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Rosa Malango, during a November 2022 Statehouse meeting with representatives of ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) with President Museveni

ROSA MALANGO: From a UN diplomat to a Ugandan power broker?

On 16th October 2023, Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, had two meetings with two prospective investors in Uganda. One of the investors was Prometheus, a Polish company that builds unmanned aerial vehicles
April 24, 2024
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L-R: Stayce Nimusiima, Innovation Consultant at WFP, Ahimbisbwe Stanley, Assistant Commissioner Quality Assurance and Standardization at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Marcus Prior, WFP Deputy Country Director, and Richard Zulu, team Lead at Outbox

WFP, Outbox Hub launch programme to support food system innovations in Uganda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Outbox Hub have announced the IGNITE Food Systems Challenge in Uganda, that will offer technical support and US$300,000 to entrepreneurs to foster locally-driven solutions
April 27, 2022
H.H. Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan (Centre), UAE Minister of State and other officials. The minister says UAE is committed to supporting humanitarian causes in the horn of Africa

UAE announces US$85 million to tackle humanitarian Issues in horn of Africa

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has declared its willingness to donate US$85 million to help in running humanitarian operations in Ethiopia. In partnership with the Relief Fund against Famine, the financial aid
March 12, 2022
#9. In this October 7th 2019 photo, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) workers arrive to lay and charge 1.5km of water mains extension in the areas of Burkoyen, upper Chebukat and Siron in Kapteret Parish, Tegeres Sub-county, Kapchorwa District. So far, the area has had a total of 23km of mains extension laid in the first quarter of FY19/20. According to NWSC, more Ugandans now have access to clean safe water following a period of aggressive expansion by NWSC, Government of Uganda and Ministry of Water and Environment. Geographical coverage has expanded from 36 to 253 towns and urban growth centers in the last 5 years serving up to 10 million people. NWSC was named among the best performing government enterprises for the year 2017/2018. According to the Auditor General in the Financial Year 2017/2019, NWSC was the third best performing state Corporation coming after Bank of Uganda and National Social Security Fund which came first and second respectively. For the period under review (2017/18) NWSC made a profit of Shs51.2b after taxes compared to Shs26.7b in the financial year 2016/2017. #57ReasonsAmProudToBeUgandan #UGat57

Government takes over the management of water supply in Ugandan refugee settlement

National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today signed a landmark agreement that will ensure reliable water provision for more than 84,000 refugees and Ugandans
October 16, 2019
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