UNCDF Pilots Digital School Fee Payments
UNCDF is working with PEAS schools to explore ways on how digital financial services can make it easier to pay school fees and increase school attendance. Godson Kayiza, a farmer in Kira, Uganda has four school-going children, two of whom... Read More
Innovation is Changing Maternal and Adolescent Health Dynamics in Rural Uganda
GetIN, an online platform for health care providers to strengthen the linkage between health care providers and young pregnant women to provide timely and quality maternal health care, was launched in Kanungu district, Western Uganda on 1st November, 2017. The... Read More
Men in Karamoja Promote Gender Equality and Healthy Choices with UNFPA
Fifty male action groups (MAGs) consisting of young men and boys from Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit, Kaabong, Amudat, Kotido, Abim, Gulu, Kitgum and Lamwo have been formed to raise awareness on positive fatherhood and educating community members and groups about healthier... Read More
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Uganda
An IMF team led by Axel Schimmelpfennig visited Uganda from October 23 to November 3, 2017, to initiate discussions for a macroeconomic program under the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI). At the end of the visit, Mr. Schimmelpfennig issued the following... Read More
New USAID Development Cooperation Strategy
In partnership with the people of Uganda, USAID/Uganda is firmly committed to addressing the fundamental challenges constraining the country’s development. Uganda is in the midst of a demographic tsunami with its population doubling every 16 years. Uganda’s systems must be... Read More
Make Migration a Choice not a Desperate Last Resort
FAO in Uganda has appealed to the Government of Uganda and all relevant stakeholders to work together to address the drivers of migration in order to fast-track achievement of food security and zero hunger in Uganda. The call was made... Read More
Uganda Launches Second 10MW Solar Power Plant
Building Energy S.p.A, a multinational company operating as a Globally Integrated IPP (Integrated Power Producer) in the Renewable Energy Industry, has announced the inauguration of the Tororo Solar Plant located at around 10 km from the border with Kenya. With... Read More
Norway Pledges Support to Combat Violence Against Women
Donors of the UN Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence have expressed contentment in the impact the programme has made in the last eight years, with renewed commitment to continue strengthening efforts to combat violence against women and initiate new... Read More