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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her caret...

Malcolm Glazer, the owner of English Premier League giants Manchester United and American football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, died Wednesday, it was announced.

Orange together with Alcatel, have launched the ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 smartphone, an affordable $ 60 smartphone aimed to put mobile internet in more peop

PS Bigirimana, who sits on the Fund’s board, writes to “disassociate” self from decision but acting managing director Geraldine Ssali says they received all approvals.

Colonel Felix Kulayigye, the Chief Political Commissar of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has cautioned victims of war pushing for truth telling.

Uganda will require a 1-0 victory over Madagascar on Saturday to out-rightly proceed to the final round of the 2015 Nations Cup pre-qualifiers but dynamics of the game mean they will have to go for more to be sure of safety.

KENYA TOURISM TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARDS RECOVERY (Posted 29th May 2014) The Kenya Tourism Board is clearly wasting no time to take the battle for market recovery and more tourists to the world, cou...

Haji Ramadhan Sebuliba was born in 1901, in Katooma village, Rugaaga Sub-county, Insingiro County (now Insingiro District) - Ankole Kingdom. His father was Asumani Male Bamulanzettama Omujungute so...

Attend the first annual farming expo!!! The theme will be "Farming as a profitable business" The expected keynote speakers will be; Mr. Peter Chege, Dr. Samuel Sewagudde, Mr. Robert Kintu and Rtn. ...

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One of the 245 Christians from Lira Diocese walking to Kampala for the annual pilgrimage at Uganda Martyrs Shrine, Namugongo has died after developing complications on the way, a week into their journey

Nearly a third of people in Britain admit being racially prejudiced, research suggests.

Malcolm Glazer, the billionaire businessman who led a controversial takeover of Manchester United in 2005, dies at the age of 85.

Dan Evans of the Network Science Center at West Point (US) continues to discuss insights from his trips where he collects data on entrepreneurial ecosystems in various cities in Africa. Also see his previous posts on VC4Africa (intro, overview and a post on Nairobi). Kampala’s Tech Ecosystem Kampala is a hotbed for young African tech entrepreneurs. The current government has set the conditions for economic growth and has encouraged the growth of small businesses. There are four business incubators in Kampala including Hive CoLab. I visited Kampala to learn more about the entrepreneurial ecosystem through my collaboration with Jon Gosier, a software developer & co-founder of several organizations and initiatives some of which include AfriLabs, Appfrica, and Hive Colab. Initially I met with Teddy Ruge, the co-founder of Hive CoLab and a noted Ugandan Social Entrepreneur and Brian Ndyaguma, the operations manager of Hive CoLab. Hive CoLab is located in the Kanjokya House in the Kamwokya neighborhood of Kampala.The Kanjokya House is a new 4-story building on a quiet street that houses numerous businesses and Non-Governmental Organizations. Hive CoLab was the first tech-focused business incubator in Uganda. It was founded in 2010 through the efforts of Jon Gosier and Teddy Ruge. In 2008, Teddy was in the United States writing about the emerging tech sector in Africa and was introduced to Jon who was working in Kampala. At the time in Kampala, tech-focused entrepreneurs were congregating in Internet cafes that were not good for creativity. Jon and Teddy discussed the idea of generating…

Martyr's Day: Police Step Up Terrorism Awareness Campaign

On April 8, the Daily Monitor children’s magazine Rainbow reported a 12-year-old girl who dropped out of school after her father learnt about her HIV status and stopped paying her school fees.

The State recently lost interest in pursuing the corruption and abuse of office charges initially preferred against two youth supporters of Prime Minister

For bringing shame to his family, a father of nine in Kabale District has been accused by his wife of attempting to kill four of their children. Their crime – they were born albinos.

US President Barack Obama leads tributes to Maya Angelou, describing the poet, author and activist as "one of the brightest lights of our time".

Holland-based Kabaka Subjects Borrow a Leaf from Investigator Story as they avoid the Dubai Scenario to bring their ‘Ettoffaali’ to Katikkiro...
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PIX:Justice Julia Ssebutinde (R) will lead the Holland delegation to Katikkiro (L)
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Following their secession from the Goodlyfe crew, Radio and Weasel continue to be hit by bad luck.