Quiin Abenakyo,Uganda’s 22 year old Makerere University student finished second in the conducted Miss World contest in Sanya China on Saturday. Abenakyo first made history as the only Ugandan to make it to the top 30 contestants before even making it to the top 5. The Makerere University second year student beat Mauritius’ Anne Murielle […]
Dr Stella Nyanzi has been remanded to to Luzira prison till November 9th 2018, the day for the hearing of her Cyber harassment case. The Makerere University researcher is charged of offences relating to cyber harassment and offensive communication. The researcher appeared before the Buganda Road Court grade one magistrate Ester Nahiliya on Wednesday. The […]
Ugandan agricultural graduates have acquired advanced skills at Danziger Group of Companies in Israel through the Youth skilling Programe. The training was a result of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Uganda in 2016 and is fully funded by the Israel government. Students from 13 Ugandan institutions were awarded with certificate. The Universities are; […]
Kyandondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi‘s wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi Ithungo, is no ordinary woman that your Mama told you about during babyhood. Bobi Wine’s wife managed to put Uganda fashion entrepreneur, Sylvia Owori to her rightful level during a social media exchange that the designer had declared. Barbie Kyagulanyi’s presence at the Kampala Geopolitics Conference at Makerere […]
TECNO Mobile has launched a graduate trainee program for Ugandan students and graduates. The graduate trainee programme by the international mobile devices manufacturer is intended to equip fresh graduates with the necessary skills needed to succeed in the marketplace . Tecno training is available and open to all students/graduates who are interested in getting practical skills from highly […]
Over 800 Ugandan students from numerous universities in Uganda have registered in the first round of registration for the Huawei global ICT Competition 2018/19. All registered candidates shall access learning material in the various courses and certification portfolio provided by Huawei free of charge such as Routing and Switch, Data Centres, Cloud computing, Network and […]
Over 2,950 students have been approved by the Higher Education Student’s Financing Board for the government loan scheme in 20 universities and 33 tertiary institutions. According to a statement released by the chairperson Higher Education Student’s Financing Board, Callisto Locheng, there has been an increase in the number of applicants from 4,218 in 2017/2018 t0 4,603 […]
Former NTV journalist, Fortunate Ahimbisibwe has advised Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe to concentrate more on vital issues that will benefit the University. This follows series of suspension of students by the professor over alleged spear heading of demonstrations at the campus. “A professor picks 100m for research from University coffers and uses the […]