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The world’s biggest clubs are heading to the U.S. this summer, and Africa is coming with them. For the first time, the FIFA Club World Cup will feature 32 teams, and among them are four African powerhouses: Al Ahly, Wydad Casablanca, Mamelodi Sundowns, and ES Tunis. For these clubs, it’s more than just another tournament. It’s a stage to prove that African football belongs at the top. And this time, the format gives them a fairer shot — eight groups of four, knockout rounds, and no third-place match. Just pure competition. Al Ahly, with their unmatched pedigree in Africa, are…
As Uganda prepares to join the rest of the world to commemorate the International Labour Day that follows on May 1st annually, the public has been urged to embrace Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) as a way of addressing the skills gaps in the industry. This call was made by the State Minister for Sports, Peter Ogwang, at the official opening of the International Education Day 2025 at Kololo Independence grounds on Monday. “As Uganda moves towards achieving Vision 2024, there is urgent need to embrace TVET to produce a labourforce that is aligned to the current labour needs…
Jinja: Veteran chef Johan Spape has urged actors in the hospitality industry to avoid competing among themselves but instead work together for the benefit of the industry. The hospitality professional whose experience in the kitchen, restaurant and hospitality training spans over three decades is on a two-week sojourn at the Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (UHTTI) to share his vast hospitality experience and ideas with staff and students courtesy of PUM, a Netherlands funded program that aims at transforming communities. “It is not a wise idea to compete with other hotels. The industry will reap better dividends if unity…
Cricket Cranes secured a hard-fought victory in their final match of the second round of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League B, defeating their East African neighbors, Tanzania, by 59 runs. This win was crucial for Uganda, keeping them firmly at the top of the group standings. The match saw Tanzania winning the toss and opting to bowl first on what one could call a lively wicket. Uganda struggled early on as their top order was dismantled by the Tanzanian bowlers. Ally Kimote (4/20) and Khalidy Juma (1/30) took advantage of the conditions, reducing Uganda to a challenging…
Cricket Cranes delivered a brilliant performance, beating Hong Kong, China by 76 runs at the Kowloon Cricket Club. The victory helped Uganda stay at the top of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League B standings and put them in a strong position. Hong Kong, China won the toss and decided to bowl first. Uganda’s openers, Robinson Obuya and Shrideep Mangela, gave their team a solid start with a partnership of 52 runs. Although Obuya was out for 25, Raghav Dhawan kept the momentum going, scoring 52 runs. Alpesh Ramjani also played a key role, hitting a quick 68…
In their opening match of the ICC World Cup Qualifier Challenge League B second round, Cricket Cranes defeated Bahrain by 52 runs at the Tin Kwong Recreational Ground in Hong Kong. This win helped Uganda regain the top position in the standings, pushing them two points ahead of Italy and Hong Kong. Bahrain won the toss and chose to bowl first. Uganda’s innings got off to a shaky start with Shrideep Mangela dismissed early for 11. However, Raghav Dhawan played a match-defining knock. His 85 runs off 105 balls, including 11 fours, anchored the innings. Dhawan also built key partnerships,…
Critical thinking skills are important in many areas of human endeavour. From time immemorial, critical thinking was the hallmark of education. Ancient Greek Philosophers emphasized it as the ultimate product of the educational process. Critical thinking is recognized as key in any society. The key critical thinking skills are analytic reasoning, problem solving, open-mindedness, inference, communication without fear or favour, decision-making, solving problems systematically, identifying a problem and issue at hand, research, evaluation, adaptability, analysis, curiosity, argument, gathering relevant information, evaluating arguments and recognising fallacies and/or biases Critical thinking and reasoning are important skills in education that help students develop…
The United Nations Populations Fund, together with the Kyabazinga of Busoga have partnered to use cricket as tool to address Gender Based Violence in homes in Busoga. The project, which is to be implemented by East Enders Cricket Foundation, a sports charity operating in Busoga, will seek to prepare boys as respectful and responsible people and to reduce gender-based violence in the region billed as leading in the country. Dubbed Hitting teenage Pregnancy out of Busoga: Cricket for Sex and Reproductive Health, the program started in Kamuli and Mayuge district and will spread to other districts of Busoga over time.…
I hope that you are still interested in the issues of the Busoga University. You should be because the University hasn’t yet commenced. The process has been embroiled in lies, grandstanding, fraud, criminality and machinations. There is a common adage that goes “Lies travel fast while Truth travel slowly, but when eventually the truth arrives, the lies freeze”. We are eventually getting to learn exactly of some of the unbelievable things that have embroiled and retarded the commencement of the Busoga Public University. Since 2016, when it became apparent that the then Busoga University Ltd, a privately run institution had…
The 2024 trade show held at Lugogo, Kampala, under the theme; “Celebrating 30yrs of Industrial excellence” is the 30th edition of this monumental fair that brings together industrialists to showcase their manufactured products. Established by the Madhvani Group in the early 1990s, the Trade Fair has since continued to grow in influence both locally and globally, aiming for trade promotions. For thousands of local and foreign producers and service providers, the Trade Fair has continued to provide a relevant marketing platform. The 2019 Trade Fair attracted almost 400 exhibitors from all over the world. The Trade Fair has not only…