Tag: media challenge
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Eco-friendly food dryer reduces food waste, improves farmers’ incomes in Uganda
Story By: Marion Apio – Media Challenge Initiative Fellow, Class 2020. With a wealth of fertile farmland that could feed its entire population of 39 million people and over 1.3 million refugees, Uganda still faces hunger that is on the rise and farmers are still facing the daily challenge of firefighting food loss. According to the…
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MAK students sensitize the community on waste management and environmental conservation
By; Marion Apio Full story, click on the link MAK students sensitize the community on waste management and environmental conservation The Waste Management Awareness week is a sustainability program that is stipulated in the Makerere University-Bangor University collaborative partnership and focuses on promoting sustainable development at Makerere University. The program also engages the University community…
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Hotel Businesses Boom in Kikoni: More than 10 new hotels established in six years
By: Marion Apio Kikoni, a booming spot for hotel businesses, is a neighborhood to the West of Makerere University in Kampala, and its fast growing like the rest of the tourism industry in Uganda. The number of hotels in Kikoni – which was a slum just 20 years ago – has more than tripled in…
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