Technology
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A Blueprint for Energy Access: Empowering Africa through Innovation and Investment
JOHANNESBUR, November 29, 2025 — A few generations ago in America, grandparents often reminded children how fortunate they were by recalling stories of walking miles to school or doing homework by candlelight.…
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Stanbic Ongea Digital Creators Summit launched in Kampala
KAMPALA, November 28, 2025 — Stanbic Bank Uganda in partnership with Uganda Communications Commission [UCC], Ongea Africa and the Uganda Digital Society have launched a new national platform aimed at equipping young…
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Increasing annual investment in infrastructure by US$ 155bln could double Africa’s GDP by 2040
KAMPALA, November 28, 2025 — Africa could double its GDP by 2040 if annual infrastructure investment by African countries rises to US$ 155 billion, according to a new joint report from the…
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Joy as solar-powered borehole ends more than 40 years of water shortage in Nebbi villages
NEBBI, November 26, 2025 — Excitement has swept through seven villages in Abar West Parish, Ndhew Sub-county in Nebbi District following the commissioning of a solar-powered borehole, ending more than 40 years…
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Stanbic Bank, FinCom launch first fully digital lending solution for schools
KAMPALA, November 25, 2025 — Stanbic Bank Uganda has partnered with FinCom Technologies, creators of the SchoolPay platform, to unveil the country’s first fully digital lending system designed specifically for schools. The…
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West Ankole Diocese receives fish feed machines to boost livelihoods of parishioners
BUSHENYI, November 25, 2025 – The Diocese of West Ankole has received a major boost to local livelihoods with the delivery of five fish feed processing machines. The initiative, a partnership between…
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Brazil’s innovative ‘Pix’ payment system irritates Trump and Zuckerberg
RIO de JANEIRO, November 24, 2025 — Brazil’s innovative payment system Pix launched in 2020 and used by 93 percent of Brazilian adults has been angering United States President Donald Trump and…
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Africa’s Clean Cooking Drive Hinges on Carbon-Credit Reform, Transport Upgrades
KAMPALA, November 24, 2025 — Africa’s long-delayed transition to clean cooking will fail without a serious overhaul of how the continent finances, transports and regulates LPG, senior executives said during a high-level…
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G20 African Energy Investment Forum Set to Shape Africa’s Investment Agenda
JOHANNESBURG, November 21, 2025 — The G20 African Energy Investment Forum – hosted by the African Energy Chamber [AEC] – is set to play a defining role in shaping Africa’s energy investment…
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Multilateral development of raw materials and commodities can spur industrialisation and African regional integration
KAMPALA, November 21, 2025— Africa’s raw materials are valuable commodities globally and, in many ways, what has been true since colonial times is still true today, Africa’s commodities are powering industrialisation everywhere across…
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