Kadongo-Kamu is a special Ugandan genre, that can be likened to country music. Although it would be a fallacy to describe it as country-music. It’s basically music played on one beat and usually with the strumming of the guitar. Here is a list of 100 songs to start you off on this genre. 1. Buddu Owedda by Herman Basudde 2. Bus Dunia by Herman Basudde 3. Ekyali mu sabo by Herman Basudde 4. Byetwalabba ebulaya by Herman Basudde 5. Akadanyuma by Herman Basudde 6. Egwala by Herman Basudde 7. Dipo Nazigala by Paul Kafeero 8. Nalwewuuba by Fred Sebatta 9.…
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Recently, musician Alien Skin hinted that he will be quitting music in December and will be starting a political party. The political party will be known as ‘Fangone Unity Platform’ aka FUP. FUP picks from the National Unity Platform (NUP) whose current president is Bobi Wine aka Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. Alien Skin’s statements also come at a time when he’s at logger heads with Bobi Wine and his fans. Although Bobi Wine has not categorically declared any issue with Alien Skin, the NUP and People Power online supporters have been incessant in their attacks against Alien Skin. Alien Skin has also…
As a European fresh food trader, you know the importance of sourcing high-quality produce for your customers. That’s why we want to introduce you to Oripler Foods, a fresh food export company based in the beautiful town of Kikonda, Luwero, Uganda. At Oripler Foods, sustainability is at the forefront of everything they do. They use solar-powered irrigation systems to water their crops, minimizing their carbon footprint and ensuring that their produce is grown in an environmentally friendly manner. They are also committed to empowering women in the local community, with the majority of their employees being women. So what kind…
Oripler Foods is a fresh foods company based in Kikonda, a small town nestled in the lush green mountains of Africa. The company specializes in growing a variety of delicious and healthy fruits and vegetables, including green bananas, cavendish bananas, sweet potatoes, avocados, and mangoes. At Oripler Foods, sustainability is at the heart of everything they do. They use solar-powered irrigation systems to water their crops, reducing their reliance on fossil fuels and minimizing their carbon footprint. The company is also committed to empowering women in the local community, with the majority of their employees being women. The produce grown…
The UPDF engineering brigade has received praise for constructing some government infrastructure at a lower cost than private companies. This is not purely factual. The biggest cost pushers in our industry are among others1. Material/ inputs2. Labor3. Equipment4. Capital UPDF by far would beat any private company because we are not on a levelled ground. Its inputs are tax exempt, its labor is on a regular payroll shouldered by tax payers and most of its equipment is purchased using tax payer’s resources, its capital is interest free thus UPDF has a head start. Every other local firm would beat UPDF…
It’s not news anymore that Sheilah Gashumba is not just slim as a pringle, but also salty and single as a pringle. The young stunner is now back on the singlehood streets after two years of an on and off relationship. It is this relationship that saw Sheilah Gashumba leave his father’s home to try a life as a stay at home wife. It’s in this relationship that Sheilah attacked her former employers aka NTV Uganda and blamed them for paying her peanuts. It’s during this same time that she tried out different hustles, all in the name of maintaining…
Pedaltaps are not a new technology. The idea has always been the say; “a foot-operated tap instead of hand-operated.” However, all pedaltaps have been characterized by one thing, high failure rates. And it’s precisely because the spring-mechanism of these pedaltaps is always under tension or compression. The result is that the pedaltaps end up failing in the same way. In comes the Innovation Consortium at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenge before Byron and team was how to make a pedaltap that will literally never fail. “We decided to do a pedaltap based on the torsion principle.” When…
Everything is moving well for the Tooro Kingdom, the Batooro will in due time welcome the next Prince. And it will be none other than Princess Ruth Komuntale’s baby. In a photo session following her birthday celebration, Princess Komuntale showcased the good news. The Princess is one of the top performer at Wells Fargo and finally met a man who values and loves her so much. We may not be having a royal wedding soon, but we shall definitely be celebrating the birth of the Prince…
Take a moment and answer this question; “what’s the equivalent of the NewYork Stock Exchange in Uganda?” If you said; ‘Uganda Securities Exchange’, you are wrong. Not to downplay the works of USE, but it is to invite you on a journey to give the question more thought. The Equivalent of an NYSE in Uganda would be something that deals in a sector that covers most Ugandans. And that is Agriculture. For Uganda, it must be a commodity exchange. And the commodity should be nothing less of food produce. At Innovation Consortium, we are embarking on a journey of creating…
By Innovation Consortium We have all had those moments where we buy in excess, the result is that the food goes to waste. You buy more tomatoes than you need, and within a few days, those tomatoes start to rot. Farmers face a similar dilemma when it comes to agricultural produce. If they produce in excess of demand, they will be forced to sell at lower prices or suffer with waste. It’s a paradox that never gets fixed. It seems hope now lies in kickstarting a powdered food revolution in the country. As more and more people become urban, more…