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Investment in arcades is overrated – Kyambade tells local investors

Investment in arcades is overrated – Kyambade tells local investors

The minister of trade and cooperatives Amelia Kyambadde has urged local investors to stop investing all their money in arcades and malls but to create more employment for the young generation. Kyambadde said this while welcoming the minister of state for trade Micheal Werikhe and the minister of state for cooperatives Frederick Gume to the ministry […]

Parliament calls for ban on unlicensed employment agencies

Parliament calls for ban on unlicensed employment agencies

Parliament’s committee on Gender Labour and Social Affairs has recommended government bans all the unlicensed employment agencies that cause despair for Ugandans who work abroad.  The chairperson of the committee Nakasongora District Woman MP Margret Komuhangi while presenting the committee report for the financial Year 2016/17 on the ministry of gender Labour and social Development […]

Get British Ecological Society Overseas Bursaries

British Ecological Society (BES) Overseas Bursaries: The British Ecological Society (BES) Overseas Bursaries scheme provides grants for ecologists in developing countries to carry out innovative ecological research. It aims to support excellent ecological science in Africa. Each grant is normally up to £7,000 over an 18 month period and is intended for the purchase of […]

Assistance for Women and Women Refugees

Assistance for Women and Women Refugees: The International Federation of University Women is offering limited financial assistance for women and women refugees who have mostly or fully completed their university degrees, and who need further training in language or professional practices in order to find employment in their new country. Small grants are designed to […]

Palmhouse Foundation Secondary Scholarships

Palmhouse Foundation Scholarships: Palmhouse Foundation provides Palmhouse Foundation scholarships to bright and talented children from families that are financially challenged by diverse circumstances and most of whom have attended poorly equipped rural primary schools. Without the Palmhouse Foundation scholarships, their future remains bleak and are likely to remain trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty. […]

Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka fails to convince MPs on Youth Fund

Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka fails to convince MPs on Youth Fund

MPS have thrown out the ministerial statement of the minister of finance on the youth venture capital fund meant for youth entrepreneurs. This came after the minister of finance; planning and Economic Development Maria Kiawanuka Nabasirye failed to convince them on the friendly modalities on how the youth can access funds for job creation. The […]

Palmhouse Foundation Scholarships for poor equipped primary schools

Palmhouse Foundation scholarships: Palmhouse Foundation provides Palmhouse Foundation scholarships to bright and talented children from families that are financially challenged by diverse circumstances and most of whom have attended poorly equipped rural primary schools. Without the Palmhouse Foundation scholarships, their future remains bleak and are likely to remain trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty. […]

The Franklin Mosher Baldwin Fellowship offers awards in masters &PHD

This fellowship is intended for scholars with citizenship in an African country who seek to obtain an advanced degree or specialized training in an area of study related to human origins research. This award is for a program of approved special training and/or advanced training towards an MA, PhD, or equivalent and is limited to […]

MSc in Medical Statistics Scholarships in UK

MSc in Medical Statistics Scholarships by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) : To have sufficient knowledge to work as a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry, students studying for a first degree will usually need to complete an MSc in statistics. GSK considers it important to invest in the education of statisticians and will provide scholarships to enable students […]