Microfinance institutions are the main source of financing for many farmers across the country. Many MFIs have a strict regime of repayment, from over 3% interest rate per month to weekly repayment instalments. Farming is not only a long-term activity, but also risky as farmers are faced with vagaries of weather, pests and diseases as […]
Ultimate Media Uganda’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Major General Kahinda Otafire is urging Ugandans to avoid consumption of unlicensed liquor for the safety of their own lives. Otafiire was today responding to reports of deaths confirmed in Kabale following consumption of a poisonous waragi in Kabale district. The death toll in Kabale has […]
Kenya based KickStart International, the producers of the renowned Moneymaker pumps have reached an agreement with Today’s Children Africa’s Future (TCAF) to start distributing their human driven MoneyMaker irrigation pumps in Uganda. The irrigation pumps will empower farmers in the East Africa country through enabling them to possibly get as many as three crops a […]
Ultimate Media President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Amolatar district and Ugandans in general to improve their household income by engaging in commercial farming. The President was yesterday addressing a rally in Amolatar Boma ground, Amolatar cell in the newly created district of Amolatar at the conclusion of his 3 day tour of […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 1st International Federation for Information Processing Workshop on Research Voices from Africa ICT and Development Workshop in Uganda. As the world continuously embraces the various forms of Information and Communication Technologies, the time is right for Africa as a continent to address […]
By Isingoma John Gone are the days when governments begged their citizens to study such that they can get qualified personnel to serve in government departments. Also gone are the days where jobs were more than the job seekers. Today the world is changing every day and becoming more complex, competitive, and as a result […]
By Isingoma John, Ultimate Media Water is life. In Kampala city, which harbors over one million workers during the day, many people are faced with the daily challenge of finding safe and affordable water. Many people drink water to survive, minding less about the quality or safety of the water. Because there is an ever-increasing […]
Ultimate Media Ugandan Rotarians have joined fellow Rotarians across the world to solicit funds, which will help African countries eradicate polio. The chairperson and National coordinator of the Global polio eradication initiative in Uganda, Henry Kyemba says they are soliciting 200 million US dollars to add on to the 900 million US dollars which their […]
Ultimate Media African swine fever has hit some parts of Luweero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola districts. The LCV chairperson of Luweero, Prince Ronald Ndawula says the district has registered over 10 cases of swine fever. He says they have informed the Ministry of Agriculture in Kampala to send experts to study this outbreak of swine fever. […]