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AdaptiveMobile supports MTN’s Child Online Protection programme in partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)

In its continued efforts to protect mobile networks and their subscribers from all global mobile security threats, AdaptiveMobile Security is delighted to support MTN with their latest Child Online Protection programme, which was recently launched in partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). MTN is the first Africa-wide Telecommunications Company to partner with the IWF. AdaptiveMobile Security’s award-winning Network Protection…

Safaricom Foundation and Scope International Partner To Set Up Sanitation Booths

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Thousands of people in the counties of Homabay, Siaya, Migori, Kisii, Bungoma and Busia are expected to benefit from sanitation booths set up by Safaricom Foundation in partnership with Scope International to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The sanitation booths have been installed at Kenya’s border to Tanzania at Isebania in Migori County and at the Ugandan border in…

Reflection: #AgripreneurIt, _A time to plant and a time to plan [ Strive Masiyiwa ]

5 years ago Staff

There’s an old story some of you have probably heard called “The Wolf You Feed”. It goes something like this (I have adapted it a little). One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil. It is…

Tourism – Amos Wekesa.

5 years ago5 years ago Staff

This week the President of Uganda said, we shall lose usd 1.6billion due to Covid19 as potential earning from Tourism this year. I think without covid19, tourisms fortunes were going to be higher than this due to advance bookings we had experienced. As a Country, we haven’t milked this cow called Tourism well partly because we haven’t studied the positive…

Prenatal programming and the father – Rosey Sembatya.

5 years ago5 years ago Rosey Sembatya

To understand the importance of a father in the life of the child in the womb, you have to refer to Scripture. The only time that God, the Father shares His name with a being is for this sacred role. This means that FATHERHOOD is an honor. It is a gift. It is a responsibility. It is a calling. It…

Petroleum Authority gets new board of directors.

5 years ago Staff

Kampala Uganda, Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Dr Mary Goretti Kitutu inaugurated a new board of directors to the Petroleum Authority of Uganda. The new board which includes members from the old board is expected to steer the Authority for the next your years. This is the second board of directors for the authority.The new Board was appointed by the…

Ugandan Innovator launches DolphinFund, a community driven fundraising platform for COVID19

5 years ago4 years ago Staff

A Ugandan Innovator has set up Dolphin Fund a crowdfunding platform that is aimed at alleviating some of the challenges introduced by the COVID19 global pandemic. In order to stop the spread of the coronavirus, several restrictions have been put in place by the Uganda government similar to interventions by other governments all over the world. As schools, worship centers,…

Sudan rejects Ethiopia’s proposal to fill mega-dam

5 years ago Staff

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan on Tuesday rejected an Ethiopian proposal to sign an initial agreement greenlighting the filling of a controversial mega-dam it is building. “I cannot accept the signing of a draft agreement to the first phase (filling the dam) because it poses legal and technical problems that must be addressed,” Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said…

COVID-19: Ecobank and Google collaborate to support children with e-learning.

5 years ago Staff

The collaboration aims to help children study online and stay on top of their education. Ecobank Group, the pan-African Bank, is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As COVID-19 continues to affect everyone’s lives,…

UNDP to provide smartphones, airtime and data to Ugandan market vendors.

5 years ago5 years ago Staff

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with Jumia Uganda, an e-commerce company, have launched an online platform to enable small and medium enterprises to connect with consumers during physical distancing measures. UNDP will provide smartphones, airtime, and data to be used by market vendors while Jumia Food will help via its dedicated app and website ordering platform that includes…

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