“Counting people should never cost a country its ability to make people count.” These words, first voiced during a 2015 keynote address by South African statistician Pali Lehohla at a…
Access to clean drinking water remains a significant challenge in Uganda, particularly for schoolchildren in underserved areas. According to UNICEF, approximately 30% of Ugandans lack access to safe drinking water,…
Former Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Acting Executive Director, Eng. Irene Kaggwa’s exit from government is relatable to Jesus’ biblical expression of “a stone which builders rejected [eventually] became the cornerstone.”…
“I have faced unimaginable challenges, but God has been my source of strength, keeping me going in school,” said a senior three female student of Oriajin Senior Secondary School in…
In a historic visit to Uganda, former Airtel Africa Group CEO, Segun Ogunsanya took a trip to Kitende Secondary School, Entebbe in April 2023 to experience the fast Airtel internet…
Edmond Mwebembezi, previously working with UN Women has joined the Uganda UNICEF office as Communications Officer. With over a decade of experience in the communications and public relations industry, he…
The British High Commission in Kampala has announced that the UK will provide £2.2m (about UGX9.3bn) to World Health Organisation – WHO, United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF and World…
The Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC jointly announced that 756,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines purchased under the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative have landed in Uganda and are set for…
Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning…
A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF, released today on Global Handwashing Day, reveals that giving everyone in the world’s poorest countries access to handwashing with…
