While Uganda looks forward to the visit of Pope Francis later in 2015, the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has embarked on a strategic marketing plan for the Country to maximize the benefits of the proposed visit of the Pope to the Country. The Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Tourism Board Stephen Asiimwe said that […]
The first Microsoft innovation center in Uganda has been launched at the faculty if Information Technology at Makerere university Uganda the second country in the sub-Saharan African to have it. The center will encourage ICT innovations in Uganda, Software development for agriculture and mobile phones technology. Launched by the ICT minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, the […]
In a bid to cub unemployment in the country, the government is set to train 3000 graduates in business outsourcing opportunity (BPO) skills. Speaking at the official opening of the 7th international ICT conference in Kampala today, the minister of Information and Communication Technology, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda said the youths will be trained to utilized ICTs to do work for companies and […]
The Minister of information and communication technology (ICT) Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has called for a harmonized policy on digital migration in the east African community. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda said this during the opening of the East African community task force meeting on digital broad casting that attracted experts from across the region. He called upon […]
As NATO led bombing of Libya continues, African Union member states have come out openly disagreeing with the bombing campaign as a measure to solve the political issues in Libya. The African Union High Level Ad hoc Committee on Libya expressed their concerns during a meeting with the UN Security Council calling for the bombs […]
The government according to Dr. Rugunda wants to use the ICT ministry to improve on the communication sector’s role in the development of the country. According to ICT ministerial appointee Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, the government wants to use the ministry as a facilitator and catalyst to ensure that the communication’s sector grows from its current […]
Uganda’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has called for a greater focus by Security Council on the preventive diplomacy and peace building. Speaking at a press conference on commemorating the end of Uganda two years tenure on the Council Rugunda said that Uganda has remarkably contributed to the working of the […]
Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Rubakana Rugunda will be the big man if New York as Uganda takes on the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of October. Rugunda took over the presidency of the powerful UN body from the Turkish UN ambassador, Ertugrul Apakan, who held the […]