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Kenyan Esther Kimani Awarded 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
ABIDJAN, July 11, 2024 – Esther Kimani, a 2022 YouthADAPT winner, received the prestigious 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation from the Royal Academy of Engineering recently in Nairobi, Kenya. YouthADAPT is…
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Ugandans support global treaty to address plastic pollution
KAMPALA, May 30, 2024 – A recent survey commissioned by World Wide Fund for Nature, and Plastic Free Foundation, and conducted by Ipsos, reveals that an overwhelming majority of Ugandans support a…
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NEMA introduces standards and regulations for air quality
KAMPALA, May 6, 2024 – Uganda has established national standards and regulations for air quality ahead of Air Quality Week, according to Barirega Akankwasah, Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority…
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Western
NFA updates Budongo Forest Management Plan
MASINDI, October 30, 2023 – The National Forestry Authority [NFA] has started the process of updating the Budongo Forest Reserve Management Plan which expired in 2019. According to Boaz Basigirenda, the range manager…
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Environment
Eight arrested over wetland degradation in Kumi
KUMI-Authorities in Kumi district have arrested eight people over continued encroachment on Oladoto Wetland. During an operation on Friday, the district security team discovered that the suspects had established gardens in the wetland…
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Health
Eastern region most hit by climate change, experts warn
MBALE-According to climate change experts, global warming has caused more damage in eastern Uganda compared to other regions of the country. The experts said the region is among the regions worst affected…
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Environment
Neighbours fault Hoima Sugar Limited over pollution
KIKUUBE-Local leaders and residents in Kikuube district days ago accused Hoima Sugar Limited of polluting the environment in the area, particularly community water sources. The residents accused the sugar company of blocking…
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East Africa
EAC Partner States urged to jointly promote tourism investment opportunities
BUJUMBURA-East African Community [EAC] Partner States have been advised to cooperate in packaging and promoting tourism investment opportunities and incentives in the region through different fora. It was further argued that regional…
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Energy & Mining
Busitema University, Chinese gold company sign deal to improve skills
TORORO-Busitema University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wagagai Mining [U] Limited in a bid to improve the quality of the university’s students doing engineering-related courses. The collaboration between the academic…
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Cooperatives & Communities
FSD Africa, Rabobank to fund African small-scale farmers with loans for carbon credits
NAIROBI– Financial Sector Deepening Africa [FSD Africa] and Rabobank ACORN / Rabo Foundation have launched their collaboration in helping 3,000-5, 000 small-scale farmers with their transition to agroforestry, a sustainable and climate…
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