TikTok’s high speed rise from place video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has brought plenty of scrutiny, particularly over its links to China. Researchers at NewsGuard, a journalism and technology tool that tracks online information, searched TikTok and Google this month for information on major news topics such as the 2020 presidential election, the […]
Big Talent Entertainment musician Eddy Kenzo has announced that he will be performing at the Madaraka Festival in the US. The festival brings together Africa’s finest musicians and creatives together with world renowned artistes and innovators for a celebration of music and civic purpose. Since 2014, Madaraka Festival has attracted more than 12,000 patrons & reached over […]
Makerere University usually admits 14,000 private undergraduate students each academic year. In the Academic year, Makerere reduced undergraduate admissions by 1,200, which also happened in the Academic yr 2022/2023, and the same is happening in the Academic yr 2023/2024. The numbers to be slashed are of undergraduate students pursuing diplomas or first degrees in humanities […]
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and Mastercard Foundation recently held the second annual Women’s Day Katale event at the UMA Multi-purpose Hall on March 10-11, 2023. The event’s objective was to recognize the potential and contribution of women and girls as entrepreneurs and to empower them. At the Women’s Day Katale event, attendees had […]
The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero struggled to provide accountability documents to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Central Governments). Dr. Musenero alongside the State House Controller, Jane Barekye on Tuesday appeared before the committee that is considering the Auditor General’s forensic investigation report into COVID-19 funds received and expended by the Ministry […]
Parliament’s Education and Sports Committee has asked officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports to present a list of all universities that sought supplementary funding in the current financial year 2022/2023. The officials were appearing before the committee where Members of Parliament raised concerns that the accountability submitted by the Ministry for supplementary funding […]
Kabale University has been authorized to Carry Out Research Protocols. UNCST (The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology) has accredited Kabale University Research Ethics Committee-KAB-REC to carry out an ethical review of research protocols. The primary objective of KAB-REC is to evaluate the scientific and ethical aspects of proposals and protocols submitted to the […]
Makerere University management has extended the suspension of the 15 per cent annual tuition increment policy for another period of two years. The policy, which started in the 2019/2020 academic year, was later halted in 2021 in light of the outbreak of Covid-19. The Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor Umar Kakumba, announced on […]