By Our Reporter MTN Uganda, the official broadcasting partner of the SUPL league with Sanyuka TV, is set to reward the overall football personalities and fans of the StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL) in the just concluded football season, at the end of this month. The awards dubbed “MTN SUPL FANS AWARDS” follow the successful voting and monthly cash prizes that MTN has been extending to club football players and coaches as voted by the SUPL fans since February 2021 until the end of the season in May this year. The most engaged fans online have also been beneficiaries in…
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By Our Reporter Like every teenage, Lucy was once full of dreams. She dreamt of one day being a big music star. But that’s a dream that continues to slip farther and farther away from her reach. This after she got impregnated in 2019. Things started going downhill from there. She was rejected by her family and sent away from home to go live with her child’s father. Fast forward, she is now a teenage mother of three children. Lucy is only 15. Lucy’s story is not an isolated incident. Sarah is another teenager living with her strict relatives in…
By Our Reporter Before 2018, Busiu Health Centre IV in Mbale district received about 60 women delivering at the facility every month. The health centre which at the time had very limited beds tried to house the mothers for at least 24 hours for purposes of medical review in vain. “Initially we would tell the mother to stay around for 24 hours but when there was no room for the mother to sleep, she would go away,” Dr Maumbe Bernard the in-charge Busiu Health Centre IV narrates. The early departure of the mothers from the health centre was one of…
By Our Reporter Huawei has announced plans to invest US$150 million in digital talent development over the next five years. This program is expected to benefit another 3 million youth. “Today we are announcing Huawei’s Seeds for the Future Program 2.0. As part of our commitment to continuously developing talent, we will invest US$150 million in this program over the next five years and help college students and young people improve their digital skills. This program is expected to benefit another 3 million people,” said Huawei’s Chairman Liang Hua. In 2008, Huawei began to expand its talent development programs, through…
By Our Reporter In their latest single, “Full Time Lover” upcoming artists Shan and Zanedi bring us an intimate conversation between lovers, set over a smooth rhythmic instrumental brought to us by California producer Blinded Beats. This track’s sexy horns provides the perfect backdrop for this danceable love song. Both Shan and Zanedi seem to be expanding artistically and exploring new styles. With the international backing of Green Hit Records, Shan has released a few solo dancehall/pop songs as well as collaborating with Kampala’s Pryce Teeba and Tanzania’s Bank Budha, giving us a delicious taste of what her debut album…
By Our Reporter “Butterfly” by Jahseh Kinglsey is a soulful RnB love song recorded with producer Mozart Beats during a Sauti Live session. Based in beautiful Pallisa, Sauti Live showcases artists in an acoustic or live band set, featuring live versions of previously recorded songs, plus new songs that are created spontaneously during each session. “Butterfly” is one of these spontaneous songs that captures the magic of the moment with the raw passion of love. Here, Kingsley balances soft smooth expression juxtaposed to strong and powerful vocals, which perfectly symbolizes the dynamic range of all the forms that love can…
By Michael Kawesa Sekadde It is overwhelming how much sad news is flying over different social media platforms, once a home of laughter and comedic memes. The second wave of the virus has taken a toll on everyone forcing the country back to lockdown in a bid to mitigate spread of the virus. Whereas lockdown might block out the virus, it has affected people mentally. A report by Uganda Bureau of Statistics indicates that 5 per cent of the respondents were clinically depressed. The incidence was found majorly in elderly respondents around 65 years of age and above. A significant…
By Our Reporter aYo, a provider of micro-insurance solutions, has announced that they will double the life insurance cover benefit for their customers. This is aimed at easing the financial burden on their clients as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic which has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths. According to Allan Lwanga, the aYo Managing Director, the new offer will apply to clients who are lost to COVID-19. “We at aYo commiserate with all our clients who have lost loved ones during this pandemic. We are offering a double life benefit for all our…
By Our Reporter Tanzania is paving the way for all East African countries to accept crypto after their president endorsed it as the future of Finance. On 14th June, 2021, Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan delivered positive news for the crypto market in Africa but most especially in Tanzania. The speech that was delivered in Mwanza came shortly after El Salvador announced Bitcoin as legal tender. President Samia Suluhu told financiers to start preparing for cryptocurrency urging the central bank to start necessary preparations for the roll out of crypto which she referred to as the future of Finance. Experts…
By Our Reporter MTN Uganda has rolled out yet another campaign dubbed ‘One More Push” with the aim of strengthening masses in the fight against the deadly COVID-19. The “One More Push” campaign is spearheaded by The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, (Africa CDC) and pan-African operator MTN Group. The joint campaign is meant to encourage people across the continent to not give up in the fight against COVID-19, and to continue to wear their masks, wash their hands and practice social distancing as well as getting vaccinated against the deadly virus. Uganda, like many countries across the…