Young Craftsman Beats Unemployment Using Needle and Thread
Milton Katunda is a craftsman, in Uganda’s capital Kampala, using needles and threads to craft his way out of the...
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A Day At Kampala’s ‘Maddening’ Stray Pets’ Shelter
Alex Ocheing is becoming a household name in Uganda’s capital Kampala and for creating a safe haven for street dogs...
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Ugandan Engineer Repurposes Used Batteries for Sustainable Energy Solutions
Stephen Kavuma is a Chinese-trained electrical engineer. But after years in the Asian country, he decided to return and try...
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Could Backyard Farming Solve the Food Price Surge?
Food prices in Uganda have hit their highest in recent months. Datasets at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) suggest...
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Taking music to revelers’ workstations: Meet Uganda’s Materio
Uganda is home to very many musical talents. But securing a platform and marketing the craft can be a white...
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Meet the men scaling up informal jobs in Kampala through tyre recycling
Tomas Bulwana, a resident of Naguru, just outside Uganda’s capital Kampala has found business in converting used motor-vehicle tyres into...
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Changing Uganda’s Unemployment Story Through Mentorship
Every year, close to 40,000 graduates walk out of Universities in Uganda. But experts argue that the majority of them...
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Using Black Soldier Fly to Solve Kampala’s Waste Management Challenge
An agricultural innovation is collecting organic waste from the streets of Uganda's capital Kampala, and feeding it to the Black...
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Meet a zealous team of journalists fighting fake news in Uganda
Fake news is one of the challenges the continent is grappling with. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, rumors...
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How Football is Being Used to Promote Gender Equality in Uganda
A community-based organization in the slums of Ugandan capital Kampala is organizing soccer games for both boys and girls to...
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