Prof. Eli Katunguka, vice chancellor of Kyambogo University, and Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, vice chancellor of Makerere University, today sent off students from their respective institutions to China to compete in an ICT competition. The students will compete for Uganda in the 2022–2023 Huawei Global ICT contests in China. “Today, I flagged off 6 @Makerere university students and […]
Uganda ambassador to Asia, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, has confirmed that Ugandan students totaling to 70 are stranded in the Corona Virus affected area of Wuhan in China. About 400 other Ugandan students are scattered across China on private and Chinese government scholarships. However, the Ugandan government has no plans of evacuating these students or any […]
Makerere University has set goals to launch a bachelor degree in Chinese and Asian studies in the academic year 2019/2020. According to the Dean school of languages and literature and communication, Prof. Aaron Mushengyezi, the degree programme is vital especially as the University is already offering the language under Bachelor of Arts degree. “This means a […]
With a wave of Imperialistic tendencies sweeping the world with what has been termed as China’s “debt traps”, how safe is Uganda ? 29% of Uganda’s total loans is owed to China’s EXIM Bank. China- Uganda loans Loan agreement performance data (2016) indicate that China committed $350m for Entebbe-Kampala Expressway, $100m to improve road networks, $483m […]