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Although Africa has proven its potential as a fast rising home to brilliant innovations, many ICT innovators in the continent are struggling. Opportunities are hard to come by, and resource allocation to what could be viable trend-shifting ideas, is a mirage. Even worse, some of the stakeholders that support innovators struggle with sustainability to the extent of shutting down their ...

Tanzania will today start covid vaccination after the country acknowledged that the decease is indeed real. Former president, the late, Magufuli had said Covid is a scam from the western world. He had even stopped the publishing of covid statistics so that people don’t live in fear. However, with the change in leadership, President Samia Suluhu came with her own ...

Police in Moroto district have raided a sugar store on accusations of unauthorized ‘re-packaging’. The regional police spokesperson, Longole Mike, said they received information that there were people changing sugar. The anonymous tip said the store gets sugar from the Mayuge sugar factory, unpack it and repack it into Kenyan sacks. ‘’After receiving information, the OC station Moroto booked out ...

Serbian football manager Milutin Sredojević Micho has been reappointed as the new coach of Uganda Cranes for a second stint. Micho was first appointed as the national team manager in 2013 where he lasted four years until his departure in 2017. The 51 year old was a fan favorite before he left for South African side Orlando Pirates where he ...

Government has instituted total ban on kaveera manufacturing in Uganda, Water and Environment minister has announced. She says no license will be granted to factories operating in wetlands. “Whoever issues license to factories manufacturing kaveera and operating in wetlands will be prosecuted,” Anywar said. She has asked importers and supermarket owners to stop usage of kaveera. The ban on kaveera ...