With the theme “Maternal infant and child health and the development of Africa” the forth coming 15th African Union (AU) summit scheduled for 25th to 27th July in Kampala Uganda is meant to find solutions to reduce on the high maternal deaths in Africa. Uganda has been chosen as the host for the 15th African Union summit because of her effort and contribution towards the fight for peace and stability on the continent.

The recently concluded e-Learning Africa 2010 Photo Competition saw two Ugandan citizen Journalist featuring among the top ten finalist taking up the 4th and 6th position. The photo competition aimed at finding out "How ICTs Are Changing the Way We Live". To know what this has meant for the African continent and to learn more about how digital media have changed the lives ...

Women of Uganda Network with support from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP–EU (CTA), holds a bi-annual event called the Lango Forum on e-agriculture. This event is held twice times in a year in Apac District, Northern Uganda. This year the third Lango forum on e–agriculture will be held on the 18th February 2010.

Following the recent earthquake that claimed thousands of people in Haiti, humanitarian organizations are seeking aid from several nations, organizations and individuals to save the victims of the earthquake. I think most governments in Africa lack the sense of unity and the positive impact it has. President Obama’s gesture should be a lesson to most nations. They should learn that one cannot achieve something in isolation.

The mass digitization of large volumes of books has begun. The initiative which is being spearheaded by Google will be carried out in five major US libraries. The goal of mass digitization is not to create collections but to digitize everything, or in this case, every book ever printed. The steadily moving from manual systems to computerized systems, it will be a great idea to access a book of one’s choice online.

At the beginning of October, Honourable David Bahati, the MP from Ndorwa West in Uganda, tabled the Anti-homosexuality Bill in Parliament. As reported by the government-owned New Vision newspaper on October 30th, the Bill "seeks to prohibit and penalize homosexual behaviour and related practices." It calls for live imprisonment of homosexuals and provides for the death penalty for people...

The Digital Doorway is a very robust computer kiosk. It was developed so that it could be put in rural areas among communities and school areas so that the communities can just use it to equip themselves with ICT skills and retrieve local content relevant to their needs. It is also good for school children to teach themselves how to use the computer.

The National IGF meeting was held at Imperial Royal Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. The purpose of the half day meeting was to mainly discuss the status of the internet in Uganda and the key issues that need to be addressed. According to Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the regulator, an increasing number of Ugandans are accessing the internet.

Uganda’s economy is dominated by the agricultural sector, which accounts for 41.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 85% of the export earnings and 80% of employment opportunities . The sector however has continuously been confronted with challenges of increasing production amidst a rapid growing population and food demands globally, declining soil fertility, effects of drastic climate change, out break of pests and diseases...