YOUNG SCIENTISTS INNOVATION: CALL FOR CONCEPT PAPERS The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) is organizing the 2010 National Science Week (NSW) from 20th-24th September 2010 as part of its strategy to promote Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Uganda. The theme of the Week is “Science, Technology and Innovation for National Development”. […]
Today (9 June) Top climate-change negotiators from China, India, the EU, Brazil, Bangladesh and the Solomon Islands made a rare joint appearance before media at a side event during the ongoing UN talks in Bonn. With the UN negotiations often taking place behind closed doors, it is rare to get opposing sides in the same […]
BONN, Germany – Today, civil society organizations from across the globe have released a statement analyzing the state of UN climate negotiations after one week of talks in Bonn – with the current state of the negotiations suggesting the world is on track for a 4 degree increase in temperatures by 2100. The analysis reveals […]
9 June 2010 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Mahogany-5 appraisal well has continued the successful appraisal of the area immediately to the southeast of the Jubilee Field offshore Ghana. The results of drilling, wireline logs and reservoir fluid samples show that the well penetrated a total net oil pay of 23 metres […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda owned Vision Group of media Companies, Robert Kabushenga will grace the Father’s Day Breakfast organized by the Mama Tendo Foundation. The theme of the breakfast due on June 19th 2010 at Grand Imperial Royale Hotel Kampala Uganda is “Choices I have made about fatherhood why?” Those interested in […]
The Secretaries-General of the Commonwealth and La Francophonie will visit Canada on 9 June 2010 to meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper at his invitation. The high level meeting will discuss ways of ensuring that the concerns of those countries that are not attending the forthcoming G-8 and G-20 summits, especially small states and developing states, are […]
Theme: “SETTING THE TUNES OF DEMOCRACY: Towards an Agenda for political Accountability.” As Uganda prepares for the 2011 elections, it is imperative that the women of Uganda irrespective of political affiliation reflect on the past 5 years of multiparty democracy and agree on a women’s agenda for elections and beyond. The Forum for Women in […]
The Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) is offering grants to investigative journalists in Africa to further their research on investigative pieces.Submissions must be received by July 31. Two grants are available worth US$3,713 each. Eight grants worth US$618 each are intended to fund investigative stories that would not otherwise be published. All investigative journalists […]
Journalists from the developing world with a minimum of two years experience may apply for a course in using new tools online. The course will take place September 6 to 10 in London, England. Interested individuals should apply by July 15. The course will teach newsgathering teams practical ways to take advantage of new tools […]
A picture of a Ugandan boy taken in Nkozi town located in Mpigi district is up for a major international prize in a European country of Slovenia in a competition organized by the world photo camera manufacturing giant Nikon. The photograph taken by a Slovenian national Katja Lenart who has been working as a multimedia […]