funded by the Ramboll Foundation, the...
Kenya Simbas go down in Uganda, unpaid technical staff raise concerns
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 19, 2025
Kenya Simbas concluded their 2025 Rugby Africa Cup campaign on a frustrating note, falling 15-5 to Algeria in the bronze medal match at the Mandela National Stadium in Uganda. The defeat felt eerily familiar, repeating the heartbreak of last year...
Round Table in Awaza Highlights Science and Technology as Key to Prosperity for Landlocked Nations
News Central Asia
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August 6, 2025
On 5 August 2025 the first interactive thematic round table was held on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. The event was themed “Structural transformation, diversification, and science, technology and...
LIST: The new tariff rates Trump set on US imports effective August 7
Rappler
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August 7, 2025
(1st UPDATE) Here are the new adjusted reciprocal tariff rates levied on US importers, which will take effect on August 7, listed in alphabetical order by country of origin US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs of up to 41% on goods...
Effect of Consumption of Cape Gooseberries on Blood Glucose Control Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Kampala, Uganda: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Dove Medical Press
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July 19, 2025
Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) also known as insulin-resistant diabetes, is a significant public health challenge in Uganda, particularly in urban areas like Kampala. The rise in the prevalence of T2DM is largely attributed to...
Uganda in Search of JV Partner to Explore Oil Block
Oil Price
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July 9, 2025
Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) is on the lookout for a joint venture partner to help it explore and develop an oil block in the western part of the African country, a spokesperson for the state-owned oil firm told Reuters on Wednesday. UNOC...