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Firm gains ground with voice tech for local accents
Punch
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June 30, 2025
Africa-focused voice technology firm, Intron, is gaining ground in key sectors across the continent with its homegrown artificial intelligence solutions that understand African voices, names, and languages better than global counterparts. The...
Museveni announces goals to propel Uganda toward knowledge-based economy
Business Insider Africa
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June 30, 2025
Speaking about his economic goals, Museveni said Uganda has gone through five stages under his leadership. These include rebuilding the economy after years of conflict, growing exports like coffee and tea, and expanding into new sectors. “Our...
Uganda mulls free access to Shs103m HIV prevention drug injection
GhanaWeb
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June 30, 2025
The Ministry of Health is assessing a new biannual HIV prevention injection for inclusion in essential medicines, with the goal of providing free access, the Uganda Aids Commission has indicated. Lenacapavir, the injectable drug developed by a...
Uganda rolls out digital hub for deafblindness
Independent (Uganda)
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June 30, 2025
Minister Asamo speaking Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has rolled out a digital platform designed to support individuals with deafblindness, their caregivers, educators, and policy makers. The Global Deafblindness Resource Hub, the...
Optimism as Uganda Airlines expands
Independent (Uganda)
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June 30, 2025
Uganda Airlines flies to 17 destinations, the latest being London, U.K. Planned destinations include Guangzhou, China; Accra, Ghana; Cape Town, S.A.; and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Uganda Airlines) Experts say coming months critical for new planes,...
Uganda’s President Museveni confirms bid to extend nearly 40-year rule
Al Jazeera
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June 29, 2025
The 80-year-old leader pledges economic growth from today’s GDP of $66bn to $500bn within the next five years. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed he will contest next year’s presidential election, setting the stage for a potential...
Uganda’s octogenarian president seeks to extend four-decade rule
The Gazette - Colorado
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Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni is seeking nomination as the ruling party’s presidential candidate for the upcoming elections in January, in a bid to extend his four-decade grip on power, which human rights groups say has been characterized by the...
Uganda’s longtime president seeks to prolong his rule
Business Insider Africa
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June 28, 2025
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is seeking re-election, aiming to extend his nearly four-decade rule with another term in office. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is seeking re-election, aiming to extend his nearly four-decade rule with...
Rwanda Featured in Qualcomm’s Efforts to Support African Tech Startups
KT Press Rwanda
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June 29, 2025
1 Qualcomm, a global technology company, has announced 10 African startups selected for its 2025 Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program. The program helps early-stage tech companies grow through training, business support, and access to new...
How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan...
Modern Ghana
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In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) found in this...
Queen of Katwe's gambit still in play for Uganda's slum chess players
BBC
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Wycliffe MuiaBBC News, Kampala ShareSave For more than two decades, Robert Katende has been getting children in Katwe to take chess seriously A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda's capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of...
Researchers explain spike in seasonal flu, cough cases
GhanaWeb
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June 27, 2025
While respiratory illnesses such as flu and cough affect Ugandans year-round, researchers have identified specific months when cases tend to spike, often disrupting work and general well-being. A review of influenza data by Prof Fred...
Zohran Mamdani Called Out After Video Shows Him Claiming He Grew Up ‘In a Third World Country’
Breitbart
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June 30, 2025
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has been playing up his outsider status, and in a recent campaign video he claimed he grew up in the “third world.” But even if he lived for a short time in abject poverty in Uganda (and there’s no...
Uganda Reiterates Global Commitment to Ethical AI at UNESCO Forum
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 27, 2025
Uganda has once again emphasized its international dedication to responsible artificial intelligence during the 3rd UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (GFEAI) held in Bangkok, Thailand. Representing the country, Hon....
Digital hub empowers Uganda’s deaf-blind community
NTV Uganda
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Digital hub empowers Uganda’s deaf-blind community In Uganda, where over 40,000 people live with deaf-blindness, a groundbreaking digital innovation is bridging the information gap, bringing hope, independence, and access to opportunities. The new...
Uganda’s Aviation Sector Rallies Against Cyber Threats in Bold Entebbe Summit
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 27, 2025
By David Mwanje ENTEBBE — The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) launched its fourth Cybersecurity Workshop, a two-day crucible aimed at fortifying the nation’s aviation sector against the rising tide of cyber threats. Under the banner of...
Missed Appointments and Associated Factors Among Children Accessing Anti-Retroviral Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Western Uganda
Dove Medical Press
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June 28, 2025
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has been labelled the worst public health crisis in this generation.1 As of February 7, 2022, COVID-19 accounted for 396,254,535 cases and 5,759, 785 deaths globally, with Africa reporting 11,196,707 cases and...
Uganda seeks billions in innovative financing to transform agrifood systems
Independent (Uganda)
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June 26, 2025
Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Uganda is intensifying efforts to unlock critical investments and promote collaboration in its agrifood sector, recognizing that despite notable progress, significant funding gaps, coordination challenges,...
Ugandan engineer and Chinese mentor build roads and bonds
Independent (Uganda)
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June 26, 2025
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Every morning since last October, Ugandan engineer David Ochwo arrives promptly at the new municipal road project site in the capital city of Kampala. Helmet on and blueprints in hand, he meticulously inspects progress...
Uganda’s energy and mineral based industrialisation opportunities
Independent (Uganda)
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June 26, 2025
Kaijuka (left) and Natamba at the UCEM Post-Budget Breakfast Meeting Post-budget dialogue reveals strong prospects in extractives and energy under NDP IV, with government and UCEM urging faster implementation and inclusive investment Kampala,...