Finalists have the opportunity to accelerate time-to-market for their innovations for sustainable development, with $200,000 in seed grants and technical support.
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Lira-Kamdini killer highway: Kole North MP-elect Dr Acuti writes to UNRA
“For example, it currently, painfully takes between 2 to 3 hours to travel the 75km stretch from Lira to Kamdini, while within the same time one can travel the 300km length from Kamdini to Kampala. This makes it a major setback during a medical emergency,” Dr Acuti told UNRA ED, Allen Kagina.
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President congratulates Lango elected leaders, shares 10 core points to develop Lira City
“My fellow leaders; the leaders who make the most influence in society; are those who are closest to the people. This is my call for us all; let’s come closer to the people and work with them to solve the most pressing problems of our time and generation,” he says.
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The Rockefeller Foundation commits nearly USD35m to Covid-19 response efforts in Africa
Collaborating with 24 organizations, businesses, and government agencies, this pan-African effort will also focus on 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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Uganda restores social media without Facebook as Museveni orders VPN ban
Besides the government’s threat to arrest VPN users last month, hundreds of thousands of Ugandans who use VPN were never scared. Some say, even if OTT tax were to be restored immediately, they would continue using the VPN.
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Museveni, who is ‘supreme’, asks Supreme Court to dismiss Bobi’s petition
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party president, Mr Kyagulanyi, through his lawyers, wants the Supreme Court to annul Gen. Museveni’s victory.
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‘Ugandans in the diaspora support Kyagulanyi’s Supreme Court petition’ — NUP spox
This act further demonstrates Hon. Kyagulanyi’s good intentions to uphold democratic principles; rule of law, freedom of the press, freedom of association and public debate, as well as free and fair election processes.
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MP Cecelia Ogwal sworn-in as Chairperson Board of Directors RAKIPS
After a controversy last year, a U-turn was made by Parliament and it unanimously agreed to name the Institute for Parliamentary Studies after the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga.
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LEA announces virtual award ceremony
“A lot has since happened. We released the official list of nominees and voting has been on going,” the statement further reads.
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It’s over, ‘don’t waste time’: Wine’s Supreme hope
During campaigns and days to polling day, the opposition leader and his supporters were harassed by security, some detained until now. Some of his top aides are before army court for trial.
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The plan to map every coral reef on earth – from space
To better understand the mysteries of the world’s oceans, a team of scientists is using satellite imaging to map out, in unprecedented detail, one of the planet’s most iconic underwater ecosystems: the shallow coral reef.
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Bobi Wine: State is trying to hack our media pages
The attack now is on our social media pages, Bobi Wine says.