By David Rupiny President Yoweri Museveni on September 26, 2024, commissioned the 6,000-megawatt Karuma Dam, Uganda’s largest power installation, as well as in East Africa. It is also the 14th largest underground power plant globally. The EXIM Bank ...
Afrikado Industries: repurposes low grade avocados into high quality oil for cosmetics industry
By David Rupiny View the video here: https://youtu.be/mmFCN0Ew6YM Afrikado Industries is a youth-led startup that adds value to Hass avocado by processing avocado oil, which they supply as raw material for micro, small and medium enterprises in th ...
Afro-Oil: recycles used engine oil into quality, affordable engine oil
By David Rupiny View the video here: https://youtu.be/__pIDHq8sq0 Over 90 percent of engine oils in Uganda are expensively imported, increasing the country’s import bill. In 2017, young Zaitun Namuwonge and friends got concerned that while most ...
Kanyes Dairy Farm: how a health problem led to a thriving cottage industry
By David Rupiny Follow the video link here: https://youtu.be/vZsjogs1DNk When Juliet Kanyesigye developed a troublesome skin disorder, she threw all she could at it but there was no improvement. A scientist herself, she kept researching on how bes ...
President Museveni calls on Ugandans to harness opportunities at Kapeeka Industrial Park
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon the communities surrounding Kapeeka Industrial Park to seize its opportunities to market their products and uplift household incomes. The President made these remarks while officiating the opening of a ...