Not all glittering online followers are gold
What if that glamorous social media influencer with 30 million followers on twitter and 10 million likes and retweets on all their posts, the one whose pictures are always trending (never mind that...
View ArticleARISE - THE REFUGEE CRISIS - A WOMENS RIGHT ISSUE
Refugees have been spilling out of the countries into neighbouring ones and others farther afield for quite a while now. The reason: civil war in South Sudan and a relentless and egregious persecution...
View ArticleLeveraging media for effective policy communication
On Friday the Y4P fellows met two Prof. Dr. Maggie Kigozi, who formerly served as Executive Director of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), and Charles Mwangushya, a seasoned journalist with the...
View ArticleEnhanced civic participation: Kiboga local leaders participate in a two day...
We organized a civic education training together with GAIN Uganda in Bukomero, Kiboga, where representatives of the local council, the mayor of Bukomero and members of different communities came...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese community in Byeyale refugee settlement united to resolve...
SSOW Foundation, a member of the Network of South Sudanese Civil Society Organizations in Uganda (NoSCCOUS)carried out a civic education awareness discussion on the role of community involvement in...
View ArticleBoosting Uganda’s economic transformation
Energy Stakeholders and Media representatives discuss Uganda’s economic future
View ArticleMaking sure the Issue becomes the story: Problematizing the Media coverage of...
Together with Women in Media and Kweeta, KAS organized a theme night, discussing sexual harassment and its media coverage.
View ArticleReality Check Nr.10: Powering Uganda's Transformation
The 10th edition of our publication series "Reality Check" is online.
View ArticleMaking the newly signed South Sudanese peace agreement work
In light of this newly signed agreement, UNIFOG, NoSSCOU, and KAS facilitated a public dialogue at the Makerere University to explore the opportunities for making the new peace deal work.
View ArticleMaking sure the issue becomes the story: problematizing the media coverage of...
Together with Women in Media and Kweeta, KAS organized a theme night, discussing sexual harassment and its media coverage.
View ArticleThe Next Generation of Policy Experts Learn Lobbying, Strategic Communication...
Strategic communication, lobbying and networking are some of the fundamental elements in public policy research. Because of this, we dedicated our third Policy development seminar to this topic.
View ArticleArise Magazine Networking Reception
To share the concerns of female refugees in settlements with important stakeholders, KAS and ACFODE are organizing a networking reception to officially launch the 64th issue of Arise Magazine "The...
View ArticleStakeholders discuss the impact of digitalization for the public...
With the recent technical progress, we could witness major breakthroughs in the transportation sector. Because of this, KAS and ACTADE organized a roundtable discussion about the impact of...
View Article64th issue of Arise Magazine “The Refugee Crisis – a Women‘s Right Issue“...
On Friday, 31st of August, the new issue of Arise Magazine was officially launched during a networking reception, organized in partnership with Co-publisher Action for Development (ACFODE).
View ArticleSouth Sudanese advised to practice inter-tribal marriages
Culture is one of the most underestimated social tools in conflict resolution. Because of this, members of different South Sudanese groups came together in Kampala to talk about the positive role of...
View ArticleYouths as rolemodel for policy makers
For the third time, the annual Interparty Youth Platform (IYOP) Football Challenge encouraged youth teams of eight political parties to engage with each other through sports.
View ArticleMoney isn’t an absolute resource for political mobilization
The fourth edition of the Political Leadership Advancement project (PoLA-LAB) brought together 27 youth leaders in the central Uganda district of Mityana.
View ArticleAll agricultural products to be certified by a quality mark in 2019 - UNBS
Agricultural products are the most standardized goods in the world. Although 80% of Uganda‘s exports are agricultural products, most of Ugandans are unaware of agricultural standardization policies.
View Article“What is another name for decentralization? Local government.”
During the two days ULGA National Dialogue on Decentralization, stakeholders criticized the tendency of the national government to recentralize local government funds.
View Article“Access to electricity should be a human right!”
„Uganda‘s GDP is growing, but it is not leading to a structural transformation in society. Most of Uganda‘s citizens are still employed by the agriculture business,“ explained Max Walter during a press...
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