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The trade school that became Makerere University began operating in 1921 with the first classes in carpentry, building construction and mechanics. [13] In 1922, it was founded as the "Uganda Technical College" with additional courses in the arts, education, agriculture and medicine.
The Weekly Observer is a Ugandan weekly newspaper headquartered in Kamwookya, Kampala.It is one of the largest privately owned papers in the country co-founded by maverick journalist John Kevin Aliro and nine other directors In 2007, its reporter Richard M Kavuma won the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award.
As of June 2020, the number of mobile telephone customers were estimated at 25.5 million, as reported by the Daily Monitor newspaper. [12] That figure had increased to 26.5 million at the end of September 2020. [13] As of 31 March 2017, Uganda had the 18th highest Internet usage rate in Africa (out of 58 countries).
As of 2007 the group was the largest private media house in East and Central Africa, with offices in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. [2] [needs update] The group publications include: The EastAfrican; Daily Nation; Business Daily Africa; Daily Monitor; The Citizen; NMG Investor Briefing; Taifa Leo; Zuqka.
Access Bank Uganda [3] Absa Bank Uganda Limited [4] Bank of Africa Uganda Limited [5] Bank of Baroda Uganda Limited; Bank of India Uganda Limited [6] Cairo Bank Uganda; Centenary Bank; Citibank Uganda; DFCU Bank [7] [8] Diamond Trust Bank [9] [10] Ecobank Uganda; Equity Bank Uganda Limited; Exim Bank (Uganda) [11] Housing Finance Bank; I&M Bank ...
The Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's central bank. [2] The exchange opened to trading in January 1998.
Matt B and Kenzo performed, Gimme Love at the Eddy Kenzo Festival at Kololo Airstrip in Uganda to an audience of over 20,000, including Uganda's Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja. [5] [6] Kenzo was the first Ugandan artiste to win the BET Award in 2015 and the first Ugandan artist to be nominated for a Grammy award. [7] [8]
At the commissioning ceremony on Thursday 12 April 2018, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, committed to extending the national electricity grid to the facility, to reduce the hospital's dependency on diesel fuel electricity generators. He also promised to tarmac the 6 kilometres (4 mi) access road to the hospital.