The mobile money wave is considered to be among the fasted growing industries in Uganda today. With its inception ten years ago, the industry has greatly helped the country transition into a cashless economy. As at end of December 2017, there were about seven mobile money service providers namely; MTN, Airtel, Uganda Telecom, Africell, M-Cash,
The AU-EU Youth Hub is calling on all civil society organizations to submit concept notes for the AU-EU Youth Hub Call for Proposals. AU–EU Youth Hub Less than a year ago, youth from Africa & Europe developed new ideas on six topics, essential to the AU-EU Partnership. The outcome (AU-EU Youth Declaration and Agenda) was
This year, South Africa’s own Caster Semenya, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and more join the notables making an impact in their communities and around the world. Time magazine annually recognizes the 100 most influential people in the world through its recently released TIME 100 list. Divvied up in the categories of pioneers, artists, leaders, icons and
The Lorenzo Natali Media Prize was launched in 1992 to recognise excellence in reporting on development issues, inequality, human rights, and poverty eradication. It was created by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), and named after Lorenzo Natali, an early champion of European development policy. Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2019
The best part of the New Year? We all get a chance to have a do-over. Whatever goals and dreams you have been thinking about over the past year, now’s your chance to make those achievements possible over the next twelve months. Looking for a new job? Working toward a promotion? Planning to ask for a raise? No
Globally, the fisheries sub-sector is known to be exclusively a male domain. Women who constitute the larger proportion of the under-resourced and marginalized groups are excluded in fisheries resource management. According to a report by the World Fish Center, women comprise 50% of the labour force in the fisheries sector, they are engaged in small-scale
The MTN Graduate Development Program seeks to source, develop, and accelerate top graduates from across MTN’s footprint in Africa and the Middle-East. Launched in 1998, MTN is the leading communications operator in Uganda, offering Mobile and Fixed telecommunications, Mobile Money Services, and Internet Service Provisioning. MTN Graduate Development Program 2019 MTN has once again launched
The VC4A Startup Academy is an online resource platform for young startup founders in Africa. The platform avails the latest industry insights, start-up tools and methodologies needed to take a business to the next level. VC4A (Venture Capital for Africa) is a fast growing community of business professionals in 159 countries dedicated to building game
Getting a new job is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions, with as many as 14 percent of people saying they’d like to change employers when they change their calendars. Sound like you? If you’re ready for 2019 to be the year you finally find the right job, keep reading! We’ve curated 14 of the
Once you’ve got the basic structure of an email down pat, and you know what mistakes to avoid, it’s time to focus on making your drafts stand out from the myriad emails most people get every day. Here are four strategies to take yours to the next level: 1. Think Positive Sending an email that is remotely negative,
